SAN ANTONIO ? Nicknames have followed Clyde Drexler throughout his basketball career.

In college, he played for the electrifying “Phi Slama Jama” teams at the University of Houston. As a pro, he was Clyde “The Glide” for his speed, ball-handling and swooping moves to the basket. As an Olympian, he played on the first “Dream Team.”

Now, he can add something a little more formal: Hall of Famer.

Drexler was one of six former players, coaches and team executives announced Monday as the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

Joining him are Lynette Woodard, Kansas University All-American, Olympic gold medalist and first female Harlem Globetrotter; coach Bill Sharman, already in the hall as a player; the late Maurice Stokes, the 1956 NBA rookie of the year; Jerry Colangelo, chairman of the Phoenix Suns; and Drazen Dalipagic, an international standout for Yugoslavia. They will be inducted Sept. 10 in Springfield.

Drexler, who in 1997 was selected one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players, was humbled to be a new member of the hall.

“I grew up watching a lot of them, and to be in the same class as they are is phenomenal,” Drexler said. “It kind of validates your career as a basketball player.”

In college, he played in two Final Fours. In his 15-year NBA career, Drexler led Portland to the NBA Finals in 1990 and ’92, and won a championship with Houston in 1995. He is one of three players in league history to accumulate 20,000 points, 6,000 rebounds and 6,000 assists.

Sharman won titles as a coach in the ABL, the ABA and the NBA. He joins John Wooden and Lenny Wilkens as the only members enshrined as a player and a coach.

Stokes had his career cut short when he was paralyzed in his third season when he fell during a game. He died at the age of 36 in 1970.

Colangelo was named general manager of the Suns at the age of 28 and is a four-time NBA executive of the year. He also was instrumental in creating the WNBA.

Dalipagic was a three-time European player of the year.