Hakeem Olajuwon has been retired for more than a decade, but he’s just as active these days. For several years now, he has been working with NBA big men on their footwork and moves in the post. Judging by some of the film, the Dream could probably still give some guys fits.
After acquiring Dwight Howard (who is limited offensively to a degree) the Rockets made the wise decision to bring in Olajuwon full-time to work with Dwight and other bigs. This is great for the NBA, Olajuwon and Dwight.
Hakeem Olajuwon, a key part of the Rockets’ recruiting efforts to land Howard and a large part of the festivities Saturday after Howard signed, will rejoin the Rockets in an official capacity for the first time since he spent the final season of his career with the Toronto Raptors in 2002.
Olajuwon’s duties and title are being discussed, and he will spend much of the year at his home in Jordan. But he will work with Rockets interior players, as he does with big men around the NBA each offseason, as a team employee.
“We are going to bring him in as full-time as is possible,” Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said Sunday. “It’s not done, but we have mutual interest to get it done, and we’ve had some early discussions.
“We want him to work with Dwight and Omer (Asik), and he wants to do that.”
H/T: Houston Chronicle
