Allan Houston (born April 20, 1971 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former American professional basketball player who plays a scoring guard nicknamed "King of The Middle Thrower" or "H₂O" and is currently the deputy general manager of the NBA New York Knicks.
Chinese name is Alain Wade Houston
His foreign name is Allan Wade Houston
Aliases CTO King, CIC Textbook, H₂O
Nationality United States
Birthplace Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Born on April 20, 1971
University of Tennessee
Height 198 cm / 6 ft 6 in
Weight 93 kg / 205 lbs
Allan Houston was born april 21, 1971 in Louisville, Kentucky, attended high school at ballard High School in his hometown, and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in African/American studies. The nickname is "H2O" (derived from Houston 20#, another meaning is his elegant jump shot "smooth as water" - H₂O)
In high school, he led the Burrard High School basketball team to the Kentucky High School Basketball Finals. Averaging 26 points per game, he was a shocked performer
While at the University of Tennessee, Houston averaged 21.9 points per game (2,801 points in total), 46 percent from the field, 42.4 percent from three-point range, and 84.9 percent from the free throw line. Became a truly outstanding pitcher. In the summer of '93 he became a professional basketball player
In the summer of 1992, Houston was selected as a university star player on the Dream Team's sparring team, training with young players such as Hardaway and Hill with the Dream Team
In 1993, the Detroit Pistons selected Houston with the 11th pick in the first round, and the members of the Pistons' "Bad Boys" team retired one after another, and Detroit urgently needed young players to supplement the team lineup.
After two years of growth, Houston used his average of 19.7 points per game to tell the team that the choice was not wrong, and his combination with Grant Hill gave Detroit fans hope for the team's review.
In the summer of '96, Houston announced that he would no longer wear the Pistons' jersey and would join the New York Knicks. Let the Pistons' plan to build a "Houston + Hill" golden combination go bankrupt
In the 1997-98 season, Alain helped the Knicks reach the second round of the playoffs with an average of 18.4 points per game, and in the playoffs, Alain became the team's top scorer with 21.1 points per game, and was one of the Knicks' first-round victories over the heat
In the 1998–99 season, Knicks fans witnessed how the "two-gun" combination of Houston and Spreeville brought the Knicks to the Finals.
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Houston was selected for the Dream Team to compete in the Olympic Games and won the Olympic Championship with the Dream Three team
In 2001, the Knicks put a six-year, $100 million top salary contract on the table, and Houston became one of only a few billion-dollar club members in the league at the time
In the summer of 2004, the Knicks sent Spreeville away, ending the "two-gun era." The Knicks found "lone wolf" Marbury and "penny" Hardaway in 2004, and after playing 50 games, Houston was reimbursed for the injury season
Shortly before the 2005-06 season, shortly after Alan took a series of promotional photos with Nate Robinson, David Lee and other rising stars, he abruptly announced his decision to retire