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Hakeem Olajuwon
1996-97

Hakeem Olajuwon

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Age:34
Position:C
Team:HOU
Games:78
Minutes (Per Game):36.6
Total Minutes:2852
Franchise
Rating
S+
98.6
FR rank #9 (1996-97)

Archetypes

🔥 Volume Scorer ⚖️ Two-Way 💪 Rebounder 🔒 Lockdown
  • Franchise Rating (FR) — A measure of how valuable a player is to a franchise given the player's contract value, production, availability, and overall impact both in the regular season and postseason. Scored 0–100, graded D- to S+.
  • Potential Rating (POT) — A measure of how high a player's FR can be: the projected FR ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as FR; shown only for players under 25. POT blends the legacy formula (45%) with the Performance Potential Score / PPS from per-100 stats (55%).

Season Badges

  • Peak — Career-high OVR season (only one per player, once decline from that peak is visible).
  • Prime — One of the three seasons in the player's best 3-year stretch by average OVR.
  • Lookout — A or better Potential Rating (POT) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 FR — Ranked #1 in the league in Franchise Rating that season.
  • #1 POT — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Rating that season.

Score Thresholds for Each Grade (FR and POT Share the Same 0–100 Scale):

FR = Franchise Rating  |  POT = Potential Rating

S+
FR/POT: ≥95
S
FR/POT: 90–94
A+
FR/POT: 85–89
A
FR/POT: 80–84
A-
FR/POT: 75–79
B+
FR/POT: 70–74
B
FR/POT: 60–69
B-
FR/POT: 55–59
C+
FR/POT: 50–54
C
FR/POT: 45–49
C-
FR/POT: 40–44
D+
FR/POT: 35–39
D
FR/POT: 30–34
D-
FR/POT: <30
Points 23.2
Rebounds 9.2
Assists 3.0
Steals 1.5
Blocks 2.2
Field Goal Pct 51.0%
Field Goals Made 9.3
Field Goals Attempted 18.3
Three Point Pct 31.3%
Three Pointers Made 0.1
Three Pointers Attempted 0.2
Free Throw Pct 78.7%
Free Throws Made 4.5
Free Throws Attempted 5.7
Turnovers 3.6
Personal Fouls 3.2
Win Shares 9.1
True Shooting Pct 55.8%
Player Efficiency Rating 22.7
Usage Pct 30.4%
Box Plus Minus 3.5
Value Over Replacement Player 3.9

Misc

Year of Experience 13
Potential Win Shares 9.2
Reg. Win Burden % 21.0%

Impact

Reg. Season ISR 322.7
Postseason ISR 363.3
Reg. Season ICS (%) 27.0%
Postseason ICS (%) 33.8%

ROI

Salary $9,655,000
Overpay Index 1.37
Contract Value Rating 9.1/10.0

Performance

Performance Rating 97.1· Rank #6

Availability

Cap Hole $476,790
Availability % 95.1%
Cap Wasted % 1.90%