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Gilbert Arenas says Hakeem Olajuwon is a Nigerian scammer
- Thread starter AlbertPullhoez
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Gil is a clown, but it is a scam.
It’s two weeks now, but it used to be a week. You not gonna learn how to be a back to basket gawd in a week, or even two weeks.
It really should be a proper camp for a month or so. And Hakeem didn’t have easy to learn post moves either.
I’ve always felt this was a weird operation, but these players keep going and 50k isn’t a lot for them.
SAID BY A NON HOOPER.
HE GIVES YOU THE BUILDING BLOCKS
AND YOU CONTINUE TO WORK ON WHAT HE TAUGHT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR CAREER.
HE TURNED DWIGHT INTO A MONSTER
YALL JUST WASNT WATCHING.
THEN HARDEN RUINED THE LAST YRS OF
HIS PRIME DOMINATING THE BALL.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
My bad breh. I always forget you woulda been in the NBA were it not for…
SAID BY A NON HOOPER.
HE GIVES YOU THE BUILDING BLOCKS
AND YOU CONTINUE TO WORK ON WHAT HE TAUGHT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR CAREER.
Anyway, you don’t learn stuff like this at 24-25. You learn those building blocks at 12-13.
And what Hakeem did was calculus because he didn’t learn those building blocks but had crazy great feet because of soccer.
It worked for Kobe because he already had spectacular footwork and needed refinement and extra moves.
It didn’t work for Dwight because his level was much lower And needed real work. What he is doing with the Rockets bigs will be more beneficial because he is with them weekly.
CAP
BRON WENT FROM NOT
BEING ABLE TO POST UP JJ BAREA
TO A SERVICEABLE POST GM.
he lucky that Hakeem ain't Akeem no mo.
I think one misconception is thinkin Hakeem's bag is just the dexterous shimmy and dream shake. In truth, the post-moves Jordan popularized during his 2nd 3peat, Hakeem was already doing. The turn around fade away, the half-turn (shoulder-fake) bring it back into the fade away, etc. In addition, the ballerina pivots that Jokic does (and that Yao was doing 20 years ago).
IOW, Jordan, Kobe, Jokic, Embiid etc all added their own flavor to it, but the core of what they were doing in the post is what Hakeem was already doing. Not saying he invented it but he had those fundamentals. The shimmy/shake was just his own flavor to it. So does Giannis need to learn that from Dream? Not necessarily, bc it'll be the same stuff Jokic and Embiid already know how to do and learned thru other means. But going to Dream wouldn't hurt.
Amare went to Hakeem and noticeably improved his post-game (2013 season iirc) but he was already damaged goods and couldn't play more than 20mpg that season. Dwight improved his post-game but it still wasn't shyt you'd want him as a primary option for and he was already compromised with that bad back at the tail end of his Houston run.
IOW, Jordan, Kobe, Jokic, Embiid etc all added their own flavor to it, but the core of what they were doing in the post is what Hakeem was already doing. Not saying he invented it but he had those fundamentals. The shimmy/shake was just his own flavor to it. So does Giannis need to learn that from Dream? Not necessarily, bc it'll be the same stuff Jokic and Embiid already know how to do and learned thru other means. But going to Dream wouldn't hurt.
Amare went to Hakeem and noticeably improved his post-game (2013 season iirc) but he was already damaged goods and couldn't play more than 20mpg that season. Dwight improved his post-game but it still wasn't shyt you'd want him as a primary option for and he was already compromised with that bad back at the tail end of his Houston run.
The_Third_Man
Superstar
funny how the word "disrespectful" is only used when somebody say something about a retired players while NBA fans enjoy shytTING on active all-time greats and calling them all kind of names every single day
You are using generational players as the norm when they are outliers and ignoring the fact that damn near half the decent players in the league trained with Hakeem and saw no tangible benefits to their game.
CAP
BRON WENT FROM NOT
BEING ABLE TO POST UP JJ BAREA
TO A SERVICEABLE POST GM.
Robin Lopez, Ayton, Drummond, JaVale, Rudy Gay, Blake Griffin, etc
They literally all did it because it was the cool thing to do. Maybe Kobe and Bron benefited but that’s because they are GOAT level players. It stands to reason that they would have improved their post game on their own if they really focused on it. A week with Hakeem isn’t going to do jack shyt for 98% of the league
ROBIN LOPEZ HAS A GOOD POST GAME
AND BLAKE IMPROVED IN THE POST.
HE WAS STRICTLY PICK & ROLL
AT ONE POINT
When did Blake and Robin train with Hakeem and when did their post games improve?
ROBIN LOPEZ HAS A GOOD POST GAME
AND BLAKE IMPROVED IN THE POST.
HE WAS STRICTLY PICK & ROLL
AT ONE POINT
I have a strong feeling you are just posting shyt for the sake of posting without actually knowing anything
Peruvian Connect
All Star
Your logic is flawed. Thats like saying the education system is a scam because nikkas with no diploma, high scohol or college make more than some people with degrees. Or because someone went to school and got a masters just to work @ Starbucks.