Nicknamed "the Silent Assassin", he had a 12-year playing career spent in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and overseas.

[1] Young, a native Houstonian, played basketball at Yates High School and the University of Houston.

With the Houston Cougars, he was part of Phi Slama Jama and was twice named to the Southwest Conference First Team.

He also played two seasons with the Continental Basketball Association's Detroit Spirit, where he was named the CBA's Player of the Year in 1986 after averaging 26 points per game.

[3] Joe played college basketball for Houston and Oregon and followed his father's footsteps to the NBA in 2015 as a member of the Indiana Pacers.