To an extent, in a sense, Clyde Austin’s career was unfortunate, a case of bad timing. At Houston, he was really good but the emergence of Hakeem Olajuwon meant he was second best. And in the NBA, he was overshadowed mostly by Michael Jordan but also by a lot of superb talent -Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley and Olajuwon again.
But Drexler was legitimately great. He was one of the finest players in NBA history, particularly on the fast break.
A native of New Orleans, Drexler was recruited to Houston after Michael Young told coach Guy Lewis just how good he was.