Olajuwon, Hakeem
Olajuwon, Hakeem (Hakeem Olajuwon) (Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon) (Hakeem the Dream) (Akeem Olajuwon) (b. January 21, 1963). Professional basketball player. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He first saw basketball when he was 15. Before then he had played soccer and cricket. However, being almost seven feet tall, his future was found to be with basketball. He played collegiately at the University of Houston, leading the Houston Cougars to two trips to the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Final Four. Olajuwon left college after his junior year following his selection as a 1984 consensus First Team All-American. He was also the 1983 NCAA Tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP). Drafted by the Houston Rockets, in his first year in the NBA, Olajuwon was named to the All-Rookie First Team, after finishing as runner up to Michael Jordan for Rookie of the Year in 1985. Along with 7'4" Ralph Sampson, Olajuwon led the Rockets to the NBA (National Basketball Association) Finals in 1986, only to lose to the Boston Celtics. However, in the process, he set and NBA Finals record for most blocks in a game with 8 in Game 5. In 1993-1994, Olajuwon had an incredible year. While leading the Houston Rockets to the National Basketball Association Championship, Olajuwon was named Defensive Player of the Year, NBA Finals MVP, and League MVP. The Rockets repeated as NBA Champions in 1995. During his career, Olajuwon was the League MVP (1994); a two time Defensive Player of the Year (1993, 1994); a five time All-NBA First Team selection (1987, 1988, 1989, 1993 and 1994); and a five time All-Defensive First Team selection (1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1994). A naturalized United States citizen, Olajuwon played for the United States on the Olympic Gold Medal winning “Dream Team III” in 1996. He holds the distinction of recording one of only 3 quadruple doubles in NBA history with 18 points, 16 rebounds, 11 blocks and 10 assists in a game against Milwaukee on March 29, 1990.
Because of his outstanding career, Olajuwon was named one of the NBA’s 50 All-Time Greatest Players.
Hakeem Olajuwon was Nigerian-born American professional basketball player who led the Houston Rockets to consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1994 and 1995.
Olajuwon was unfamiliar with basketball until age 15, instead playing association football (soccer) and team handball in Lagos, Nigeria. After two years of familiarizing himself with the sport, the 7-foot (2.13-meter) center was recruited to play collegiate basketball in the United States at the University of Houston. In Olajuwon’s first season, Houston advanced to the Final Four (national championship semifinals) of the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament (see March Madness). The next year, Houston returned to the Final Four but lost the national championship game to North Carolina State University in a dramatic upset; even so, Olajuwon was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. In 1984 Houston again advanced to the NCAA tournament’s final game, but the national championship eluded Olajuwon once more as his team fell to Georgetown University, led by star player Patrick Ewing.
Olajuwon left college after his junior year and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the first pick in the 1984 NBA draft. The Rockets reached the play-offs in his first year with the team, and in his second they narrowly failed to win the championship, losing to the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals. The Rockets regressed slightly in the following years, advancing past the first round of the play-offs just once between 1987 and 1992, but Olajuwon continued his impressive individual play, which was highlighted by his tenacious defensive ability and his incredibly nimble footwork on offense. His signature move was known as the “Dream Shake,” a series of feints, spins, and drop steps he would perform close to the basket that often confounded opposing defenders and left Olajuwon with an open shot.
Olajuwon reached the pinnacle of his career in the mid-1990s. He was named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons and was also the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1993–94. His MVP season was capped with a seven-game victory over the New York Knicks in the NBA finals, and Olajuwon was named finals MVP for his efforts. He led the Rockets to a second championship the following year and was again named finals MVP. His production slipped due to injuries and age in the late 1990s, and in 2001 he was traded to the Toronto Raptors, where he played only one season before retiring in 2002. At the time of his retirement, Olajuwon ranked 7th in career points scored in the NBA and 11th in career rebounds; he was also the league’s all-time leader in blocked shots. A 12-time All-Star, Olajuwon was named one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1996, and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Olajuwon married his current wife Dalia Asafi on August 8, 1996, in Houston. They have two daughters, Rahmah and Aisha Olajuwon. Abisola Olajuwon, his daughter with former wife and college sweetheart Lita Spencer, represented the West Girls in the McDonald's All American Game and played with the WNBA's Chicago Sky.
