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Hakeem Olajuwon

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Hakeem Olajuwon
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The Dream Shake is the gold standard: Olajuwon, who played football as a youth in Nigeria, combined spins, shoulder fakes and up-and-unders so fluidly that defenders guessed wrong repeatedly. He won back-to-back titles with Houston in 1994 and 1995, outplaying David Robinson and Patrick Ewing. Later stars from Kobe Bryant to LeBron James went to him for private footwork lessons.
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