I-Hakim Olajjuvon: umsebenzi, isithombe, impumelelo

Omunye wabadlali be-basketball abavelele kakhulu i-NBA yi-Hakim Olajjuvon. Inombolo yethimba lakhe iwina futhi iziqu zomuntu siqu zingaba nomona nganoma yimuphi umdlali. Iyini imfihlo yokuphumelela kwalowo muntu ovelele? I-biography ye-Hakim Olajuwon izosisiza ukuba siqonde lokhu.

Iminyaka yokuqala

U-Hakim Abdul Oladjuvon wazalelwa ngoJanuwari 1963 edolobheni elikhulu laseNigeria laseGagos.

Kusukela ebuntwaneni, umlando webhayisikili wesikhathi esizayo ubewuthanda ibhola. Ikakhulukazi, lo mfana wama esangweni lendawo.

UHakim weza kubhasikidi kuphela lapho eneminyaka eyi-15. Ngisho noma kunjalo, ukuphakama kwakhe kwafinyelela kuma-205 cm. Kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho uHakim Oludzhyvon eqala ukuhileleka ebhokisini, wabona ukuthi zonke ezinye zezemidlalo ziyisimanje kuye, futhi ukuba ngumdlali we-basketball ukubizwa kwakhe.

Impumelelo yethalenta encane yafika ngokushesha. Ngokushesha wabizwa ukuba adlale eqenjini likazwelonke laseNigeria.

Ukuya e-USA

Ngo-1981, uHakim wasuka eNigeria waya edolobheni laseMelika laseHouston ukuyofunda lapho eyunivesithi. Kodwa umgomo wakhe oyinhloko wawusengakacwaningi, kodwa ukuqhutshwa komsebenzi webhola basketball. U-Oladzhiuwon ungeniswe eqenjini labafundi bendawo, okwakubhekwa njengesinyathelo sokuqala ekuqondeni ukungena kwi-elite basketball league ye-NBA.

Isidlali esincane sebhasikidi ngokushesha saboniswa eceleni. Phakathi nenkathi kusukela ngo-1981 kuya ku-1984, iqembu lakhe lidlale kathathu "I-Final Four" yeqembu eliphakeme kunazo zonke lezemfundo e-US, hhayi okungenani ngenxa yomdlalo okwakuboniswa nguHakim Olajuwon. Kwaqeqeshwa ngaleso sikhathi isazi esinjalo esidumile njengoGuy Lewis.

Umsebenzi ku-NBA

Isikhungo esingahle sikwazi ukuhluleka ukuphawula ochwepheshe eNBA. Wabizwa ukuba adlale eqenjini laseHouston Rockets.

Yiqiniso, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi uHakim Olajjuvon nguBill Simmons, umhlaziyi owaziwayo webhasikidi, ujoyina ilungu lebhola lebhasikidi elihlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni hhayi nje ngethalenta lakhe, kodwa nangenxa yenhlanhla kanye nesehlanhla. Kungenzeka ukuthi insizwa yaseNigeria, eminyakeni engaba ngu-15 yokugxila ebhola, ku-21 izoba umdlali we-NBA, impela kakhulu kakhulu.

Nakuba uHakim Olajjuvon wadlala iRostonston Rockets eminyakeni eyishumi yokuqala yokusebenza kwakhe, wazibonakalisa engumdlali ophezulu kakhulu, kodwa kwakungekho umbikezeli wokuthi angakhula aze afike ezingeni le-legend. Le minyaka ayidlala nomunye umdlali omkhulu, uRalph Sampson, futhi ngemuva nje kokuhamba kwalesi sigameko waba ngumholi ongenakuphikiswa weqembu. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, phakathi kokuphumelela okuphawulekayo kwe-Hakim, umuntu angakwazi ukuveza kuphela ukukhishwa kwe "Houston Rockets" ku-NBA Finals ngo-1986.

Isibonelo, uMichael Jordan, owaqala umsebenzi wakhe webhasikidi ngesikhathi esifanayo neHakim, ngo-1993 akazange abe ngumdlali webhola basketball enkulu kakhulu esikhathini sethu, kodwa waze wakwazi ukumemezela ekupheleni komsebenzi wakhe. U-Oladzhyuvon wayengakabikho ubufakazi bokuthi uyakwazi yini ngempela nokuthi yiziphi izigaba kanye nemivuzo efanelekile.

Ihora lezinkanyezi

Kwakuyi-1993 okuphawulekayo ekushintsheni komdlali webhola basketball yaseNigeria. Okokuqala, kulo nyaka wathola ubuzwe baseMelika, ayekade esebenza isikhathi eside. Kodwa lokhu akuyona into ebaluleke kakhulu. Ekupheleni konyaka we-1992-1993, uMichael Jordan owaziwayo wamemezela ukuthi uzohlala emsebenzini, eshiya isihlalo sobukhosi se-NBA esingenamdlali. Ngokushesha wadlala abadlali abaningi bebhola basketball, okubalwa noPatrick Ewing, uClifford Robinson, uDennis Rodman, uCharles Barkley, uCarl Malone, uScottie Pippen kanye nokunyuka kwenkanyezi uShaquille O'Neill. Kodwa kuphela i-Hakim Olajjuvon eyakwazi ukuhlala endaweni engavumelekile.

