Hakeem Olajuwon
Biography
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream," is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and, in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. Olajuwon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers, as well as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Filmography
Mount Mutombo
2025
as Self
Stand
2023
as Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)
Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters
2017
as Self
Phi Slama Jama
2016
2016 NBA Finals Mini-Movie
2016
as Himself (Archive Footage)
- No poster
Clutch City
2015
as Himself
Arvydas Sabonis 11
2014
as Himself
The '84 Draft
2014
Going Big
2012
as Self
NB80s
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Double Clutch: Houston Rockets 1994-95 NBA Champions
1995
as Himself
Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream
1995