Clyde Drexler's 1st Season in Houston (1995) | Houston Rockets | Rockets Cuts | Ep. 23

[@SPtheGREAT]

We don't PUT ENOUGH RESPECT on THIS MAN'S NAME!!!

[@DiegoCamarero]

The Glyde was pure joy to watch. Arguably had the smoothest movements seen in the game. No overpowering or full-speed plays, just finesse. On top of it, he always put that calm face of a silent killer. He was rightfully part of the 1992 Dream Team at the SG spot alongside MJ. All said.

[@alecsanderhamilton9224]

He always is a smooth lucid player to play with in video games too. Whether NBA2K5 and on the legends team of the 90s which bankrupted you from like 60% of the actual best players of the 90s. And he was blad headed like the Houston years so he was a pretty cool Drexler to play with. And in the new NBA2K's from 11 to 22 and onward he's always been and those Blazers squads have been amazing fun to run and gun with. Pull up for 3's and coast to coast jams with Glide and Kersey and Clifford Robinson. Terry Porter is nice to pull up with on full green light

[@dolphsantitho5301]

No Doubt! 💪🏻💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tavoruiz324]

My favorite player growing up. He was awesome a superb athlete and basketball player. He was as smooth and powerful as they come.

[@timbershakes1469]

What a duo was the Olajuwon and Drexler

[@ericsigersmith2831]

How many titles would him and Jordan of won together in portland ?

[@benyah3390]

@@ericsigersmith2831 the real question is how many chips do the trio of Clyde, Sampson, and Olajuwon win had Houston drafted Clyde with the #3 pick in the "83 draft instead of Rodney FREAKING McCray. Even if Sampson goes down, You still have Clyde & Dream for years to come. Jordan & Pippen aren't stopping that. Houston's mistake wasn't not drafting Jordan over Hakeem, nor was it the proposed trade of Sampson for Drexler and the #2 pick in '84. It was the year before by not drafting Clyde at #3 when they drafted Sampson at #1. A healthy Sampson along with Dream(Twin Towers) & Clyde is just as good as MJ, Clyde, & Dream. Hakeem & Clyde in Houston could be more potent than Jordan & Clyde in Portland.

[@alecsanderhamilton9224]

@@benyah3390 100% TRUE

[@alecsanderhamilton9224]

I'm sure though Rodney McCray must have looked good coming out of college

[@jlobiafra]

​@@alecsanderhamilton9224mcray was considered more NBA ready and the first few years it seemed the rockets made the right choice. Drexler was passed by 13 teams, noone thought he'd develop into what he did. Mccray fizzled out after three years he never developed

[@leoleorueras904]

The most underrated player of all time. Been in the finals twice without any superstar teammates. For me he is the 2nd greatest shooting guard of all time. If you put Wade in his situation, I don’t think he can achieve what Clyde had.

[@benyah3390]

Kobe couldn't either.

[@JesusisKingofAll-mz2gp]

That's a good point. I don't see Wade producing the way Drexler did on that Portland team. Kobe, maybe. But he really benefitted from Shaq and also Jackson. Adelman was an underrated coach and Portland was often thwarted by the refs, being small market, but I don't see too many guys doing better with what Clyde had to work with.

[@benyah3390]

@@JesusisKingofAll-mz2gp ha, forget Phil. Phil, and coaches in general are nothing more than handlers. Kobe also had Bynum, Gasol, Artest/Ariza, and Fisher.

[@johnkim9670]

That Moves, So Simple, powerful & dynamic!!! Today's Young talented players should learn this type of basket Skill!!! especially No wasting Dribbling!

[@biometal770]

Wasn't a big basketball fan until recently. Found out about this guy a few days ago, been researching his career and watching highlights. This dude was a BEAST

[@Devon-sz3uy]

That’s how I became a basketball fan. When I heard his name Clyde the Glyde it made me want to see what it was about and I got hooked in to always wanted to watch him.

[@craigallstott3363]

One part of Clyde’s game that was underrated was his hustle. He never gave up on plays on either side of the court, never stopped running.

[@larrytaylor5634]

That was a great season for the Houston Rockets Drexler and Olajuwon

[@MemoriePerenni]

Drexler was pure inspiration for basketball lovers

[@Angelo-9]

my favorite player of all time 😎

[@ytanonymity3585]

Clyde has been struggling and carrying Blazers for year. I'm glad he went out of those team and joined the team like Rockets and earned the chips in 95. Such a clutched deal, indeed

[@bigglilwayne7050]

If they could've gotten their 1986 draft pick when they drafted him(Arvydis Sabonis) Jordan wouldn't have won those first 3 rings

[@majajasnoch]

Unreal! All these stunning plays only from mid February-June 15th In only 4 months he had so many spectacular plays!

