 Drexler at the University of Houston | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 22, 1962 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sterling (Houston, Texas) |
| College | Houston (1980–1983) |
| NBA draft | 1983: 1st round, 14th overall pick |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 1983–1998 |
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Number | 22 |
| Coaching career | 1998–2002 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1983–1995 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1995–1998 | Houston Rockets |
| As coach: | |
| 1998–2000 | Houston |
| 2001–2002 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 22,195 (20.4 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,677 (6.1 rpg) |
| Assists | 6,125 (5.6 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Medals | |
Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league. Nicknamed "Clyde the Glide", he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spending a majority of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers before finishing with the Houston Rockets. He was a ten-time NBA All-Star and named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams. Drexler won an NBA championship with Houston in 1995, and earned a gold medal on the 1992 United States Olympic team known as "The Dream Team". He was inducted twice into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2004 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team".[2] Drexler is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players and greatest shooting guards of all time.[3][4]
- ^ Men's Tournament of the Americas – 1992, USA Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Hall of Famers". Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Bailey, Andy. "NBA All-Time Player Rankings: Top 10 Shooting Guards". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "All-Time #NBArank: Michael Jordan tops list of best shooting guards". ESPN. January 13, 2016. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2022.