Sekuyisikhathi sonyaka ka-1992-1993, u-Oladziuwon wathola isihloko somdlali onamandla kakhulu wokuzivikela. Esikhathini sika-1993-1994, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yomdlalo we-Hakim amahle, amaRobhethi aseHouston kwaba okokuqala emlandweni wawo ukuba abe yiqhawe leNBA, kanti u-Olajuwon ngokwakhe ubengumdlali webhola basketball umhlabeleli kanye nomdlali owusizo kakhulu ekugcineni. Ukwamukela zonke lezi zihloko ngenkathi eyodwa ngaphambi kokuba kungenzeki kunoma yimuphi umdlali wezemidlalo. Esikhathini esilandelayo sika-1994-1995, i- "Houston" iphinde igubhe ukunqoba ekubuyiseleni, kanti uHakim uthola isikhundla esilandelayo somdlali owusizo kakhulu ekugcineni.

Isizini sika-1995-1996 asizange siphumelele kangako, njengoba uHouston emdlalweni we-NBA wakwazi ukufinyelela kuphela ekupheleni komhlangano. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umsebenzi ozoqala ukusebenza uMichael Jordan, owahola "iChicago Bulls" ngemuva kokuphumula iminyaka emibili eya empini ye-NBA futhi waqeda umdlalo wakhe zonke ezinye izinkanyezi zobuqhawe.

Ngo-1996, ithimba lase-United States laphumelela emidlalweni yegolide yama- Olimpiki ka-1996 e-Atlanta. Omunye wabadlali abakhulu kuleli qembu kwakunguHakim Olajuwon. Isithombe salolu qembu lezinkanyezi lamathimba e-Olympic lisenhla.

Ngonyaka ofanayo, ngo-1996, u-Oladzhiwon wayekuloluhlu lwabadlali be-basketball abangama-50 abakhulu kunabo bonke.

Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo kubalulekile ukuchaza ukuthi izikhathi ezinhle kakhulu zeHakim neqembu lakhe zidlulile. Esikhathini sonyaka ka 1996-1997, amaRobhethi aseHouston aphinde akwazi ukufinyelela ekugcineni kwenkomfa, kodwa ezinkathini ezimbili ezilandelayo, wasuswa ekuqothaneni kokuqala kwama-playoffs. Izikhathi zika-1999-2000 no-2000-2001 zazibi nakakhulu, njengoba leli qembu lalingeke likwazi ukungena ngisho nakwa-playoffs.

Ukuya e-Toronto Raptors nokuqeda umsebenzi

Ngo-2001, u-Oladzhiwon wathuthela ukudlala iqembu le-NBA Toronto Raptors. Ngaphambi kwalokho, wayengakaze adlale elinye iklabhu eNBA, ngaphandle kwethimba le-Houston Rockets. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlala eqenjini elisha kwakunesikhathi esifushane futhi kwaphela isikhathi esisodwa kuphela.

Esikhathini sonyaka ka-2001-2002, iToronto ihlukumeze ukuyibeka kuma-playoffs, kodwa yalahlekelwa khona okokuqala ngqa. Umdlalo weHakim oneminyaka engu-38 ubudala wawungaphandle kwezinkomba zeminyaka yakhe engcono kakhulu.

Ngo-2002, u-Olajuewon wamemezela ukuphela komsebenzi wakhe we-basketball.

Imiphumela Yomsebenzi

Ngezinkathi eziyishumi nesikhombisa, uHakim Oludzhyvon abambelele eNBA, wathola amaphuzu angaba ngu-27 000 futhi wenza amaphesenti angaphezu kuka-13.5. Ngaphezu kwalokho, unomlando we-NBA we-block shots - u-3830.

Lo mdlali kabili waba iqhawe leNBA, ngesikhathi ehlonishwa njengomdlali owusizo kakhulu wonyaka, futhi kabili waba umdlali onokuzivikela kunabo bonke kanye nomdlali we-basketball owusizo kakhulu ekugcineni. Njengengxenye yeqembu lase-US, u-Oladzhiwon uyinhlangano yama-Olympic.

Ukubaluleka kwalesi sidlali kuboniswa ukuthi ngo-1996 wafakwa ohlwini lwabadlali abahamba phambili be-NBA kuze kube nini nanini, futhi ngo-2008 kwafakwa eHholo Lobuqhawe. Ngakho-ke, i-Hakim Olajjvon ngempela ingomunye wabadlali bebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola elidlalwa ngumlando wezwe.