[@benyah3390]

Dude is top 3/5 shooting guard of all time, #2 in my book. This was just another day at the office for him.

[@alejandrohits5066]

@@benyah3390 He was my favorite player growing up but it's hard for me to put him at two. I got Clyde at four behind Kobe and D Wade. If you re-watch the All Star game from the year Magic came back you will see that both Clyde and MJ were going at each other hard and that day Clyde definitely got the better of MJ. If I recall correctly, he blocked Jordan's shot a few times in that game. Clyde is an all time great and a class act.

[@shuyinkim2514]

Thank you Clyde for one of the most incredible playoff run in NBA history

[@Lunareste]

Damn I forgot how good Clyde was! incredible!

[@zekb6382]

Hi was simply amazing my all time fav player. He was passed his prime but he was a machine that first season with Houston. He could still fly high.

[@ABGreer]

Legend

[@josephsmith9663]

Clyde out there gliding in AVIA'S

[@thomasbridges7323]

Yeah they had a nice team and very fun to watch the whole team was very good for real

[@gonzoblast02]

I was fortunate to be a teenager and go to the parade in downtown back to back years, Clutch City !

[@Boxeoconrene]

El mejor basquetbolista que he visto en mi vida

[@houstontx7138]

The Good Ol Days!!!Clutch City

[@erics2739]

War eagle 🦅

[@wacojohnnydean1777]

Yes sir!

[@Dinger-it8hy]

How sweet it is!!

[@Idontknowanyoda1]

He was a huge boost to the Rockets. I wish he was there 2 years earlier.

[@montimiller2267]

I remember when Clyde decided to go back home where it all started('81-'83Cougars) with college teammate Hakeem. I also knew as well that Drexler wasn't going to let Rockets lose in the playoffs or the Finals after losing to Zeke and the Pistons in '90, and M.J. and the Bulls in '92 as a Blazer('83-''94)!!!

[@markvineyard4149]

Just incredible. Both Clyde and Hakeem were older but their play reminded so much if the Phi Slama Jama glory days. I remember being so happy he got to come home to get his ring!

[@me1802]

One of the biggest what if’s…Imagine if Houston drafted Drexler instead of Rodney MacCray in 83?!?!

[@jonathanwillis8419]

That's would have been nice to see

[@benyah3390]

I highly doubt the bulls would have that 1st 3peat. I don't see Jordan, Pippen, and Grant beating Olajuwon, Drexler, and Sampson or Otis Thorpe.

[@versatiletitan2466]

😳

[@curtisthomas3598]

I got one better than that. Portland offered Drexler to Houston in exchange for Ralph Sampson and the 2nd pick, Houston turned it down. They could've had Clyde, Michael and Hakeem. You can write the rest what would've happened with that 3 some

[@TomBrandt-p3l]

Imagine if Portland drafted Jordan in '84 to go along with Drexler. 10 straight rings?

[@TomBrandt-p3l]

I grew up in Portland & we were very lucky to see Clyde, Jerome Kersey & Terry Porter put on a lot of high flying shows for over 10 years!

[@brucebanner3600]

Imho, The Glide is easily among the top 10 SG of all time. Even today, I can't stop that euphoria when watching him play with the Blazers, with the Dream Team , or with the Rockets. He was so special, so addictive. Even if he showed that he was one of the strongest bballer of his era, even if he was a warrior who was fighting on each ball and never give up, he a kept a gentleman attitude during his whole career. And more than 25 years later after his retirement, I'm still thankful for the pleasure he gave us. Thank you very much Mr Drexler !

[@jc2333]

Clyde the glide did the pretty finger roll

[@dolphsantitho5301]

Im sooo happy for Clyde Tha Glyde!!!💪🏻💯👋🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@-kBSplnp]

Clyde never knew he was a legend - he never forgot his hard hat and lunch pail - half amazing half regular dude

[@gregorinava48]

que grande fue clyde the glide...disfrute todos esos playoffs del 95 que excelente

[@jlobiafra]

I was at the game when they brought him back to houston. It was valentines day Feb 14, 1995. The crowd gave him a big standing ovation

[@billmorrison9068]

Clyde Drexler had a good run in Houston.

[@sandra-c5c]

Amazing respect at my all time favorite player.

[@cloudman8911]

Finally. I am excited to see it.

[@timbershakes1469]

Me gustan mucho los gráficos, se lo están currando mucho Rockets

[@10dev785]

My fav player

[@MikeyRumi180]

majestic

[@dejamike88]

That wasn’t even the prime Clyde...

[@ericsigersmith2831]

Ya after tough losses In finals with blazers

[@ChrisM07]

He hadn't really dropped off much at this point, it was more Blazers not being a championship contending team anymore he needed to be with a team like the Rockets to show how effective he could still be.

