What is Walt Frazier?
[[File:Walt Frazier 1977.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Frazier in 1977]] '''Walter Frazier Jr.''' (born March 29, 1945 in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]) is an American former basketball player in the [[National Basketball Association]]. Frazier is very well known by the nickname '''Clyde''' as well as the much lesser known nickname '''Mr. Cool'''. He was raised in [[Illinois|Southern Illinois]]. As their floor general, he led the [[New York Knicks]] to the franchise's only two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting. He is currently a color commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network. Frazier is thought of as one of the greatest [[point guard]]s of all time, and particularly one of the greatest defensive guards as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NBA at 50: Top 50 Players {{!}} NBA.com|url=https://www.nba.com/history/nba-at-50/top-50-players|access-date=2022-03-05|website=www.nba.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=NBA 75 {{!}} NBA.com|url=https://www.nba.com/75/main|access-date=2022-03-05|website=www.nba.com}}</ref> He was noted for his very quick hands, and it is claimed that he once stole the ball on eight consecutive plays in a 1971 game against Atlanta (steals were not an official statistic at the time). At one point Frazier held the single-game championship round record for [[assist (basketball)|assists]] when he scored 36 points, had 19 assists, 7 rebounds (and a claimed 6 steals) in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. Frazier is also a spokesman for Just for Men hair products, often starring alongside baseball player [[Keith Hernandez]]. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} {{basketballstats|bbr=f/fraziwa01}} * [http://www.nba.com/history/players/frazier_bio.html NBA Encyclopedia] * [http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/walter-walt-frazier Basketball Hall of Fame profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911204912/http://www.hoo