{"id":21650,"date":"2021-07-22T15:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21650"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:56:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:56:41","slug":"walt-clyde-frazier-the-greatest-point-guard-of-all-time-the-point-guard-goat-2x-nba-champion-1970-1973-7x-nba-all-star-1970-1976-nba-all-star-game-mvp-1975-4x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21650","title":{"rendered":"WALT “CLYDE” FRAZIER, THE GREATEST POINT GUARD OF ALL TIME, THE POINT GUARD “GOAT”, 2\u00d7 NBA champion (1970, 1973) 7\u00d7 NBA All-Star (1970\u20131976) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1975) 4\u00d7 All-NBA First Team (1970, 1972, 1974, 1975), 7\u00d7 NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969\u20131975) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1968) NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team No. 10 retired by New York Knicks, NIT champion (1967) NIT MVP (1967) No. 52 retired by Southern Illinois Salukis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Walt \u2018Clyde\u2019 Frazier is still king of cool all these years later<\/h1>\n
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Walt Frazier turned 76 this year, and it is never a bad time to remember how much of a civic treasure he is, someone who embraced New York as a 22-year-old kid leading Southern Illinois to the 1967 NIT title, who has lived and worked here pretty much ever since, who is one of the regal figures in our city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MSG Network has replayed that Southern Illinois-Marquette NIT title game a few times in recent months and it\u2019s pure gold, like getting a peek at Pacino\u2019s screen test for \u201cThe Godfather\u201d or Keith Richards working out an early version of the guitar riffs on \u201cJumpin\u2019 Jack Flash.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

And you only need to have access to YouTube to see the greatest of all Frazier moments, the evening of May 8, 1970, Game 7 against the Lakers. Willis Reed captured the legend (and the MVP trophy) for hobbling onto the court and making his first two jumpers, the only baskets he scored. The rest of the night \u2014 and the rest of Knicks eternity \u2014 belonged to Frazier \u2014 who had 36 points and 19 assists and seven rebounds and looks, on that grainy tape, like one of the greatest players of all time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which he most certainly was.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But there is more, so much more to Frazier than what he did on the court. At a time when we laud athletes who don\u2019t sneer in public, Frazier is in his seventh decade in putting smiles on the faces of everyone he comes in contact with. That includes campers who learned from him in the \u201960s, fans who he thrilled in the \u201970s, listeners who tuned into the radio in the \u201980s, viewers who became next-generation fans in the \u201990s, and so many who weren\u2019t born yet on May 8, 1970, who have heard his rhymes and seen his glorious wardrobe in the aughts and the \u201910s and now the \u201920s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Walt \u201cClyde\u201d Frazier attends Annual Charity Day Hosted By Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC and GFI \u2013 BGC Office \u2013 on September 11, 2019 in New York City<\/strong><\/figcaption>
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\u201cI like people,\u201d he once told me, and all you need to do is see him interact with people \u2014 all kinds, all classes, all colors, all creeds \u2014 and you understand. It was George Kalinsky \u2014 equally gifted behind his camera as Frazier was on the court \u2014 who gave birth to \u201cClyde,\u201d a pantheon New York nickname (alongside, if not a smidge higher, than \u201cBroadway Joe\u201d and \u201cBabe\u201d) by taking a series of iconic pictures early in his career.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And Clyde he has remained, an icon of greatness as an athlete and of goodness as a man. A friend recalled recently seeing Clyde rushing to work one day in the morass of Penn Station and my buddy said, \u201cHey, Clyde, give us a rhyme!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHaven\u2019t got the time!\u201d he said, smiling and buzzing past, giving him the rhyme even in a hurry, still figuring away to please and give a story he\u2019ll tell the rest of his life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Walt Frazier playing with the Knicks in the 1970s.<\/strong><\/figcaption>
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One of the first sports books I read as a kid was a glorious title called \u201cRockin\u2019 Steady: A Guide to Basketball & Cool,\u201d which Clyde co-authored in 1974 with Ira Berkow (who himself knows a thing or two about \u201ccool\u201d since he was still running full-court pickup games alongside the likes of Oscar Robertson as he approached 70).<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were some useful basketball thoughts from Clyde on dunking (he thought it a needless risk; just \u201clay it in easy,\u201d he advised) and passing (\u201cI\u2019ve seen guys make fancy passes that wow the crowd and bounce off the back of a teammate\u2019s head; that\u2019s not playmaking\u201d) and defense (\u201cNever cross your feet!\u201d) and shooting (\u201cI shoot on a line drive when I\u2019m alone, with an arc when there\u2019s some cat climbing my chest\u201d).<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the essential advice was on the other side of the ampersand, covered in chapters subtitled \u201cCool\u201d and \u201cA General Guide to Looking Good, and Other Matters.