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Clyde Drexler
Clyde "The Glide" Drexler (born June 2, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was an all-star NBA guard.
He attended the University of Houston and was drafted 14th overall in the 1983 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He helped lead that team to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. In 1992 he served for the U.S. Olympic basketball team, nicknamed The Dream Team, and won a gold medal in the process. On February 14th, 1995, he was traded by the Blazers to the Houston Rockets, with whom he won an NBA Championship in 1995. He retired from the NBA after the 1997-'98 season in order to become head coach at his alma mater, the University of Houston, where he first gained fame playing with his future Rocket teammate Hakeem Olajuwon.
Honors
- 10-time NBA All-Star (1986, '88, '89, 90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '96, '97)
- All-NBA Second Team (1988, '91)
- All-NBA First Team (1992)
- Olympic gold medalist (1992)
- 1 NBA championship (1995)
- Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)
- To be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2004
External links
1992 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball – "Dream Team" |
Charles Barkley | Larry Bird | Clyde Drexler | Patrick Ewing | Magic Johnson | Michael Jordan | Christian Laettner | Karl Malone | Chris Mullin | Scottie Pippen | David Robinson | John Stockton |
Coach Chuck Daly |
Last updated: 11-07-2004 05:23:12