Walt Frazier says surging Knicks remind him of his championship-winning teams
Few people have seen as much Knicks basketball as Walt “Clyde” Frazier. From his 10 years playing for them to his nearly four decades working at MSG Networks, Frazier remains the utmost Knicks authority. So when Frazier likens the present-day Knicks to his championship-winning teams of the 1970s, it shouldn’t be taken lightly.
“They remind me of my team,” Frazier said Tuesday on NBC’s “The ...
Few people have seen as much Knicks basketball as Walt “Clyde” Frazier . From his 10 years playing for them to his nearly four decades working at MSG Networks, Frazier remains the utmost Knicks authority. So when Frazier likens the present-day Knicks to his championship-winning teams of the 1970s, it shouldn’t be taken lightly.
“They remind me of my team,” Frazier said Tuesday on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. ” “My team personified ‘team. ’ You couldn’t mention Frazier without [Bill] Bradley, without [Dave] DeBusschere, without [Willis] Reed, without [Dick] Barnett.
And I see similarities to this team. They’re starting to do that. ” Clyde’s comparison came a day after the Knicks opened the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 137-98 rout of the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 at Madison Square Garden.