\u201d When I was 7, I was desperate to be cool and Clyde showed me how, for everything from showers (\u201cI take a lukewarm shower, then a cold shower. Stimulates the blood.\u201d) to toweling off (\u201cUse short, brisk movements\u201d) to the part everyone who\u2019s read the book remembers: how to properly (and stylishly) catch a fly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrong: Hover over fly, slam hand (illustrated).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right: Approach fly from the side, relax and \u201cbring flexor muscles to a spring-like tension.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I read it again this week (it\u2019s still in print; get it). He was cool then. He\u2019s cool still. He is a treasure (and, as he would surely add, a pleasure).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Walt Frazier<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Frazier in March 2020<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Personal information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Born<\/strong><\/th>\nMarch 29, 1945 (age\u00a076)<\/span><\/strong>
\nAtlanta<\/a>, Georgia, U.S.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listed height<\/strong><\/th>\n6\u00a0ft 4\u00a0in (1.93\u00a0m)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listed weight<\/strong><\/th>\n200\u00a0lb (91\u00a0kg)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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High school<\/strong><\/th>\nDavid T. Howard<\/a> (Atlanta, Georgia)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
College<\/strong><\/th>\nSouthern Illinois<\/a> (1963\u20131967)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NBA draft<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n1967<\/a> \/ Round: 1 \/ Pick: 5th overall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selected by the New York Knicks<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Playing career<\/strong><\/th>\n1967\u20131979<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position<\/strong><\/th>\nPoint guard<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number<\/strong><\/th>\n10, 11<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1967<\/a>\u20131977<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\nNew York Knicks<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Points<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n15,581 (18.9 ppg)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebounds<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n4,830 (5.9 rpg)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assists<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n5,040 (6.1 apg)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stats<\/a>\u00a0\"Edit<\/a> at NBA.com<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Walter “Clyde” Frazier Jr. (born March 29, 1945) is an American former professional basketball<\/a> player of the National Basketball Association<\/a> (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks<\/a> to the franchise’s only two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame<\/a> in 1987. Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting<\/a>; he is currently a color commentator<\/a> for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Legends profile: Walt Frazier<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"With a nickname taken by a Knicks trainer from the folk-hero robber Clyde Barrow, whose life was chronicled in the film Bonnie and Clyde, Frazier presided over the Knicks for 10 years from 1967 to 1977. He left holding team records for points scored, games played and assists.Frazier later spent portions of three seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, ending his career in 1979 with a lifetime average of 18.9 points per game in 825 regular-season games and 20.7 points per game in 93 playoff contests. But it was with the Knicks that Frazier helped redefine the character of professional basketball, significantly boosting its popularity in New York and beyond.\u201cIt\u2019s Clyde\u2019s ball,\u201d teammate and Knicks captain Willis Reed told Sport magazine at the height of the Frazier era in New York. \u201cHe just lets us play with it once in a while.\u201dAs a Knicks player, Frazier scored 19.3 points per game, played in seven NBA All-Star Games, and was named to four All-NBA First Teams and seven NBA All-Defensive First Teams. He is especially remembered for his inspirational performance in the seventh and deciding game of a thrilling 1970 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.\"\"The eldest of nine children, Frazier took readily to on-field leadership at Atlanta\u2019s Howard High School. He quarterbacked the football team and played catcher on the baseball team. He learned basketball on a rutted and dirt playground, the only facility available at his all-black school in the racially segregated South of the 1950s.Frazier developed his playing philosophy very early on, according to his high school coach, and carried it with him to the pros: aggressive defense takes priority and hitting an open man is more productive than taking a wild shot.<\/strong>Although he was offered more scholarships for his football skills, Frazier accepted a basketball offer from relatively obscure Southern Illinois University. \u201cI was looking hopefully to the day when I could play pro ball, and there were no black quarterbacks on the pro scene then,\u201d he explained.<\/strong>Led by Frazier, Southern Illinois became the first small school to win the National Invitation Tournament. Frazier earned All-America honors as a senior, and the Knicks made him their first-round pick (fifth overall) in the 1967 NBA Draft.