Byron Houston

Personal information
Born	(1969-11-22) November 22, 1969 (age 54) Watonga, Oklahoma, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Star Spencer (Spencer, Oklahoma)
College	Oklahoma State (1988–1992)
NBA draft	1992: 1st round, 27th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	1992–2001
Position	Power forward
Number	21, 35
Career history
1992–1994	Golden State Warriors
1994–1995	Seattle SuperSonics
1995–1996	Sacramento Kings
1996–1997	León Caja España
1997–1998	Quad City Thunder
1998	VVS Samara
1998–1999	SSA Trefl Sopot
1999	Joventut Badalona
1999–2001	St. Louis Swarm
Career highlights and awards
CBA Finals MVP (1998) Consensus second-team All-American (1992) Big Eight Player of the Year (1991) 3× First-team All-Big Eight (1990–1992)
Career NBA statistics
Points	835 (3.9 ppg)
Rebounds	648 (3.0 rpg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Representing  United States Men's Basketball Pan American Games Winnipeg 1999 National team

Byron Dwight Houston (born November 22, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'5", 250-pound power forward, he played collegiately for Oklahoma State University and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (27th pick overall) of the 1992 NBA draft. In an National Basketball Association (NBA) career that lasted four seasons, Houston played for the Golden State Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics and Sacramento Kings. He then played in the PBA^[1] in 1997. Houston played for the Quad City Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and was selected as the CBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1998.^[2]

Personal life

Houston's biological father is former NBA player Curtis Perry.^[3]

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 in that state for the next ten years.^[4] On June 13, 2007, Houston was arrested on counts of indecent exposure, engaging in a lewd act and driving with a canceled license.^[5] On September 16, 2007, he was sentenced to four years in prison for violating probation stemming from this offense. Defense witnesses have claimed that Houston suffers from bipolar disorder and other conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder as a result of suffering extreme abuse as a child.^[3][6]