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Knicks legend Walt 'Clyde' Frazier's new rhymes stun Mike Breen to start Bulls game

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This is an astounding line right before tip-off.

Knicks legend Walt 'Clyde' Frazier's new rhymes stun Mike Breen to start Bulls game originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . A whole generation of basketball fans knows Walt 'Clyde' Frazier not for his brilliance on the basketball court for the New York Knicks , but instead for his rhymes and his outlandish suits.

Frazier has made a name for himself broadcasting Knicks games as an incredibly, creatively articulate color commentator. On Friday night, his rhymes took on a fascinating scope. It was just before tip-off of the Knicks' matchup with the Chicago Bulls , and this is what Frazier said: "Mike, I was talking to my friends, man.

And I was talking about eradicated, obliterated, devastated. They thought I was talking about Iran. But I was talking about the Bulls.

" His play-by-play partner, Mike Breen, responded: "That's how you start a broadcast? " Walt "Clyde" Frazier: "Mike, I was talking to my friends, man. And I was talking about eradicated, obliterated, devastated.