fbpx

NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Walt Clyde Frazier

NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!

**** #60s & #70s Week ****

Name: Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier

Nickname: ‘Clyde’ / ‘Mr Cool’

NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Smooth Clyde’

Teams:
New York Knicks (’67-’77)
Cleveland Cavaliers (’77-’80)

Career Stats (per game):
18.9 pts // 5.9 rebs // 6.1 asts // 1.9 stls // 49.0 FG% // 78.6 FT%

BEST KNOWN FOR:
– dressing like the world’s coolest motherf*cker
– being the best damn announcer in the NBA
– leading the Knicks to 2 NBA titles and becoming an NYC legend

– Whooping the #Lakers in game 7 of the 1970 Finals with 36 pts, 19 asts, 7 rebs, and 5 stls


– being the owner ‘Clyde’s Wine & Dine’ a NYC steakhouse that is probably the world’s greatest steakhouse
– after retiring, becoming a charter boat captain in the (ironically named for Clyde) Virgin Islands
– having the single flyest goddamn sneakers in the world named after him
– being cooler than anyone, ever


DEAD-SET LEDGE STATUS:
Assured!! C’mon bloke! It’s Clyde Frazier! The Puma Clydes! He’s erratic, charismatic, dramatic and acrobatic! He was out there slicing and dicing, wheeling and dealing, cruising and bruising, rising and surprising, muscling and hustling, swishin’ and dishin’, bounding and astounding, posting and toasting on his way to winning and grinning! An ABSOLUTE dead-set ledge!

#ONYA Clyde!

Smash the NBA Straya Podcast HERE!

Posted by

in