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Is the tiger father really not a dog son? Does Olajuwon s eldest son seem to struggle in the Asian Cup?

4:29am, 12 August 2025【Basketball】

In the previous men's basketball team knockout match, the Chinese Taipei team defeated Jordan 78-64 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Next, the Chinese Taipei team will compete with Iran for a seat in the semi-finals; while the Jordan team will stop in the semi-finals.

In this game, Jordan's starting wing player Abdullah Olajuwon performed poorly. Olajuwon played 28 minutes and 39 seconds in the whole game, 1 of 4 shots, 0 of 1 from outside the three-point line, and 4 of 6 free throws, scoring 6 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, including 4 frontcourt rebounds, 1 turnover and 3 fouls, and the plus-negative value is lower than the lowest level of -17 in the game. Olajuwon has no touch on the offensive end, his scoring ability is very limited, and his offensive efficiency is not ideal. Olajuwon's performance on the defensive end is also very average. He has shown some rebounding protection roles, but his performance in other aspects is actually not ideal, and he has not shown enough defensive ability. Olajuwon's performance on the court was obviously not ideal. The plus or negative value of -17 can also prove how bad the team's situation was when he was on the court, which also led to the team's defeat to a certain extent.

Since the start of the Asian Cup, Olajuwon has averaged 25.1 minutes in these four games, with averaging 9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.5 steals, 1.3 turnovers and 2 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 52%, a three-point shooting percentage of 0%, a free throw shooting percentage of 76.9%, and a plus-minus value of -9.3 per game. Olajuwon's performance in the previous few games was sloppy, and he also showed a certain scoring ability, and his offensive efficiency was not bad. However, in this game, Olajuwon's performance was very bad. In such a life-and-death battle, Olajuwon obviously did not show all his talents. Not only that, Olajuwon's performance on the defensive end has not improved significantly, and has always been relatively bad. -9.3's average positive and negative value can also indicate that he is basically at a disadvantage when he is on the court.

Olajuwon was born in February 2004, 196cm tall and weighed 95kg. He is the eldest son of former NBA star Hakeem Olajuwon. Olajuwon played for Detroit-Messi at the NCAA, but performed very poorly. It is probably because of his overall performance that he chose to represent Jordan in the continental competition. Judging from Olajuwon's performance in the Asian Cup, his ability is indeed a bit worse, and he is simply a few hundred levels behind his father. A tiger father has no dog son? This may just appear in the legend, right?

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