Gay & Daye spent time with "The Dream"

At the request of the Toronto Raptors, forwards Rudy Gay and Austin Daye spent a week with training with Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon during the off-season.  Reports have shown that Olajuwon charges $15,000 per week for a training session, but whatever the expense was, the Raptors covered it for Gay and Daye.  

“They told me to go,” Daye said of the Raptors. “I didn’t even know it was an option, but I do know how much it cost and I wasn’t going to pay it myself. I’m not going to say how much it was but it was enough for me not to pay it. But it was a great experience and I was really appreciative of the Raptors for having me do that.”

“The difference between that and Hakeem is that he’s a Hall of Famer and he’s putting in time to work with guys,” Gay said. “It’s not really a workout per se. It’s more like picking Hakeem’s brain. I just took it as knowledge and also stealing a bunch of his moves.....Honestly it’s more tailored to people like me because Hakeem was a man before his time.....Look, the league has changed into big men that can run the floor, handle the ball and make moves like he did. He was before his time. Really to me, he was a guard. A guard who played against big men. Against David Robinson, he had him jump all over the place with his face. So you know I think it was tailored towards me anyway. Some people it would work for, some it wouldn’t.”