Olajuwon To Miss Start Of Camp

Hakeem Olajuwon likely will miss the first week of the Houston Rockets’ training camp because of the sore back that kept him from playing in a one-on-one duel with Shaquille O’Neal.

“I don’t think I can think about opening camp right now,” Olajuwon said. “I think it will take a couple of weeks at least.”

The Rockets, who won their second straight world championship in June, are scheduled to open camp Oct. 6.

Olajuwon was slated to face O’Neal in a $1 million duel broadcast on pay-per-view Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J. The event was canceled Friday because of Olajuwon’s back problem.