Episode 89: Mirin Fader and Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon

Dear Adam Silver

Hey Dear Adam Silver listeners! We are back with a new interview with writer and New York Times Bestselling author Mirin Fader who is on the show to talk about her new book Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon, which was released earlier this week!

Hakeem Olajuwon is of course a former professional basketball player who was a 2 x Defensive Player of the Year, a 2 league MVP, a 2 x NBA Champion and a 2 x Finals MVP, and a 12 x NBA All star among many other things on and off the court.

Mirin’s first book Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion, was a New York Times best seller and was featured on many other best selling lists. Mirin is a Senior Staff Writer at The Ringer where she writes long-form, human-interest sports features. Before that, she wrote for Bleacher Report and the Orange County Register. This is a fascinating book that has seemingly endless interesting stories about Olajuwon's life and experience moving from Nigeria to the United States to play basketball. But also, it is just a book about the world and where basketball fits in and all of the ugliness and joy that can come from the game and institutions.

Purchase a copy of Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon ⁠here⁠. You won't regret it!

If you are curious about the video compilation of NBA stars Kyle was referring to, you can watch here.

You can follow Mirin on Twitter @MirinFader, Kyle is @kylethegreen and Abigail is @DearAdamSilver.

Kyle also produces and hosts the Give Methods a Chance and Give Theory a Chance podcasts. Check them out too!