Olajuwon was recognized as one of the league's elite centers despite his strict observance of Ramadan (e.g., abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours for about a month), which occurred during virtually every season of his career. Olajuwon was noted as sometimes playing better during the month, and in 1995 he was named NBA Player of the Month in February, even though Ramadan began on February 1 of that year.
Olajuwon's career accolades include:
* 2× NBA champion (1994, '95)
* 2× NBA Finals MVP (1994, '95)
* 1× NBA MVP (1994)
* 2× Defensive Player of Year (1993, '94)
* 6× All-NBA First Team (1987, '88, '89, '93, '94, '97)
* 3× All-NBA Second Team ('86, '90, '96)
* 3× All-NBA Third Team (1991, '95, '99)
* 5× All-Defensive First Team ('87, '88, '90, '93, '94)
* 12× All-Star
* Olympic gold medalist (1996)
* Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).
* Only player in NBA history to have won MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season (1993–94).
* One of the 4 players in NBA history to have ever recorded a quadruple-double.
* The third of five players in NBA history to lead the league in blocks and rebounding in the same season (1989–90)
* The other four players are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1975-76), Bill Walton (1976-77), Ben Wallace (2001-02) and Dwight Howard (2008-09).
* Olajuwon also won the rebounding and blocked shots titles in 1989-90, becoming the third player ever (after Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton) to lead the league in both categories during the same season.
* All-time leader in blocked shots. (note: the NBA did not keep statistics for blocked shots until the 1973-74 season)
* Olajuwon is also in the top ten in blocks, scoring, rebounding, and steals. He is the only player in NBA history placed in the top ten for all four categories.
* All-time NBA Playoffs leader in total blocks with 472 and blocks per game with 3.3 per game.
* Olajuwon ranks 8th all-time in steals and is the highest ranked center. (note that steals were not recorded until the 1973-74 season).
* In 1989, Olajuwon had 282 blocks and 218 steals, becoming the only NBA player to record over 200 blocks and 200 steals in a season.
* Olajuwon is one of few players to record more than 200 blocks and 100 steals in a season. As the all-time leader in this feat, he did it for 11 seasons (consecutively from the 1985-86 season to the 1995-96 season). The next closest is David Robinson, who did it for 7 seasons.
* Olajuwon was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2008.
Hakeem Olajuwon see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Hakeem the Dream see Olajuwon, Hakeem
The Dream see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Akeem Olajuwon see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Olajuwon, Akeem see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Olajuwon, Hakeem (Hakeem Olajuwon) (Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon) (Hakeem the Dream) (Akeem Olajuwon) (b. January 21, 1963). Professional basketball player. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He first saw basketball when he was 15. Before then he had played soccer and cricket. However, being almost seven feet tall, his future was found to be with basketball. He played collegiately at the University of Houston, leading the Houston Cougars to two trips to the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Final Four. Olajuwon left college after his junior year following his selection as a 1984 consensus First Team All-American. He was also the 1983 NCAA Tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP). Drafted by the Houston Rockets, in his first year in the NBA, Olajuwon was named to the All-Rookie First Team, after finishing as runner up to Michael Jordan for Rookie of the Year in 1985. Along with 7'4" Ralph Sampson, Olajuwon led the Rockets to the NBA (National Basketball Association) Finals in 1986, only to lose to the Boston Celtics. However, in the process, he set and NBA Finals record for most blocks in a game with 8 in Game 5. In 1993-1994, Olajuwon had an incredible year. While leading the Houston Rockets to the National Basketball Association Championship, Olajuwon was named Defensive Player of the Year, NBA Finals MVP, and League MVP. The Rockets repeated as NBA Champions in 1995. During his career, Olajuwon was the League MVP (1994); a two time Defensive Player of the Year (1993, 1994); a five time All-NBA First Team selection (1987, 1988, 1989, 1993 and 1994); and a five time All-Defensive First Team selection (1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1994). A naturalized United States citizen, Olajuwon played for the United States on the Olympic Gold Medal winning “Dream Team III” in 1996. He holds the distinction of recording one of only 3 quadruple doubles in NBA history with 18 points, 16 rebounds, 11 blocks and 10 assists in a game against Milwaukee on March 29, 1990.
