Hakeem Olajuwon and the Rockets beefed so hard he almost left Houston before they ever got a ring
When’s the best time to ask your boss for a $15 million contract extension? For most of us, never. For Hakeem Olajuwon, it was the winter of 1992. Sure, the Rockets weren’t doing so hot and had just fired coach Don Chaney, but Hakeem was making less than the league’s other elite centers, so what’s the harm in asking? Beef? Is beef the harm in asking?
Yes.
First, owner Charlie Thomas and GM Steve Patterson refused to negotiate with him. Then Olajuwon strained his hamstring, and the Rockets brass was like ,“Oh yeah right, you’re not hurt, you’re just refusing to play until we negotiate your contract.” They suspended Olajuwon and took to the press with their fake-injury allegations.
Hakeem fired back in the press, really going after Thomas and Patterson’s intelligence. The word “stupid” was used quite a bit. Oh, and he also demanded a trade.
The 92-93 season rolled around and Hakeem did not get traded, though he did eventually land a contract on par with David Robinson and Patrick Ewing. Despite the ugly months, Hakeem managed to find happiness with Houston,-- it helped that ownership and GMs changed. And best of all might be Olajuwon and the Rockets took home two, that's right TWO, subsequent championships.
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Great stuff! 👍 well worth pulling up for. 😄
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This is another example of why I call Olajuwon the greatest basketball player of all time. Nobody had to do as much as Olajuwon to get what he got and he dominated in the toughest era in basketball history
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Beef history al davis vs the nfl
Uh...strains don't show up on MRI's???
Beef history: The Houston Texans vs Championships
Beef History: The Buffalo Bills vs. The Lombardi Trophy
Wooooo Clara!
Very meh video
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Lol damn only 85 million that’s crazy bc if the rockets sold now your talking over a billion
Please do more Houston teams plz
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3:34 hold on a minute...blowing a lead to the worst team in the league(T’Wolves),Didn’t that just happen this season again?
Don't sound like they deserved to be there
What is this voice?
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"A stroke of luck that Houston got Olajuwon." like the Knicks had a "stroke of luck" getting Patrick Ewing.
How anyone could deny an extension to one of the most skilled big men EVER to play the game is ludicrous.
FIRE THE NARRATOR ASAP
Boy you gotta be stupid to not give olajuwon what he wants
Not to self dont piss off one of the best 5 centers of all time and good things will happen
I ate two corndogs earlier and now I have some serious gas.
she's so pretty and tiny
Very good job 👍
This one was so boring, it almost put me back to sleep. 😴😴😴
Coming Soon: Russell Wilson vs. the Seahawks
Clara you beautiful idiot...
Next beef history: dashaun Watson vs the Houston Texans
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Saludos Clara!!! Que bonito explicas!
Hakeem did not convert to Islam,. He had always been Muslim firm generations of Muslims. He just rededicated himself to his religion,
What happened to the old narrator? Much preferred him.
Gotta love a happy ending to a beef video, now on to see how the Rockets collapsed after the repeat.
Almost traded to Heat is crazy!!!
She called herself beautiful. The confidence!!!
What is it with the Houston rockets getting beef with their superstars?
clara is becoming one of my favourite narrators she’s dope
Elijah Wood got two NBA rings before the One Ring.
This must be the reason Hakeem doesn't has a statue outside the arena.
Who's this chick talking
Polygraph test!!! Isn’t that extreme!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣
Damn I didn’t even know there was beef 🤯 secret base coming in clutch
Now Texans going through same thing with Watson.
Exactly
"in a stroke of luck"
Love the vids, pls de Ess the vocals it’s killin me. Again, love the heck out of your videos and haven’t rly noticed until this video but de ess?
Well, Basketball Guys weren't *that* enamored of Steve Patterson, after he'd left. Most of us were saying, "Good Riddance".
James Harden learned from Olajuwon on how to deal with the Rockets
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Huh, seems like no Houston franchises know how to properly treat their star players
Deshaun Watson if your watching this
Watching this after the James Harden Trade... Wow
We need a James Harden vs Houston beef now.
Guys please Rewind Kawhi's shot vs 76s
Let's not forget, it's actually MVP, Finals MVP, and DPOY. #dream
* Notices Narrator * * Closes Video * Not trying to be mean- it just ruins it for me.
Something cool about Dominique Wilkins.
MJ is better anyways
Why is a cartoon character narrating? What happened to the guy before?
The monotone cringeworthy girl ruined the vid for me
2:09 Wilt Chamberlain put up them number by himself, twice, in 61-62 and 62-63.
It’s always the penny pinching owners who lose out in the end. Sold the franchise for less than a player contract today.
Maybe Harden will do the same lol.
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Talking about alternate universe, now I want to look for a video What if Hakeem was traded, which team would have got him and so on.
The problem was with the Rockets organization, not with Hakeem
Well done! Subscribed
the voice in this video is so boring! hire better folks
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They got a ring cause Jordan was retired. Rockets couldn’t get past him. Hakeem doesn’t win a ring if it wasn’t for that. Rockets was always a legit team just not good enough. Kinda like the raptors with bron in the East had to wait till he went west with the rookies to win something.
I’ll never side with owners on contract matters.
9:05 And now we got James Harden, missing practice for a strip club.
video is good topic is good but your joke arent
I'd love to watch this without the screechy whinny voice
You’re telling me Charlie Thomas paid Hakeem $30 million dollars and sold the franchise for only $85 million?
Scottie Pippen want to own the Chicago Bulls Basketball
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Imagine selling the franchise for 85 million when the current estimated value is 2.4 billion damnnnnn that hurts haha.
Now: Harden vs Rockets Beef history
Roy Jones vs Antonio Tarver or Bernard Hopkins beef history please! Love this channel & beef history!
Sounds like the Scottie Pippen problem.
lol Im sure there are people who have an issue with her "GD"
Please get Seth or Will on an alternate history of Hakeem being traded!
Beef History: The short lived Clippers v. Warriors rivalry from the mid 2010s
I thought this meant he farted so hard he almost left Houston. Now that would be a story
Get rid of this chick she is annoying & bring back the guy who does the narrating.
Your voice is the leading cause of male homosexuality.
Did anyone see the bugs in the background? I was freaking out a bit it was on my phone lol. 1:23
Beef History: Canadian NHL teams vs. winning in the playoffs
Russ and future beef over ciara
He has one of the most funniest HOF speech ever. He was talking to the audience as if they never heard about basketball.
Daddy’s boy Patterson calling Hakeem a “fat cat” was too much. The way these teams treat their players - the ones most responsible for success - is so gross.
Game 7 vs the Sonics in 1993 was rigged bad calls disappointing
How about Kawhi beef?
Wow, the rare beef that has a happy ending. Edit: mmmmmm... rare beef
Olajuwon is the reason I watch basketball 🤘🚀
God i
That was the most random "goddamn" of all time.
I want to kiss Clara
I love the content, but the presentation is horrible. It's NPR, with the low talking, dry 'witticisms', the music style, it's so annoying. I keep trying to come back because the topics are interesting, but I can't do it! All the narrators sound exactly the same, it's like when Bart copies Kent Brockman's intonation for kidz newz. It's the same as that dumb murder mystery podcast from a few years ago, beat for beat. Please just talk normally! And if you're all really like this in normal conversation, fine, but I kind of doubt it.
Beef history: Chicago bears and offense