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Johnson later added: “I dealt with it and I will continue to deal with it, ‘cause that’s who I am. And so, when I see Clyde, I’m going to hit him, hug him, and [say], ‘How you doing? How’s the family? How’s your wife, you know? I would never mention this, because it doesn’t mean anything to me. I gotta keep moving forward, and I feel good. One thing I do is I sleep real good at night.” Wall Street Journal

Magic Johnson, USA Basketball, Clyde Drexler 

Clyde Drexler: "If I had not gone to Houston, I would not have a ring… You need multiple stars (to win a championship). You always have… When I was in Portland, we had players good enough to get to the Finals but the super teams are going to get us." FOXSports Florida

Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, Portland Trail Blazers, LeBron James, Clyde Drexler 

The Elias Sports Bureau reports that (Rondo) became the first player in NBA history to reach each of those thresholds in a playoff game. Five other players had recorded 40-10-8 games: Tracy McGrady, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Jerry West and Oscar Robertson (twice). ESPN.com

Boston Celtics, Rajon Rondo, Tracy McGrady, Jerry West, Charles Barkley, Oscar Robertson, Clyde Drexler 

The Blazers have at least the mini-mid-level exception with which to sign another player — three years and more than $9 million. Buchanan wasn’t sure if it meant adding a guard or a player to the front line. He said they’ll have to wait for the first line of free agents to be signed — many of them at the regular mid-level exception beginning at $5 million a year — and see what talent remains available. All the Blazer players spoke reverently about Roy on Friday. Camby looked up at the string of retired numbers hanging from the rafters at the practice facility and offered, “His number sure belongs up there.” It will be soon enough. Roy is the third-greatest Blazer player of all-time, behind only Clyde Drexler and Bill Walton in terms of impact on the franchise. Portland Tribune

Portland Trail Blazers, Free Agency, Brandon Roy, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler 

Col: OK, if you could do one thing over again during your time in Portland, what would it be? Clyde Drexler: If I could one thing over what would it be? Hmmm. As a player or administratively? Col: Um, as a player, I guess. CD: How about administratively? Col: OK, administratively. What would you do? CD: I'd go back to that 1984 draft and try to influence that coin flip result. Then it would have been a no-brainer. (The Blazers lost a coin flip prior to the 1984 draft that gave the Rockets the rights to the first pick. Houston took Hakeem Olajuwon, Portland infamously drafted Sam Bowie second, and Chicago selected Michael Jordan third.) Columbian

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon 

Col: But you could have had Michael regardless of the coin flip! CD: At that time, Hakeem was the guy you needed to compete against Kareem. He really would have rounded out our team. Col: Yeah, but somehow I feel like you and Michael would have figured something out. CD: Oh, definitely! We would have played the same way he and Scottie (Pippen) played together. Columbian

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon 

Clarence Gaines recalls Pippen and Jordan talking in the days after they were teammates with Clyde Drexler on Team USA in 1992. “Pip said this to MJ on the team bus after they had been on the Dream team,” Gaines recalled. “If Clyde Drexler had Tex Winter as a coach, he could be on the level of Michael Jordan. Bottom line, Clyde was not a fundamentally sound player.” HoopsHype

Michael Jordan, Coaching, Team USA, Clyde Drexler, Tex Winter 

Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) is continuing its promotional tie-in with National Basketball Association (NBA) for a fourth year, renewing its sponsorship of the Boston Celtics for a fourth season and becoming a sponsor of the Houston Rockets. “The NBA agreement enables Yokohama to execute promotions designed to drive traffic to dealers,” said Shawn Denlein, Yokohama director of sales, consumer products. “One of the most popular and successful promotions is the ‘Home Team Pride’ program. During the March 12 through April 30 promotion period, consumers can receive an official Boston Celtic team shooting shirt or a Houston Rockets Clyde Drexler throwback jersey with the purchase of four Yokohama tires from participating dealers.” Tire Business

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Team USA, by virtue of winning the world championship in Turkey last autumn, is the lone team to have already booked its spot. So who would win – Dream Team I or the likely 2012 crop? “I may be a little biased but I believe that was the best team ever assembled,” Drexler laughs. MVP 24/7

USA Basketball, Clyde Drexler 

The owners plead poverty. The players cry foul. We won’t cave in, they insist. It has been back and forth for months between the NBA’s negotiators and the Players Association. Neither is keen to blink first. “The player salaries have gotten big but the owners are making a lot of money,” Drexler observes. “The revenue sharing is working. What they will have to do is find a way to come to a middle ground where both parties are happy and they can move on without any recourse.” MVP 24/7

CBA, Lockout, Clyde Drexler 

NBA great Clyde Drexler can foresee a league franchise being based in London, maybe even in the next decade. "Clyde the Glide," in the British capital to help promote the first regular-season NBA games to be played in London in March, said Wednesday that basketball has proven itself in Europe and expansion to the continent may just be a matter of time. "Eventually, if the demand continues, that could actually happen," Drexler told The Associated Press. "We're probably 10 years or so away, but that is not too farsighted to happen." USA Today

Clyde Drexler, London 

The good people from NBAE had been trying for a while to get the thing started, but the gab session went on. As they entered the room, some of them started yakking immediately about how they wanted to "get it rolling," but then they wouldn't stop talking. Perhaps they realized that, as time goes on, the occasions when they will get together will become fewer and fewer. Finally, another Dream Teamer, Karl Malone sauntered over from the other side of the huge room. "If you guys don't mind," began Malone ... "Anything you say, Karl," interrupted Drexler. "It's your weekend, man." Malone stopped and embraced Drexler, who had just arrived for the weekend ceremonies at the Hall of Fame, where Malone and Scottie Pippen were to be inducted singly along with the Dream Team collectively. Malone smiled. "I'm just getting old and grumpy, but I'd like to get this started," he said. This was not an easy group to order around but Malone's words immediately lifted the Dream Team chowhounds off their chairs. SI.com

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