Because of his outstanding career, Olajuwon was named one of the NBA’s 50 All-Time Greatest Players.
Hakeem Olajuwon was Nigerian-born American professional basketball player who led the Houston Rockets to consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1994 and 1995.
Olajuwon was unfamiliar with basketball until age 15, instead playing association football (soccer) and team handball in Lagos, Nigeria. After two years of familiarizing himself with the sport, the 7-foot (2.13-meter) center was recruited to play collegiate basketball in the United States at the University of Houston. In Olajuwon’s first season, Houston advanced to the Final Four (national championship semifinals) of the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament (see March Madness). The next year, Houston returned to the Final Four but lost the national championship game to North Carolina State University in a dramatic upset; even so, Olajuwon was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. In 1984 Houston again advanced to the NCAA tournament’s final game, but the national championship eluded Olajuwon once more as his team fell to Georgetown University, led by star player Patrick Ewing.
Olajuwon left college after his junior year and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the first pick in the 1984 NBA draft. The Rockets reached the play-offs in his first year with the team, and in his second they narrowly failed to win the championship, losing to the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals. The Rockets regressed slightly in the following years, advancing past the first round of the play-offs just once between 1987 and 1992, but Olajuwon continued his impressive individual play, which was highlighted by his tenacious defensive ability and his incredibly nimble footwork on offense. His signature move was known as the “Dream Shake,” a series of feints, spins, and drop steps he would perform close to the basket that often confounded opposing defenders and left Olajuwon with an open shot.
Olajuwon reached the pinnacle of his career in the mid-1990s. He was named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons and was also the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1993–94. His MVP season was capped with a seven-game victory over the New York Knicks in the NBA finals, and Olajuwon was named finals MVP for his efforts. He led the Rockets to a second championship the following year and was again named finals MVP. His production slipped due to injuries and age in the late 1990s, and in 2001 he was traded to the Toronto Raptors, where he played only one season before retiring in 2002. At the time of his retirement, Olajuwon ranked 7th in career points scored in the NBA and 11th in career rebounds; he was also the league’s all-time leader in blocked shots. A 12-time All-Star, Olajuwon was named one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1996, and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Olajuwon married his current wife Dalia Asafi on August 8, 1996, in Houston. They have two daughters, Rahmah and Aisha Olajuwon. Abisola Olajuwon, his daughter with former wife and college sweetheart Lita Spencer, represented the West Girls in the McDonald's All American Game and played with the WNBA's Chicago Sky.
Olajuwon was recognized as one of the league's elite centers despite his strict observance of Ramadan (e.g., abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours for about a month), which occurred during virtually every season of his career. Olajuwon was noted as sometimes playing better during the month, and in 1995 he was named NBA Player of the Month in February, even though Ramadan began on February 1 of that year.
Olajuwon's career accolades include:
* 2× NBA champion (1994, '95)
* 2× NBA Finals MVP (1994, '95)
* 1× NBA MVP (1994)
* 2× Defensive Player of Year (1993, '94)
* 6× All-NBA First Team (1987, '88, '89, '93, '94, '97)
* 3× All-NBA Second Team ('86, '90, '96)
* 3× All-NBA Third Team (1991, '95, '99)
* 5× All-Defensive First Team ('87, '88, '90, '93, '94)
* 12× All-Star
* Olympic gold medalist (1996)
* Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).
