Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Walt Frazier - Navo



  • Born on March 29, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia, basketball great Walt Frazier was eventually named to the NBA All-Rookie team. In 1969–70, his third season in the league, he made his first of seven All-Star appearances, helping the New York Knicks win their first NBA title. 
  • Frazier scored 15,581 points in his Hall of Fame career and had more than 5,000 assists and nearly that many rebounds. He was selected for the league's All-Defensive team seven times, and later established a career as a broadcaster and restaurateur. 
  • Frazier got off to a slow start with the Knicks, but he adjusted to the fast, physical NBA game and was named to the All-Rookie Team at the end of the 1967-68 season. The Knicks soon developed into one of the league's best all-around teams, and Frazier one of its leading players. 
  • Possessing quick hands that were reputed to be "faster than a lizard's tongue," he was named to the All-NBA Defensive Team for the first of seven straight seasons in 1969, and earned the first of four All-NBA First Team selections in 1970.
  • He continued to dazzle even as the Knicks dynasty crumbled, scoring 30 points to win All-Star MVP honors in 1975, but he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers after the Knicks missed the playoffs for the second straight year in 1977.
  • Frazier retired after playing just three games with the Cavaliers in 1979.






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