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Clyde Drexler - Basketball |
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As a 6-foot-7-inch guard, Clyde Drexler captured the hearts of Portland Trailblazer fans. During his 15 years in the NBA, Drexler set a unique standard. The athletic shooting guard was selected among the NBA’s 50-All-Time greatest players. He was 10-time All-Star and a member of the 1992 Dream Team, the first team of professional basketball players to represent the United States in the Olympics. Drexler, Oscar Robertson and John Havlicek are the only players in NBA history with 20,000 points, 6,000 rebounds and 6,000 assists. Drexler came to Portland from the University of Houston after being taken by the Trail Blazers with the 14th pick of the 1983 NBA draft. Drexler spent eleven and-a-half seasons with the Blazer and let them to two NBA Finals appearances in 1990 and 1992. He became only the second Portland player in history to be selected to the All NBA team and finished second in the league’s MVP balloting to Michael Jordan for his outstanding performance during the 1991-92 season. Midway through the 1994-95 season, Drexler was traded to Houston where he helped lead the Rockets to an NBA championship. His name appears often in the Trail Blazer record book. Drexler is the career leader in games played (867), minutes played (29,536), points (18,040), field goals made (6,889), field goals attempted (14,425), free throws made (3,798), free throws attempted (4,816), rebounds (5,339), offensive rebounds (2,227), steal (1,795), and triple doubles (18). Drexler also scored 40 or more points 17 times, and is one of the two Blazers – the other being Geoff Petrie – to score 50 or more points when he scored 50 against Sacramento on January 6, 1989. His most productive season was 1988-89 when he averaged 27.2 points and had 615 rebounds and 213 steal – all career highs for a season. On March 6, 2001 the Portland Trail Blazers retired his #22 jersey.
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