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He started slowly, averaging only 9.0 points in 1967-68. \u201cMy rookie year, I really played lousy at first,\u201d he recalled in Sport. But midway through that season a new coach, William \u201cRed\u201d Holzman, took charge of the Knicks and emphasized the aggressive defense that was Frazier\u2019s strongest suit. The rookie\u2019s playing time soared, as did his confidence. Frazier and teammate Phil Jackson, who would later gain more fame as the head coach two dynasties: the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers, were named to the NBA All-Rookie Team at season\u2019s end.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Possessing exceptional peripheral vision and quick hands \u2014 \u201cfaster than a lizard\u2019s tongue,\u201d commented one opponent \u2013Frazier began delighting New York fans with sudden steals and lightning passes. \u201cThe great thing about Clyde are his hands, his anticipation,\u201d Holzman told Sport. Added teammate Bill Bradley, \u201c[Frazier] is the only player I\u2019ve ever seen [whom] I would describe as an artist, who takes an artistic approach to the game.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

By adding Frazier, Bradley, and Dave DeBusschere to a starting lineup that already featured center Willis Reed and guard Dick Barnett, the Knicks quickly built an unusually well-balanced club, a championship contender that reached the Eastern Division Finals in 1968-69. Frazier averaged 17.5 points that season and earned the first of seven consecutive selections to the NBA All-Defensive First Team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Early in the 1969-70 season, the Knicks won 18 consecutive games, setting a new NBA record, and went on to a league-best 60-22 mark in the regular season. The team\u2019s unprecedented emphasis on defense, led by Frazier, showed in two remarkable statistics: the Knicks achieved the best record in the NBA with their leading scorer, Reed, ranking only 15th in the league; and their defense allowed just 105.9 points per game, nearly 6 points better than their closest rival. Frazier averaged 20.9 points and 8.2 assists for the season. He made the first of seven successive All-Star appearances and earned the first of four selections to the All-NBA First Team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 1970 NBA Finals matched two superlative clubs, the Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers, representing the country\u2019s two biggest metropolitan centers. The seven-game series generated more national excitement than the NBA had ever known. Pitted against a Lakers club that featured such legends as Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, the Knicks battled their rivals to a deadlock through six games, despite a leg injury to Reed, their top scorer, in Game 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the decisive seventh game at Madison Square Garden, Reed hobbled dramatically onto the court, long enough to score the first two baskets of the game. Then he turned the spotlight over to Frazier, who responded with one of the greatest performances ever in a Finals Game 7: 36 points, 19 assists and five steals \u2014 including a<\/strong><\/p>\n

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celebrated heist from West that devastated the Lakers\u2019 morale.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?vWhile bringing the ball upcourt during the second quarter, the Lakers\u2019 on-floor leader momentarily slowed his dribble as he approached the midcourt line. Frazier pounced across the line, flicked the ball off West\u2019s fingers, and raced for the Knicks\u2019 glass, a half-step ahead of his opponent. As Frazier, in a characteristic motion, laid the ball up into the basket rather than dunking it, West fouled him. Frazier completed the three-point play. On the Lakers\u2019 next possession the Knicks\u2019 Mike Riordan forced West into a shot-clock violation.\u201cWest looked bewildered,\u201d Frazier later wrote of the pivotal sequence in Walt Frazier: One Magic Season and a Basketball Life. \u201cFor that one moment, he was out of control, and you never saw that happen with Jerry. We\u2019d wounded their leader. I knew we had them.\u201dFrazier was right. The Knicks won the game, 113-99, and with it the franchise\u2019s first NBA Championship. \u201cI felt as pumped up as I ever have on a basketball court,\u201d Frazier recalled in HOOP magazine. \u201cI always tried to hit the open man when I played, but that night I was the open man. There\u2019s no doubt that \u201969-70 championship team was the highlight of my career. I think of that team every day.\u201dIn a sport known for dizzying offensive numbers, Frazier and the Knicks had managed to make the art of defense seem glamorous. At the height of that era in Knicks history, fans at Madison Square Garden would mount chants of \u201cDee-fense! Dee-fense,\u201d especially on those occasions when the Knicks trailed in a game\u2019s fourth quarter. Fans believed and opponents feared that a couple of defensive maneuvers by Frazier would turn the score around.\u201cIt\u2019s not only that Clyde steals the ball,\u201d former teammate Bill Bradley told Sport, \u201cbut that he makes them think he\u2019s about to steal it, and that he can steal it any time he wants to.\u201d\"\"<\/strong>Part of Frazier\u2019s defensive success lay in keeping his distance. \u201cI don\u2019t believe in contact defense,\u201d Frazier said in 1971. \u201cI like to keep them guessing where I am. I have the advantage because my hands are so quick. It\u2019s like I\u2019m playing possum; I\u2019m there but I don\u2019t look like I\u2019m there. They\u2019re relaxed more than if you\u2019re up there pressuring them all the time. That\u2019s when they get careless.