Hakeem Olajuwon



Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (Taimako·bayani) (An haife shi a January 21, 1963.) Anfi saninsa da Akeem Olajuwon, shi dan Nigeriya ba'Amurikane, kuma tsohon kwararren dan'wasan Kwallon kwando ne. Daga 1984 zuwa 2002, shi Dan wasan center wurin sa a National Basketball Association (NBA) a kungiyar Houston Rockets da kuma Toronto Raptors. Ya jagoranci Rockets dayin back-to-back NBA championships a 1994 da 1995. A 2008, aka sanya cikin Basketball Hall of Fame, da kuma a 2016, aka saka shi cikin FIBA Hall of Fame. Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) ,[1] Olajuwon is considered one of the greatest centers ever to play the game.[2][3][4] Ana masa lakabi da "Mafarki" lokacin was an kwallon kwandonsa bayan ya dunked so effortlessly wanda kocinsa na koleji yace "kamar a mafarki."[5]
An haife shi a Lagos, Nijeriya. Olajuwon yayi tafiya daga kasar haihuwarsa zuwa buga wasa wa Jami'ar Houston a karkashin kochinta Guy Lewis. Wasan sa a Cougars yahada da samun zuwa Final Four. Olajuwon was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the first overall selection of the 1984 NBA draft, a draft that included Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, da John Stockton. He combined with the 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) Ralph Sampson to form a duo dubbed the "Twin Towers". Su biyun suka jagoranci Rockets kaiwa 1986 NBA Finals, amma suka samu rashin nasara a hannun Boston Celtics. Bayan saida Sampson zuwa Warriors a 1988, Olajuwon yazama Shugaba a Rockets' ya jagorance su a wasanni rebounding har sau biyu (1989, 1990) da kuma a blocks har sai uku (1990, 1991, 1993).
Dukda an matukar kusan saida shi a lokacin yarjeniya mai daci da akayi dashi kafin wasannin 1992–93 season, yacigaba da zama a Houston wanda a 1993–94, yazama ɗan wasa na farko a tarihin NBA daya samu kyautar MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, da kuma Finals MVP kyautuka a wannan kakar. Ƙungiyar sa ta Rockets tayi nasarar back-to-back championships akan kungiyar New York Knicks (avenging his college championship loss to Patrick Ewing), da Shaquille O'Neal's Orlando Magic. A 1996, Olajuwon na daga cikin mambobin da suka samu nasara Olympic gold-medal-winning United States national team, kuma aka zabe shi daya daga cikin manyan yan'wasa 50 Greatest Players in NBA History a tarihi. Ya kare wasannin sa a matsayin the league's all-time leader a blocks (3,830) kuma yana daya daga cikin yanwasa hudun NBA dasu kayi nasarar quadruple-double.[6][7]
Tun yan[8]a ƙarami
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Olajuwon ga Salim da Abike Olajuwon, 'yan kabilar Yoruba masu aiki a wani kamfanin siminti a Legas, Najeriya.[9][10] Shi ne na uku cikin yara takwas. Ya yaba wa iyayensa da suka cusa masa kyawawan halaye na aiki tuƙuru da ladabi: "Sun koya mana mu kasance masu gaskiya, mu yi aiki tuƙuru, mu girmama manyanmu, kuma mu yi imani da kanmu."[9] Olajuwon ya nuna rashin jin daɗinsa a lokacin da aka kwatanta shi da baya a Najeriya. "Lagos birni ne mai cike da al'adu daban-daban ... Akwai kabilu da yawa. Na girma a cikin yanayi a makarantu inda akwai nau'ikan mutane daban-daban."[11]
A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, Olajuwon mai tsaron gida ne wanda ya taimaka masa wajen ba shi ƙarfin hali da ƙarfin daidaita girmansa da ƙarfinsa a ƙwallon kwando, kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga ƙwarewarsa ta hana harbi[12][12] Olajuwon bai buga ƙwallon kwando ba sai yana ɗan shekara 15 a makarantar sakandare, lokacin da ya shiga gasar gida yayin da yake Kwalejin Malaman Musulunci da ke Legas, Najeriya.[13] An ce wani koci a Najeriya ya taɓa roƙonsa ya yi tsalle ya yi zanga-zanga yana tsaye a kan kujera. Sai Olajuwon ya yi ƙoƙarin tsayawa a kan kujera da kansa. Lokacin da ma'aikata suka tura shi don kada ya yi amfani da kujera, da farko bai iya yin tsalle a ƙwallon kwando ba.[14][15][16]
Duk da ƙalubalen farko, Olajuwon ya ce, "Kwallon Kwando wani abu ne na musamman. Nan da nan na fara wasan kuma, kun sani, na fahimci cewa wannan shine rayuwata. Duk sauran wasanni sun tsufa."[14][17][18]
Sana'ar kwaleji
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Olajuwon ya yi ƙaura daga Najeriya don yin wasan ƙwallon kwando a Jami'ar Houston a ƙarƙashin kocin Cougars Guy Lewis. Ba a ɗauki Olajuwon da muhimmanci ba kuma an ba shi damar zuwa jami'ar ne kawai don yin atisaye ga ma'aikatan horarwa, bisa ga shawarar da abokin Lewis ya ba shi wanda ya ga Olajuwon yana wasa.[19] Daga baya ya tuna cewa lokacin da ya isa filin jirgin sama a shekarar 1980 don ziyarar, babu wani wakilin makarantar da ya zo don gaishe shi. Lokacin da ya kira ma'aikatan, suka gaya masa ya hau taksi zuwa jami'a.[[20][21]
Ɗaya daga cikin lambobi biyar kacal da ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta maza ta Jami'ar Houston ta yi ritaya, ɗan wasan Olajuwon mai lamba 34 ya tsaya a Cibiyar Fertitta.
