"When the money is invested properly, when the infrastructure is built, when the politics are taken out of the systems, then the talent from Africa to the NBA will take off," Olajuwon said. "For now there are the raw players, but you still must find your own way to make it."
Source: http://www.nba.com/2014/news/features/fran_blinebury/10/30/the-international-influence-hakeem-olajuwon/