He also finished fifth in the NBA with an average of 2.49 steals per game.In the postseason, Drexler increased his production to 24.0 ppg, but the Blazers lost a four-game first-round series to Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets.His next season was one of his best. He was selected to 10 NBA All-Star games as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets and won an NBA Championship with the Rockets in 1995.Clyde Drexler is a Basketball Player. More importantly, he was a vital cog in the Trail Blazers' run to the NBA Finals, in which they faced the Detroit Pistons. He went on to finish the season leading the Rockets in scoring (18.4 ppg) and assists (5.5 apg).He ended his illustrious NBA career joining Oscar Robertson and John Havlicek as the only players in NBA history to top 20,000 points, 6,000 rebounds and 3,000 assists.NBA.com is part of Turner Sports Digital, part of the Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network. His next birthday is Later that summer, Drexler earned a gold medal with the 1992 Dream Team at the Barcelona Olympics.Hampered by injuries, Drexler's production fell in the next two seasons (to 19.9 and 19.2 points per game, respectively) and by 1994-95 he was indicating that he was ready to leave Portland. But as Portland developed into a contender, however, recognition of Drexler's exploits followed. A forward in college, Drexler teamed with Hakeem Olajuwon and Larry Micheaux to form a front line that took the team on two straight trips to the NCAA Final Four. But the Blazers were upset in the Western Conference Finals in six games by the Lakers in the last act of "Showtime" as Magic Johnson retired following that season.The following season was one of Drexler's most memorable. Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler had a unique blend of power and gracefulness to his game. Drexler scored 33 points in Game 2 of the Finals, including the winning free throws in the final seconds of overtime. He was part of ‘Phi Slama Jama’ with Hakeem Olajuwon on one of the best college basketball teams in history at the University of Houston.Currently, Clyde Drexler is 58 years old. In the Finals sweep over the Orlando Magic, his production even increased to 21.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg and 6.8 apg. 1 selection, Lafayette Lever.However, after that inaugural season, Drexler reeled off 10 straight seasons as one of the top scorers in the league. He raised four children with his wife Gaynell, whom he married in 1988. Drexler averaged 26.4 points and 7.8 rebounds and shot .543 from the floor in the Finals.In 1990-91 he earned All-NBA Second Team honors on a Blazers team with a record of 63-19 record, setting a franchise record for most wins in a season. Some of that could be attributed to the fact that he only averaged a little over 17 minutes per game playing behind veteran guards and forwards like John Paxson, Calvin Natt and the year's prior No. However, that was the only game Portland won in the series, as the "Bad Boys" of Detroit led by Isiah Thomas copped its second straight NBA championship. A native of the city, he attended the University of Houston and starred on the "Phi Slamma Jamma" teams of the early 1980s. Midway through the 1997-98 season, Drexler announced plans to retire from the NBA effective at the end of the season so that he could take over the head coaching duties at his alma mater, the University of Houston. In his second season, Drexler's scoring jumped to 17.2 ppg. In 35 regular season games with the Rockets that first season, Drexler averaged 21.4 ppg on .506 shooting with 7.0 rebounds.His valued soared in the postseason. Clyde was born in 1960s, in the middle of Baby Boomers Generation. A perennial All-Star and a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Dream Team, Drexler twice led the Blazers to the NBA Finals. However, he is making sure to forge his own path and not having to compete with the image his dad built in NBA history. Drexler played for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets. Drexler left Portland as the team's all-time leader in scoring, games, minutes, field goals, free throws, rebounds and steals.The Houston trade reunited him with college teammate Olajuwon, and the two powered the Rockets from the sixth seed in the playoffs to the 1995 NBA Championship.