Allan Houston - Biography

Last Editor: Marjorie20032				Allan Houston Biography -   Name : Allan Houston Profession : Basketball Player Birth Details : born April 20, 1971, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA Birth name : Allan Wade Houston Jr. Height : 6' 6" (1.98 m) Spouse : Tamara Houston (24 August 1996 - present) 2 children

Allan Houston Trivia -

Selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (11th pick overall) in the 1993 NBA Draft. Signed with the New York Knicks as a free agent on July 14, 1996. NBA Basketball player. Earned $68 million dollars in 1997 Weight: 200 College: Tennessee A Good Friend of Kansas Center Reaf Lafrentz. Lives at Long Island NY, in North Shore. Children: daughter Remie Jean (b. May 1999) and son Allan Wade Houston III. Won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics as a member of Dream Team III Attended Ballard High School in Louisville, Kentucky.

Allan Houston Detailed Biography -

Allan Wade Houston (born April 20, 1971, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing shooting guard for the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks. His nickname is "H2O", derived from the first letter of his name and his regular number "20", and acknowledges his graceful jumpshot, which is "smooth as water". Houston played at Ballard High School in Louisville, helping them to win the 1988 Kentucky state championship. He went on to play at the University of Tennessee and graduated in 1993 as the school's all-time leading scorer. Houston was drafted 11th overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1993 NBA Draft, and averaged 8.5 points per game in his rookie year. His average was boosted to 14.5 and 19.7 points per game in the next two years. On July 14, 1996 Houston signed as a free agent with the Knicks, where he played for the next nine seasons. He kept his scoring average at a consistent 17-point-or-so per-game clip, and led his team to the 1999 NBA Finals. He made the All-Star team in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, Houston signed a maximum contract extension with the Knicks, and that proved to be a mistake, because it cut deeply into the Knicks' already grim salary cap situation and prevented them from making any free agent moves as their team spiraled into mediocrity. Also, his salary cap number made him virtually untradeable. He was considered by many to be one-dimensional as he was primarily a jump shooter throughout his career. In addition, Houston missed 32 games in 2003-04 due to a knee injury. In the summer of 2004, he refused to have surgery on his knee claiming he would be ready to play the next season. However, he played in only 20 games in the 2004-05 season due to the fact his injury hadn't completely healed. Due to his injury, he announced his retirement on October 17, 2005. Houston was one of the most prolific scorers in Knicks history and his last second bankshot against the Miami Heat in the 1999 playoffs remains a dramatic moment in Knicks history. Allan Houstan ranks 10th all-time in career 3-point field goals made