[@chadwickallen5495]

Clyde could still glide by he wasn’t how he was in Portland

[@ericdandridge148]

No, he wasn't

[@2KGrind09]

The Nuggets game was his coming out party!

[@AlanBurke]

This was when the offense in HOU was not so terrible to watch. Look! A post entry pass!

[@robwebnoid5763]

Clyde was/is my favorite NBA player always, especially when I was solely a Trail Blazers fan for nearly 4 decades since 1980. I really got into the Blazers even more once they got their WCFs in 1990 & 92. Thus, the Drexler Blazers is my favorite era. It was somewhat ironic & sad, but still happy for him, when Drexler asked to be traded, to Houston, & then won a Championship there his first season, though he never got a championship in all his 12 years with Portland. I stopped being a Blazers fan by 2020 when they again got booted off in first round playoffs, but the big kicker for me was when they did not acquire Jeremy Lin by at least the end of 2019, because there had been 2 rumors of Lin going to Portland that year, but it never transpired. Jeremy Lin is another favorite of mine. You would think that 2 rumors instead of 1 would probably mean that the rumors would actually become real, but in this case it did not. When Jeremy began to play in Houston by the 2012-2013 season, who was there to do the Rockets courtside broadcast commentaries than Clyde himself. Thus it was spiritually the only way that 2 of my favorite players, Clyde & Jeremy, from 2 different distant eras apart, got together on the same team in the NBA.

[@bigglilwayne7050]

Jeremy Lin doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Glide, js lol.... If Portland could've actually gotten Arvydis Sabonis when they initially drafted him back in 1986, the Blazers would've won at least 3 or 4 championships, possibly 5 or 6

[@sakimtornado]

they need to bring back those spring rims or rims that light up when the shot goes in. That would be cool

[@Hexsnns]

Houston thank you so much for picking my comment

[@terryagent_2994]

Would have like for 2k to have this team on their game aswell but can always just add him lol

[@erics2739]

Sabonis on classic blazers my favorite

[@PerryGrewal]

Underrated

[@ATLienForLife]

4:58 Mario deliberately layed it up off the glass for Clyde to go get it.

[@dannelson99]

Being the second best shooting guard in the era of Michael Jordan shows how great Clyde was as a player

[@ilirunited389]

houston rockets 4 life

[@slowmo338]

Hey Rockets channel. Where's that video, WHEN DID IT START FOR YOU?????????????

[@erics2739]

They need a barkley video

[@bigglilwayne7050]

The funny thing is that the only player that initially wanted Clyde on the team, was Olajuwan.... Yeah, Dream had that much say-so and rightfully so...

[@jaydenbai7269]

They need to do a Clint capela rockets cuts even though he got traded

[@NexusFantismo]

The one thumbs down must have been a salty Suns fan

[@santicabjtorrillas2086]

Clyde Drexler no ganó el anillo del 95?🤔 Junto a hakem... Pregunto porque dice que no consiguió nada con los rockets

[@thomasbridges7323]

They had Kenny too

[@benyah3390]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Maximus-hq1cz]

Damn imagine if Houston had young Drexler , he could still jump out the gym when he got there later.

[@RyanHeinzman1985]

My blazers royally fucked up by not drafting Jordan and pairing him with drexler. Man oh man would that have been fun to watch

[@jlobiafra]

Noone thought Jordan was going to become the GOAT when he came out of college

[@benyah3390]

He should've never been a blazer. Houston missed on him the year before by not selecting him at #3 to go along with Ralph Sampson in the '83 draft. Should've been Clyde & The Twin Towers.

[@charleymasubed2510]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@thomashernandez5411]

Glyde was the missing piece

[@elliotness11]

Why Rockets management waited this long to pair these two is a total failure on their part

[@jlobiafra]

Oh yeah because the rockets can just go get whoever they want. Why didn't they just go get Jordan, malone, and pippen while their at it. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@rsvp1473]

GO COOGS!!!

[@RyDoesYt69]

H-town

[@erics2739]

War eagle

[@tylerriley2587]

Vernon maxwell quit the team not to mention

[@ericsigersmith2831]

Why?

[@ChrisM07]

@@ericsigersmith2831 Because Drexler pretty much took his spot.

[@goodgame971]

Yup he was washed up by the time he came to Houston

[@ChrisM07]

No he wasn't, he just needed to be a championship caliber team which the Rockets obviously were.

[@FunkyFreshz69]

Wasn't he an all star?

[@slowmo338]

Shaq and Penny agree with you.

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

Clyde Drexler got an all nba team and a couple of all stars with Houston. And averaged over 20 points a game that year they won the championship. Clyde was never "washed up". His first year or two in Houston was his last couple of years in his prime. But even when he left his prime it was only slightly.

[@TrillEverything]

Phi Slamma Jamma!!!!

[@taraishot100]

He won a championship with the rockets to

[@dope7753]

Underrated