Clyde to be one of the inductees into the Hall of Fame on Friday

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BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME ELECTS SIX NEW MEMBERS
— One of the most diverse classes in Hall of Fame history features North American electees Clyde Drexler, Jerry Colangelo and Bill Sharman; Women's electee Lynette Woodard; Veteran's electee Maurice Stokes; and International electee Drazen Dalipagic —

SAN ANTONIO, TX., April 5, 2004 — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that four players, one coach and one contributor have been elected for Enshrinement September 10, 2004 in Springfield, Mass., the birthplace of basketball. The six new electees represent the 46th group to enter the Hall of Fame since the institution began the process in 1959.

John L. Doleva, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Basketball Hall of Fame, announced that former Portland Trail Blazer and Houston Rockets All-Star Clyde Drexler, Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo, championship coach Bill Sharman, legendary women's basketball superstar Lynette Woodard, the late Maurice Stokes, and dominant international guard Drazen Dalipagic comprise the Class of 2004. Sharman joins John Wooden and Lenny Wilkens as only the third person in Basketball Hall of Fame history to be enshrined as both a coach and a player (1976).

The Class of 2004 was selected from a group of 16 finalists. The Honors Committee elected Drexler and Woodard on their first year of eligibility. Colangelo and Sharman had been finalists the previous two years; Dalipagic was a finalist last year and Stokes was a first-time finalist after being reactivated by the Veterans Committee in 2003.

CLYDE DREXLER, a native of New Orleans, LA., enjoyed an electric collegiate career at the University of Houston where he became the only player in school history to accumulate 1,000 points, 900 rebounds and 300 steals. A first-team All-America in 1983, he led the Cougars to the 1982 and 1983 Final Four. Selected 14th in the 1983 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, Drexler was a nine-time All-Star with Portland (1983-95) and the Houston Rockets (1995-98) and upon retirement in 1998 was one of only three players in NBA history to collect 20,000 points, 6,000 rebounds and 6,000 assists. He is the leading scorer (18,040), rebounder (5,339) and steals leader (1,795) in Portland history. Selected as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1997, Drexler earned All-NBA First-Team honors in 1992, was a Second Team selection in 1988, 1991 and a Third Team choice in 1990, 1995. He led the Trail Blazers to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992 and won an NBA championship with the Houston Rockets in 1995. Drexler finished his career with 22,195 career points (20.4 ppg), 24th best in history. He was a member of the 1992 Dream Team that won the Gold Medal in Barcelona.

It will be LIVE on ESPN Classics Friday at 6:30pm

 

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