Another star from the "Phi Slama Jama" Houston team, Drexler entered the NBA in 1983 after two-straight Final Fours when he was drafted by the Trail Blazers with the 14th overall pick. Drexler ...

Clyde Drexler wasn’t there, either. Drexler was at his home in Houston, where wife Tonya is recovering from breast cancer. “Amazingly, she is cancer-free,” Clyde told me last week.

Florida rallied from a 12-point deficit in the second half to nip Houston 65-63 in a hard-fought title matchup.

The Trail Blazers celebrated the 1990 and ’92 teams that made runs to the NBA Finals this past weekend, but legendary shooting guard Clyde Drexler was not in attendance. The reasons were many ...