Clyde Drexler

Clyde Drexler
	Drexler at the University of Houston
Personal information
Born	June 22, 1962 (age 62); 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
	NBA champion (1995); 10× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1994, 1996, 1997); All-NBA First Team (1992); 2× All-NBA Second Team (1988, 1991); 2× All-NBA Third Team (1990, 1995); NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th); No. 22 retired by Portland Trail Blazers; No. 22 retired by Houston Rockets; Consensus second-team All-American (1983); SWC co-Player of the Year (1983); First-team All-SWC (1983); 2× Second-team All-SWC (1981, 1982); No. 22 retired by Houston Cougars; Houston Sports Hall of Fame (2022); Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1998);
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.com
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2006
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
FIBA Americas Championship

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.