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Clyde Drexler
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American basketball player (born 1962)
OverviewAI-generated
Clyde Drexler was a male basketball player from the United States who played the shooting guard position. His professional work period spanned from 1983 to 1998. He is listed as a retired basketball player. Drexler stood 201 centimeters tall and weighed 95 kilograms.
He was born on June 22, 1962. Open Library records two works associated with his name, titled "Clyde the glide" and "Clyde the Glide." Crossref lists five works under his name. A box score from a November 1, 1996 game between Sacramento and Houston is preserved in an archived web page.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1962-06-22 ) June 22, 1962 (age 63) , New Orleans, Louisiana , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 222 lb (101 kg)
- High school
- Sterling ( Houston, Texas )
- College
- Houston (1980–1983)
- Nba draft
- 1983 : 1st round, 14th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Playing career
- 1983–1998
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- Coaching career
- 1998–2002
- 1983 1995
- Portland Trail Blazers
- 1995 1998
- Houston Rockets
- 1998 2000
- Houston Cougars
- 2001 2002
- Denver Nuggets (assistant)
- Points
- 22,195 (20.4 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 6,677 (6.1 rpg)
- Assists
- 6,125 (5.6 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Box score: Sacramento at Houston [November 01, 1996]
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Clyde
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Educated at
- University of Houston
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- All-NBA Team
- Participant in
- 1992 Tournament of the Americas
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 95
- Image
- Clyde Drexler 02.jpg
- Height
- 201
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- Commons category
- Clyde Drexler
- date of birth
- 1962-06-22
- drafted by
- Portland Trail Blazers
- end of work period
- 1998-00-00
- birth name
- Clyde Austin Drexler
- different from
- Clyde Austin
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- influenced by
- Walt Frazier
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Encyclopedic overview
Clyde Austin Drexler Sr. (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, five time All-NBA Selection, and was named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams. Drexler led Portland to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992, 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". Drexler is often considered among the top basketball players and top shooting guards of all time.
Early years
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clyde Drexler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.