Live broadcast, December 14-NBA officials announced six new trophy designs named after NBA legends this week. The best defender trophy was named Hakim-olajuwang award, in memory of this rocket legend (olajuwang won DPOY twice in his career and was elected to the defense array 9 times).
Before the match with the sun, Rocket Center Shen Jing talked about olajuwang in an interview: “I can’t be a player like olajuwang. He is the best. He is a legend. But I am on the defensive side and will do my best.”
Talking about the International Center tradition of the rockets, especially the current center in the team are all international players (Fernando from Angola, Shenjing from Turkey, Garuba from Spain, Boban from Serbia), Shenjing continued: “Of course, this is a very good history. There has always been an international center here. I am very young (20 years old) and I am studying hard to become the best big player and the best center in Houston.”