\u201d<\/strong>Fans, too, admired his cool demeanor. He rarely indulged in angry outbursts and almost never expressed displeasure with officials. Frazier even perspired on the court far less than most players, furthering his aura of unflappability. Frazier moved on the court like Fred Astaire on the dance floor, according to one sportswriter, \u201chis simplest gestures dripping with elegance. Frazier\u2019s smooth, sultry style of play was the physical equivalent of a Southern drawl.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A certified hero in New York, Frazier became as well known for his stylish attire and after-hours partying as for his ballhandling and peerless defense. This led to many magazine articles, photoshoots as well as commercial advertising opportunities. He parlayed his cool persona into becoming one of the first athletes to be paid to wear a basketball sneaker \u2014 a suede version made by Puma.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the court, he led the Knicks to four more winning seasons. In 1971 New York reached the Eastern Conference Finals but lost to the Baltimore Bullets in seven games. The Knicks returned to the NBA Finals in 1972 but fell to a powerful Lakers team that had gone 69-13 in the regular season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Early in the 1971-72 season the Knicks acquired guard Earl Monroe, an archnemesis of Frazier\u2019s, from Baltimore. Skeptics said the longtime rivals were a disastrous match, but instead the storied \u201cRolls-Royce backcourt\u201d gave the Knicks an even more formidable defense. \u201cHe\u2019s fire and I\u2019m ice,\u201d Frazier said of Monroe in Newsday. In 1972-73, the pair\u2019s first full season together, New York defeated the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals and then regained the championship by downing the Lakers in five games.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His second championship ring marked the peak of Frazier\u2019s career. The Knicks began a steady decline that saw them fall out of championship form and then out of the playoffs entirely by 1976. Frazier, meanwhile, turned in three more All-Star seasons and even captured the All-Star Game MVP Award after a 30-point performance in 1975. In 1976-77, his scoring average dipped to 17.4 points per game, and the Knicks missed the playoffs for the second straight year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the eve of the 1977-78 season New York sent Frazier to the Cleveland Cavaliers as compensation for the free-agent signing of Jim Cleamons. With that move one of the most glorious careers in Knicks history came to an end. At the time, Frazier ranked as the Knicks\u2019 all-time leader in scoring (14,617 points), assists (4,791), games played (759) and minutes (28,995). Patrick Ewing would eventually surpass him in all those categories except assists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frazier was stunned by the trade but dutifully reported to Cleveland after a decade in the Manhattan limelight. The move did not, however, restore the on-court skills of his prime. Partly hampered by repeated foot injuries, Frazier played in only 66 games over portions of three seasons in Cleveland before the Cavaliers put him on waivers three games into the 1979-80 campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In retirement Frazier set up shop as a player agent, invested in a franchise in the short-lived United States Basketball League and then moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands and obtained a charter-boat captain\u2019s license. But he lost both a home and a boat to Hurricane Hugo, and in 1989 he moved back to New York to work as an analyst on Knicks broadcasts. In that role, the ever-colorful Frazier delighted and confounded New York fans with a constant barrage of rhyming phrases and creative word usage \u2014 \u201cClyde-isms,\u201d as they came to be known.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When his playing days had concluded, Frazier\u2019s accomplishments on the court were still being acknowledged. In 1979, the Knicks retired Frazier\u2019s No. 10 jersey. In 1987, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. And in 1996, he was elected to the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Since the late 1960s, Frazier has been known for being a fashion icon and was one of the first major pro athletes to be acclaimed as such. The website Clyde So Fly<\/sup> catalogs and grades every suit he wears while broadcasting New York Knicks games on the MSG Network.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frazier also has a line of Puma sneakers named after him.<\/sup> The promotional material references Frazier’s “signature colorful style”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Frazier lives in Harlem<\/a> with his long-term girlfriend, Patricia James,<\/sup> and they also have a home in St. Croix<\/a>. He is the father of a son referred to both as Walt Jr. and, later, Walt III. Frazier is a member of the fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Located in the heart of Hudson Yards, Clyde Frazier\u2019s Wine and Dine is New York\u2019s premiere sports-themed restaurant. The restaurant boasts signature style of partner, Walt \u201cClyde\u201d Frazier, \u00a0beloved NY Knicks basketball star. This restaurant\/bar\/lounge serves American cuisine, created by Chef Armando Cortes. The bar and lounge offer an extensive cocktail menu along with a\u00a0carefully curated selection of American, world and limited release whiskeys. With its free-throw basketball court and over 40 television screens with unlimited access to your favorite sports events, it\u2019s a place where fans and foodies alike can revel in a lively and festive atmosphere.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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