May 12, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers center Jordan Hill (27) and Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried (35) battle for a rebound in the first quarter of game seven of the Western Conference quarterfinals of the 2012 NBA Playoffs at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE

Kenneth Faried will join JaVale McGee in Texas next week as both of the Denver Nuggets big men will work out with Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon.

According to Chris Tomasson, Faried may just spend a week at Olajuwon’s ranch at Katy, Texas while McGee will be there for longer.

Joining Denver’s big men are New York’s Amar’e Stoudemire and possibly Tyson Chandler, who is currently playing for the USA basketball team.

Stoudemire is reportedly offering $200,000 to work with Olajuwon for two weeks.

Olajuwon also reached out to Oklahoma City about spending time improving Serge Ibaka’s offensive game.

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