Allan Houston: Overlooked star during the NY Knicks transition out of the Patrick Ewing era | FPP

Allan Houston had an incredible career the university of Tennessee, leaving the Volunteers as the best player in program history and arguably the best player in SEC history. He would be drafted to the NBA by the Detroit Pistons who were transitioning out of their bad boy era, where he would spend 3 seasons, eventually becoming a sidekick to a young Grant Hill. Then in 1996, he would sign with the New York Knicks where he would have an incredible run and become one of the least talked about legends in Knicks history as his sweet shooting and durability served the Knicks for years first with an aging Patrick Ewing and an acquired Latrell Sprewell to help the Knicks make an improbably 1999 Finals run. Then when Ewing was traded, Houston and Sprewell became a great duo in New York for a few more years, keeping them relevant. Unfortunately, knee injuries that he had spent years playing through finally became too much and after an incredibly durable decade of play, he broke down in his final 2 years, retiring unexpectedly after the 2005 season. But in 2001 he had signed a massive extension with the Knicks which is considered the inspiration for the amnesty clause, due to Houston’s injuries rendering him incapable of playing, but still owed a lot of money, but it’s unfair that this is what he’s most synonymous with as the “Allan Houston rule” was never even used on Allan Houston. So, today we’re going to look at the positive side of his underrated career.

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