Worst players who have their jerseys retired

NBA: The worst player from each franchise to have their jersey retired

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Clyde Drexler (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images) /

Each franchise worst player to have their jersey retired, Houston Rockets: Clyde Drexler

Stats: 19 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 5.4 apg

No, no, no – we aren’t going to allow this to happen. Well, technically, it already did. Still, we’re going to attempt to set the record straight.

Clyde Drexler is one of the greatest players in NBA history. The way he swooped to the basket and scored effortlessly was incredibly smooth. He was also as explosive as they come. Once he took his two steps and leaped off the ground, it was as though he had pogo sticks in his legs.

But, regardless of the superlative words we’ve been using to describe him, Drexler is the worst player to have his Jersey retired in Houston Rockets history.

If Drexler arrived in town when he was smack dab in the middle of his prime, we would never bring his name into the conversation. But the truth of the matter is, by the time Drexler was traded to the Rockets in the mid-1990s, he was 32 years old and would spend only three and a half seasons there.

As for his numbers, Drexler averaged over 20 points per game only once as a Rocket. He was also only named to only two All-Star appearances.

Drexler was a major reason why the Rockets pocketed a ring in 1995. But he simply didn’t have the staying power that names such as Yao Ming, Calvin Murphy, Moses Malone, and Hakeem Olajuwon. If, however, Drexler was much closer to his prime during his Rockets run, only Olajuwon would’ve been considered a better player out of the hoopers who got their jerseys retired for the franchise.