He was born in a middle-class family and received good training and education during his growth. As a student, he is a goalkeeper and a member of the school handball team. His basketball career began at the age of fifteen, which originated from a coincidence. A friend of the school basketball team took a fancy to his height and physical quality and asked him to be a foreign aid, which gave Olajuwon the opportunity to participate in the basketball league for the first time in his life. At the age of seventeen, Olajuwon was selected for the Nigerian national basketball team and participated in the All-Africa Games with the team. At the press conference, Olajuwon's outstanding performance attracted the attention of American scouts. Through the introduction of scouts, Olajuwon went to the University of Houston to study basketball. During his college years, Olajuwon continued his excellent performance and led the team to the NCAA semi-finals three times. With his outstanding performance in college, Olajuwon was successfully elected as the top pick in the NBA draft with 1984. "Dream" Olajuwon, a fantastic step in the NBA, once taught shaquille o'neal to be a man and enter the NBA. Olajuwon made progress year by year and began his legendary career. After Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, retired from the NBA, Olajuwon ushered in the peak of his career.

He led the team to win the NBA championship for two consecutive years. 1993- 1994 season, Olajuwon the MVP in the regular season, then went all the way to the playoffs and finally won the championship trophy. This season, Olajuwon has added various honors. Regular season MVP, defensive player of the year and finals MVP are also in the bag. O 'Neill is 2.16m tall and weighs147kg. He was elected the champion of Orlando Magic and entered the first game of the league. In the Magic 1 10: 100 victory over the Heat, rookie O 'Neal scored 12 points 18 rebounds in the first game. In the next game, O 'Neill played better and better; In the second game of his career against Washington Bullets, O 'Neill scored 22 points and 15 rebounds. Although Magic 108- 1 12 lost to the Hornets in the third game, O 'Neill went further and scored 35 points 13 rebounds. In the fourth game against Washington Bullets, O 'Neill scored 3 1 point and 15 rebounds again. It can be said that in just four games, O 'Neill made the whole NBA know himself.

How strong is Olajuwon? The only person who single-handedly abused O 'Neill was famous for his dreamy footprints. O 'Neill entered the eighth game of the league and had a direct dialogue with Ewing, the second inside gorilla in the league at that time. In the Magic-Knicks game, O 'Neill got 18 points 17 rebounds, which was no less than Ewing's 15 points and 9 rebounds. Although the team lost to the Knicks by a big score, O 'Neill did not fall behind in this insider dialogue, and the essence of the superstar began to appear. Four days later, O 'Neill faced Olajuwon, the first center in the league. After defeating many top insiders, O 'Neill is confident that he can easily kill Olajuwon before the game. As a result, O 'Neill, who is young and strong, was not sharp in the first few games in the face of the experienced Olajuwon. First, the offensive end is firmly restricted by Olajuwon. Throughout the 42-minute game, O 'Neill scored only 12, the lowest score since O 'Neill entered the league.

But what is even more surprising is that O 'Neill was completely bombarded by Olajuwon on the defensive end. Olajuwon scored 22 points 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks. When we first met, O 'Neill ended in complete failure. Although Magic beat the Rockets with 30 points of gayles+1 1 assists and 28 points and 8 rebounds of Scott, this game also became the beginning of the struggle between O 'Neill and Olajuwon in the 1990s.