My Five Favorite: Hakeem Olajuwon Cards

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Pictured: 1986-87 Fleer #82 Akeem Olajuwon At a press luncheon on October 28, 1996, in New York, then NBA Commissioner David Stern announced the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history over the last 50 years. The usual greats made the list: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousey, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Pete Maravich, Bill Russell, Jerry West, Isiah Thomas, and so on. Fresh off back-to-back NBA Finals MVP awards, Hakeem Olajuwon, formerly Akeem before March 1991, made the list. There are great watercooler debates over “The Dream’s” place on the all-time list that continue […]

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