By now, you’ve seen the clip.
Hakeem Olajuwon surprisingly made an appearance in today’s NBA Africa Game in Johannesburg and he didn’t disappoint. The Dream, at 52 years old, showed that he’s still got that otherworldly footwork, putting Nicola Vucevic in the spin machine and hitting a 13-foot fadeaway jumper.
Hakeem only played two minutes in the game but that was enough to bring back some classic memories and get us thinking. Some thoughts:
1. Nicola, if you thought guarding him at 52 was bad…
… imagine what it was like trying to defend a late-20’s “Akeem”.