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9. Hakeem Olajuwon 21.8 PPG 11.8 RPG 2.5 APG 3.1 BLK
1x MVP
12x All-Star
2x NBA Champion
2x NBA Finals MVP
6x All-NBA First Team
3x All-NBA Second Team
3x All-NBA Third Team
5x All-Defense First team
2x Defensive Player of the Year
1x Gold Medalist
NBA All-Time Blocks Leader: (3,830)
“The Dream”, is without question one of the greatest centers of all-time. There hasn’t been a rim protector since Olajuwon, in all fairness to the players in the league currently; there has never been a better defensive center period. It wasn’t all defense though for Olajuwon, he was given the nickname “The Dream” by his college coach, who said he dunked so effortlessly that; “it looked like a dream”. Olajuwon won two rings during Jordan’s era, during the period Jordan retired of course. Nonetheless, Olajuwon is one of the greats, there’s a reason numerous players spend their offseason training with him.