Bayan ya sake sanya rigarsa ta farko a shekarar 1980–81 saboda bai sami izinin buga wasa daga NCAA ba tukuna,[22] Olajuwon ya fito daga benci galibi kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mutum na shida na Cougars a matsayin ɗan wasan farko a 1981–82, matsakaicin maki 8.3, bugun 6.2 da toshe 2.5, yana harbi da kashi 60% daga filin wasa a cikin mintuna 18 a kowane wasa yayin da aka cire Houston a wasan ƙarshe na huɗu ta hannun zakaran NCAA, North Carolina.[17] Olajuwon ya nemi shawara daga ma'aikatan horarwa game da yadda zai ƙara lokacin wasansa, kuma sun ba shi shawarar ya yi atisaye da mazaunin Houston kuma wanda ya lashe MVP da yawa a NBA, Moses Malone. Malone, wanda a lokacin ya kasance cibiya a Houston Rockets na NBA, ya buga wasanni a kowane lokacin hutun kakar wasa tare da 'yan wasan NBA da yawa a Cibiyar Nishaɗi ta Fonde. Olajuwon ya shiga atisayen motsa jiki kuma ya yi karo da Malone a wasanni da dama a lokacin bazara. Olajuwon ya yaba da wannan gogewar da ta inganta wasansa cikin sauri: "Hanya da Moses ya taimaka min ita ce ta hanyar kasancewa a waje yana wasa da kuma ba ni damar yin karo da wannan matakin gasa. Shi ne mafi kyawun tsakiya a NBA a lokacin, don haka ina ƙoƙarin inganta wasana da mafi kyau."[23][24]
Olajuwon ya dawo daga wannan bazarar wani ɗan wasa daban. An yi masa lakabi da "Mafarkin" a lokacin aikinsa na ƙwallon kwando bayan ya yi wasa cikin sauƙi har sai da kocinsa na kwaleji ya ce "kamar mafarki ne."[25] Shi da abokan aikinsa (ciki har da Clyde Drexler) suka kafa abin da aka yi wa lakabi da "Phi Slama Jama", "ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa ta farko da ke da slam-dunking", wanda aka sanya wa suna saboda ƙwarewarsa ta sama da ƙasa. A shekarunsa na biyu da na uku, ya taimaka wa Cougars su ci gaba zuwa wasannin gasar NCAA a jere, inda suka sha kashi a hannun North Carolina State bisa ga tip na ƙarshe a 1983 da kuma ƙungiyar Georgetown da Patrick Ewing ya jagoranta a 1984. Ya samu matsakaicin maki 13.9, rebounds 11.4, da blocks 5.1 a 1982–83 da maki 16.8, rebounds 13.5, da blocks 5.6 a 1983–84.[26] An zaɓe Olajuwon a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi fice a gasar NCAA a shekarar 1983, lokacin da aka kuma naɗa shi ɗan wasa mafi fice a Helms Foundation.[27]
Bayan kakar wasa ta 1983–84, lokacin da aka naɗa shi ɗan wasa na farko a ƙungiyar All-American,[28] Olajuwon ya yi muhawara ko zai ci gaba da karatu a kwaleji ko kuma ya bayyana da wuri don shiga gasar NBA. A wancan lokacin, kafin a gabatar da gasar NBA a shekarar 1985, an ba da zaɓin farko ta hanyar yin amfani da tsabar kuɗi. Olajuwon ya tuna: "Na yi imani da gaske cewa Houston za ta lashe gasar tsabar kuɗi kuma ta zaɓi zaɓin farko na yin amfani da tsabar kuɗi, kuma ina son yin wasa a Houston don haka dole ne in yanke wannan shawara (don in tafi da wuri)." Hankalinsa ya tabbatar da gaskiya, kuma jefa ƙwallon ya sa Houston ta yi gaba da Portland Trail Blazers.
Aikin ƙungiyar ƙasa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A shekarar 1980, kafin ya isa Amurka, Olajuwon ya buga wa ƙungiyar matasa ta Najeriya wasa a Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka ta Duk-Afirka. Wannan ya haifar da wasu matsaloli lokacin da ya yi ƙoƙarin bugawa ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta maza ta Amurka da farko.[29] Dokokin FIBA sun hana 'yan wasa wakiltar ƙasa fiye da ɗaya a gasar ƙasa da ƙasa, kuma dole ne 'yan wasa su yi jira na tsawon shekaru uku don duk wani canji na ƙabila. Olajuwon bai cancanci a zaɓe shi a cikin "Ƙungiyar Mafarki" ba saboda bai zama ɗan ƙasar Amurka ba.[30][31]
Olajuwon ya zama ɗan ƙasar Amurka a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1993.[32] A gasar Olympics ta 1996, ya sami keɓewar FIBA kuma ya cancanci bugawa ƙungiyar Dream Team III. Ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da lashe lambar zinare a Atlanta. A lokacin gasar, ya raba mintunansa da Shaquille O'Neal da David Robinson. Ya buga wasanni 7 daga cikin 8 kuma ya fara wasanni 2. Ya samu matsakaicin maki 5 da bugun 3.1 kuma ya taimaka wajen taimakawa da kuma satar kwallo 8 da kuma sata 6 a wasanni bakwai.[33]
Bayanan ɗan wasa[34]
Anazarci
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