Clyde Drexler

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Clyde Drexler is a Hall of Fame shooting guard renowned for his high-flying athleticism and starring role with the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets, with whom he won an NBA championship.

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instanceOf NBA player
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
basketball player
human
AllStarAppearances 10
careerEndYear 1998
coachedBy Jack Ramsay
Rick Adelman
Rudy Tomjanovich
collegeAttended University of Houston
conference Western Conference
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1962-06-22
draftLeague NBA
draftPickNumber 14
draftRound 1
draftTeam Portland Trail Blazers
draftYear 1983
familyName Drexler
fullName Clyde Austin Drexler
givenName Clyde
HallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
HallOfFameInductionYear 2004
headCoachOf University of Houston men's basketball team
headCoachTenureEnd 2000
headCoachTenureStart 1998
height 6 ft 7 in
heightInMeters 2.01
jerseyRetiredBy Houston Rockets
Portland Trail Blazers
University of Houston Cougars men's basketball
knownFor acrobatic dunks
high-flying athleticism
versatile all-around play
league National Basketball Association
memberOf 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team
“Dream Team”
memberOfSportsTeam Houston Rockets
Portland Trail Blazers
NBA75thAnniversaryTeam member
NBAAllStar 1986
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1996
1997
NBAchampionships 1
NBAchampionshipSeason 1994–95 NBA season
NBAdebutYear 1983
NBAFinalsAppearances 3
NBAFinalsAppearanceWith Houston Rockets
Portland Trail Blazers
nickname Clyde the Glide
OlympicGames 1992 Summer Olympics
OlympicMedal gold medal
OlympicTeam United States men's national basketball team
partOfCollegeGroup Phi Slama Jama
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
playedFor Houston Rockets
Portland Trail Blazers
playedHighSchoolBasketballAt Sterling High School, Houston, Texas
positionPlayed shooting guard
small forward
postPlayingCareer basketball coach
television commentator
primaryHand right
retiredJerseyNumber 22
scoringStyle slashing drives to the basket
sport basketball
teammateAtHouston Hakeem Olajuwon
wonChampionshipWith Houston Rockets

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Houston Rockets
Portland Trail Blazers
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Clyde Drexler ("Clyde Austin Drexler")
fullName
Rick Adelman
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