Byron Dwight Houston (born November 22, 1969) is an American former professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player. A 6'5", 250-pound
power forward
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to centers. When on offense, they typically play with their ba ...
, he played collegiately for
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...
and was selected by the
Chicago Bulls
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in the first round (27th pick overall) of the
1992 NBA draft
The 1992 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1992, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The draft is considered to be one of the deepest in NBA history. The top three picks (Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Christian Laettner) were conside ...
. In an
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) career that lasted four seasons, Houston played for the
Golden State Warriors,
Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Confe ...
and
Sacramento Kings
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. He then played in the
PBA in 1997. Houston played for the
Quad City Thunder
The Quad City Thunder was a Continental Basketball Association franchise that was based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. They played in the CBA from the 1987–88 season until the CBA folded in 2001. The Thunder were successful on the c ...
of the
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and was selected as the CBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1998.
Personal life
Houston's biological father is former NBA player
Curtis Perry.
Controversies
In June 2006, Houston was removed from a children's basketball camp in
Oklahoma because he pleaded guilty in March 2003 to four counts of
indecent exposure and was registered as a
sex offender
A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser, or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime. What constitutes a sex crime differs by culture and legal jurisdiction. The majority of convicted sex offenders have convictions for crim ...
in that state for the next ten years.
On June 13, 2007, Houston was arrested on counts of
indecent exposure, engaging in a lewd act and driving with a canceled license. On September 16, 2007, he was sentenced to four years in prison for violating
probation
Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by the court often in lieu of incarceration.
In some jurisdictions, the term ''probation'' applies only to community sentences (alternatives to incarceration), such ...
stemming from this offense. Defense witnesses have claimed that Houston suffers from
bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that last from days to weeks each. If the elevated mood is severe or associated with ...
and other conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder as a result of suffering extreme abuse as a child.
See also
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References
External links
Stats at Basketball-ReferenceESPN.com profile
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1969 births
Living people
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Asseco Gdynia players
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Pan American Games medalists in basketball
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
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People convicted of sex crimes
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Pop Cola Panthers players
Power forwards (basketball)
Quad City Thunder players
Sacramento Kings players
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St. Louis Swarm players