The NBA announced that the Defensive Player of the Year award has been renamed The Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy in honor of the Hall of Famer and former Rocket [Image of the trophy is available here].
“I am honored to have the opportunity to celebrate the league’s best defensive player each year,” said Olajuwon. “Great basketball teams are defined by their ability to defend, with every great team connected by an elite defensive anchor.”
Olajuwon was a back-to-back winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1992-93 and 1993-94 and was named All-Defensive First Team five times and Second Team four times. He is the NBA’s all-time leader in blocks (3,830) while ranking ninth in steals (2,162) and 14th in rebounding (13,748).
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25 Comments
NOOOO THATS SO FIRE
Best defensive player ever
Great way to commemorate an all-time talent; one that has melted his name into NBA archives and has inspired millions around the world (including me)
my best Big Man in the NBA. Very versatile on both ends of the floor
👆 – NЕW А DАТING FОR АLL ТАSТЕS & АGЕS 🍒🔥r😜
Thats my goat
Nobody I mean nobody catching that NBA block record 😂
Too fire!!! Good look nba
Yessir 😤🚀
Well deserved! Hakeem the Dream 🔥
Best defender of all time
To watch you play was the real honor. An era of basketball that can never be reproduced
DEFENSIVE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS 🏆 🏆 🚀
Best defensive player all time, Houston basketball legend, Phi Slama Jama and Rockets
Dream is my personal ALL TIME starting Center
This is great news, but somehow Dream still feels underappreciated, even though I'm sure it doesn't bother Hakeem. 🚀
“Offensive thats fun, Defense is work” that quote is legendary.
this is great but hakeem olajuwon is still criminally underrated in history….easily one of the top 10 basketball players to ever walk the face of the earth
He still retained that nigerian accent after all these years in the states
LEGEND
The GOAT center Hakeem Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets!
See a talking GOAT 🚀🚀🚀
Hakeemy Mcdreamy Olajuwon… the Greatest
Congrats Hakeem the dream🎂🎊🎉
Every Big Man's Worst Nightmare "The DR34M" its about time.