Walt Frazier: It felt like a Jeremy Lin moment when Bill Bradley came to the Knicks

Walt Frazier: It felt like a Jeremy Lin moment when Bill Bradley came to the Knicks

Walt Frazier remembers a different kind of energy around the New York Knicks during Bill Bradley’s late arrival in 1967 (drafted in 1965, but didn’t sign right away).

(via Garden Party):

Frazier: “He came the same year I did, but he was in the Rhodes scholar. So, he came midseason to the Garden. When Bradley showed up, it was like in January.” 

Jon Stewart: “Was it tough for you guys to accept him as he came in?”

Frazier: “No, we were looking forward to it, too: the hoopla, the pageantry.”

Jon Stewart: “It wasn’t jealousy?”

Frazier: “No, this guy could help us.

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