Q:Facts: - draft round: 1 - draft pick: 24 - career end: 1996 - number: 43 , 8 , 42 - height in: 7 - team: phoenix manila beer brewmasters -lrb- philippines -rrb- great taste coffee makers suns -lrb- philippines -rrb- valladolid -lrb- spain -rrb- fantoni udine -lrb- detroit italy -rrb- los angeles clippers sioux falls skyforce -lrb- cba spirits -rrb- panasonic reggio calabria -lrb- italy -rrb- csp limoges -lrb- -lrb- france -rrb- faber fabriano -lrb- italy -rrb- cro lyon basket cba -lrb- france -rrb- -rrb- philadelphia 76ers - birth date: 02 january 1961 - draft team: boston celtics - weight lb: 220 - caption: young 's basketball team in the 1980s as a player for the houston cougars men - draft year: 1984 - bbr: youngmi01 - college: houston -lrb- 1980 -- 1984 -rrb- - width: 200 - letter: y - name: michael young - birth place: houston , texas - position: small forward / shooting guard - high school: yates -lrb- houston , texas -rrb- - career start: 1984 - nationality: american - years: 1984 1987 -- 1989 1989 1989 y 1990 1990 -- 1992 start 1992 -- 1995 1995 -- 1996 1996 1984 -- 1986 1985 end 1986 1987 - height ft: 6 - image: michael young playing for houston.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael young -lrb- basketball -rrb- .
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michael wayne young -lrb- born january 2 , 1961 -rrb- is an american retired basketball player .he had a 15-year playing career spent in the nba and overseas .he was most recently the director of basketball operations and performance enhancement at the university of houston , his alma mater .