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  1.                                  Hakeem Olajuwon is 
  2.                                  probably the best center 
  3.                                  playing professional 
  4.                                  basketball today. So it 
  5.                                  may be hard to believe 
  6. that when Hakeem was 15 years old, he had
  7. never played competitive basketball in his
  8. life. 
  9.  
  10. Growing up in the African country of Nigeria, 
  11. Hakeem played handball and soccer.
  12. Hakeem was tall, but basketball wasnΓÇÖt an
  13. important sport in Nigeria. He played his
  14. first game of organized basketball at the
  15. Nigerian National All-Sports festival, which
  16. Hakeem was attending as a member of 
  17. the handball team. The basketball team 
  18. needed another player, and the coach 
  19. asked the skinny 6' 9" Hakeem to play.
  20.