* Only player in NBA history to have won MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season (1993–94).
* One of the 4 players in NBA history to have ever recorded a quadruple-double.
* The third of five players in NBA history to lead the league in blocks and rebounding in the same season (1989–90)
* The other four players are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1975-76), Bill Walton (1976-77), Ben Wallace (2001-02) and Dwight Howard (2008-09).
* Olajuwon also won the rebounding and blocked shots titles in 1989-90, becoming the third player ever (after Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton) to lead the league in both categories during the same season.
* All-time leader in blocked shots. (note: the NBA did not keep statistics for blocked shots until the 1973-74 season)
* Olajuwon is also in the top ten in blocks, scoring, rebounding, and steals. He is the only player in NBA history placed in the top ten for all four categories.
* All-time NBA Playoffs leader in total blocks with 472 and blocks per game with 3.3 per game.
* Olajuwon ranks 8th all-time in steals and is the highest ranked center. (note that steals were not recorded until the 1973-74 season).
* In 1989, Olajuwon had 282 blocks and 218 steals, becoming the only NBA player to record over 200 blocks and 200 steals in a season.
* Olajuwon is one of few players to record more than 200 blocks and 100 steals in a season. As the all-time leader in this feat, he did it for 11 seasons (consecutively from the 1985-86 season to the 1995-96 season). The next closest is David Robinson, who did it for 7 seasons.
* Olajuwon was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2008.
Hakeem Olajuwon see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Hakeem the Dream see Olajuwon, Hakeem
The Dream see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Akeem Olajuwon see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Olajuwon, Akeem see Olajuwon, Hakeem
Oljeytu
Oljeytu (Uljaytu) Khudabanda, Ghiyath al-Din (Öljaitü) (Oljeitu) (Olcayto) (Uljeitu) (Muhammad Khodabandeh) (Moḥammad Khudābanda) (Khodābandeh from Persian meaning the "Man of God") (1280 - December 16, 1316, Soltaniyeh, near Kazvin, Iran). Mongol Il-Khan ruler of Persia (1304-1316 (1317?)). He was baptized as a Christian but became a Buddhist, and afterwards embraced Islam. Showing at first preference for the Shi‘a, he became an adherent of the Sunna, and finally joined the Shi‘a again. He continued the traditional warfare of his predecessors with the Mamluks and their friendly relations with European Christian powers. He established his chief seasonal residence at the recently founded town of Sultaniyya, where his mausoleum is still to be seen.
A great-grandson of Hülegü, founder of the Il-Khan dynasty, Öljeitü was baptized a Christian and given the name Nicholas by his mother. As a youth he converted to Buddhism and later to the Sunnite branch of Islām, taking the name Moḥammad Khudābanda. After the death (1304) of his brother Maḥmūd Ghāzān, the seventh Il-Khan, he disposed of his rivals easily and acceded to a relatively peaceful reign. In 1307, the Caspian province of Jilan was conquered, strengthening Il-Khan rule, and a potentially dangerous rebellion was crushed in Herāt (now in Afghanistan). The traditional hostility between the Il-Khans and the Mamelūkes of Syria and Egypt persisted, however, and a badly organized invasion of Mamelūke territory took place in 1312. The expedition had to be abandoned after expected help from European princes failed to materialize.
Öljeitü changed his religious affiliations several times. His conversion to Sunnite Islām is attributed to one of his wives. During the winter of 1307–08 there ensued a bitter religious feud between the adherents of the Ḥanafī and Shafīʿī schools of Sunnite Islāmic law, so disgusting Öljeitü that he considered converting back to Buddhism, a course that proved politically impossible. Greatly influenced by the Shīʿite theologian Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Hillī, he came to embrace the religion; and on his return from a visit to the tomb of ʿAlī in Iraq (1309–10), he proclaimed Shīʿite Islām to be the state religion of Iran.
