“I wonder what would have happened to Dream’s game if he’d have started shooting 3s,” Petersen said. “I think he would have been a good 3-point shooter. He was such an excellent midrange jump shooter.” After Olajuwon retired, some of the league’s biggest stars sought him out, looking to refine their games and learn some of his tricks in the post. His most famous students include LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Yao Ming and Amar’e Stoudemire.
