Clyde Drexler, born on June 22, 1962, is an American former professional basketball player who later became the second commissioner of the Big3 three-on-three basketball league. Nicknamed "Clyde the Glide", he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association, most of them with the Portland Trail Blazers before he finished his career with the Houston Rockets. He was a ten-time All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection, and was named to the NBA 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 with the 1992 United States Olympic team known as the Dream Team. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame twice, in 2004 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the Dream Team, and he is often counted among the best shooting guards of all time.
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an American former professional basketball player
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born June 22, 1962
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an American former professional basketball player
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he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
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earned a gold medal on the 1992 United States Olympic team
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