Clyde Drexler wasn’t there, either. Drexler was at his home in Houston, where wife Tonya is recovering from breast cancer. “Amazingly, she is cancer-free,” Clyde told me last week.

Another star from the "Phi Slama Jama" Houston team, Drexler entered the NBA in 1983 after two-straight Final Fours when he was drafted by the Trail Blazers with the 14th overall pick. Drexler ...