'Hakeem the Dream' transcended basketball - Durant - video Dailymotion

Kevin Durant praised Houston Rockets legend Hakeem Olajuwon acknowledging what he did for basketball

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00:00Hakeem is just somebody who's set the standard here in Houston

00:06and around the whole basketball community.

00:10I mean, he's just such an icon in the game of basketball

00:13and even transcending the game of basketball.

00:16Honestly, you know, somebody I really respect.

00:18And so just try to live up to what those past legends

00:21have accomplished here.

00:24We're kind of standing on the backs of what they did

00:27and we're trying to take it to that same level.

00:30And the hope and the dream is to surpass that level.

00:34But first, we want to just keep working hard

00:36and just so we can build that respect, garner that respect

00:40in the league and every game and then build from there.

00:43So, you know, they set a high standard

00:44and we want to eventually try to live up to that.