An active patron of the arts, Öljeitü built a new capital at Soltānīyeh that required the efforts of many artists, who made it a masterpiece of Il-Khanid architecture. He lent vital encouragement and support to Rashīd ad-Dīn’s monumental world history and to the endeavors of Iranian poets.
Uljaytu see Oljeytu
Ghiyath al-Din Khudabanda see Oljeytu
Khudabanda, Ghiyath al-Din see Oljeytu
Oljaitu see Oljeytu
Muhammad Khodabandeh see Oljeytu
Mohammad Khudabanda see Oljeytu
Oljeytu (Uljaytu) Khudabanda, Ghiyath al-Din (Öljaitü) (Oljeitu) (Olcayto) (Uljeitu) (Muhammad Khodabandeh) (Moḥammad Khudābanda) (Khodābandeh from Persian meaning the "Man of God") (1280 - December 16, 1316, Soltaniyeh, near Kazvin, Iran). Mongol Il-Khan ruler of Persia (1304-1316 (1317?)). He was baptized as a Christian but became a Buddhist, and afterwards embraced Islam. Showing at first preference for the Shi‘a, he became an adherent of the Sunna, and finally joined the Shi‘a again. He continued the traditional warfare of his predecessors with the Mamluks and their friendly relations with European Christian powers. He established his chief seasonal residence at the recently founded town of Sultaniyya, where his mausoleum is still to be seen.
A great-grandson of Hülegü, founder of the Il-Khan dynasty, Öljeitü was baptized a Christian and given the name Nicholas by his mother. As a youth he converted to Buddhism and later to the Sunnite branch of Islām, taking the name Moḥammad Khudābanda. After the death (1304) of his brother Maḥmūd Ghāzān, the seventh Il-Khan, he disposed of his rivals easily and acceded to a relatively peaceful reign. In 1307, the Caspian province of Jilan was conquered, strengthening Il-Khan rule, and a potentially dangerous rebellion was crushed in Herāt (now in Afghanistan). The traditional hostility between the Il-Khans and the Mamelūkes of Syria and Egypt persisted, however, and a badly organized invasion of Mamelūke territory took place in 1312. The expedition had to be abandoned after expected help from European princes failed to materialize.
Öljeitü changed his religious affiliations several times. His conversion to Sunnite Islām is attributed to one of his wives. During the winter of 1307–08 there ensued a bitter religious feud between the adherents of the Ḥanafī and Shafīʿī schools of Sunnite Islāmic law, so disgusting Öljeitü that he considered converting back to Buddhism, a course that proved politically impossible. Greatly influenced by the Shīʿite theologian Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Hillī, he came to embrace the religion; and on his return from a visit to the tomb of ʿAlī in Iraq (1309–10), he proclaimed Shīʿite Islām to be the state religion of Iran.
An active patron of the arts, Öljeitü built a new capital at Soltānīyeh that required the efforts of many artists, who made it a masterpiece of Il-Khanid architecture. He lent vital encouragement and support to Rashīd ad-Dīn’s monumental world history and to the endeavors of Iranian poets.
Uljaytu see Oljeytu
Ghiyath al-Din Khudabanda see Oljeytu
Khudabanda, Ghiyath al-Din see Oljeytu
Oljaitu see Oljeytu
Muhammad Khodabandeh see Oljeytu
Mohammad Khudabanda see Oljeytu
Olorum Ulua
Olorum Ulua. An Afro-Brazilian deity worshipped by black descendants of Yoruba Muslim slaves in Bahia and other cities. It is apparently a combination of two deities: the Yoruba Olorum and Allah, the Muslim God.
Ulua, Olorum see Olorum Ulua.
Olorum Ulua. An Afro-Brazilian deity worshipped by black descendants of Yoruba Muslim slaves in Bahia and other cities. It is apparently a combination of two deities: the Yoruba Olorum and Allah, the Muslim God.
Ulua, Olorum see Olorum Ulua.
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