Houston Rockets acquire - SG Clyde Drexler, F Tracy Murray
Portland Trail Blazers acquire - PF Otis Thorpe, rights to Marcelo Nicola, 1995 1st-round pick
This trade was essentially neck-and-neck with #3 Moses Malone on our list, as we mentioned in yesterday’s write up. Individually, Malone had the better numbers, and he did win two MVP awards, something Drexler never achieved.
But the simple facts of the situation are that there is no way the Rockets have two titles under their belt without Clyde Drexler.