Allan Houston

Allan Houston was a shooting guard who helped the United States win basketball gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won international gold medals at the 1999 FIBA Americas Championship and the 1990 FIBA U-18 Americas Championship.

Houston played in college at the University of Tennessee, where he was a four-time first team All-Southeastern Conference selection. As a junior and senior he was named third-team All-American. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1993 NBA Draft with the 11th overall pick.

Houston played for 13 years in the NBA, from 1993-2005. He was with the Pistons from 1993-96 and then played for nine years with the New York Knicks. In 2000-01 Houston was chosen for the NBA All-Star Game. He ended his NBA career with an average of 17.3 points/game.

After retiring as a player Houston joined the Knicks as an assistant to the President for basketball operations and later was named an assistant general manager.