Portland Trail Blazer guard Clyde "The Glide" Drexler is a different kind of superstar--a superstar who never seeks to call attention to himself. Often compared to Michael Jordan, Drexler has become one of the top players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has led his team to two NBA finals appearances. His position in the NBA was recognized when he was named to the 1992 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team." "The Glide is not just a nickname," Mike Bruton commented in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "it is what Clyde Drexler does on a basketball court."

Clyde Drexler was born June 22, 1962, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up in Houston, Texas, in a neighborhood known as South Park. The middle child in a family of seven, Drexler spent hours on the front porch of his home, throwing the ball to his older brother, James. James was a talented basketball player...