A Rhyming Knicks Collection

Snippets of brilliance from the basketball commentaries by Walt Clyde Frazier – basketball great, fashion icon, and the Bard of Basketball Commentary.

This is a collection that no real ny knicks fans can do without.

neophytes are a delight

invincible and independent

rising and surprising

sagacity and tenacity

feline quickness and canine attitude

inexplicable and despicable

a dramatic, emphatic play by Barrett

banking and thanking

Let’s look at Randle folks … his handle

“You got three types of players: players that make things happen; players that watch things happen; and players that wonder what happened.

Walt Clyde Frazier , June 2, 2021

prodigious numbers (scoring)

(The Knicks) are showing some attrition

(Toppin) splendid rejection (ie a block)

(DRose) outrageous contagious

All the Knicks with a knack

(Kemba Walker) diminutive but elusive

feline quickness and canine attitude

Knicks are going nowhere, meandering along the baseline

dramatic and charismatic

hostility and agility

manipulation and determination

efficient and patient

elusive and abusive

(Rivers) bouncing and announcing

(Trae Young) balding and balling

despicable and inexplicable

dexterity and creativity

illuminating and devastating

invincible and independent

jubilation and juvenation

This is no ordinary word salad.

Sure, the uninitiated might call this humble collection “word salad”, but rest assured this is no ordinary word salad.

This is an epicurean’s invitation to a foodie for a feast prepared by a gourmand. It is Beethoven played by an virtuoso. It is poetry in motion. It is pure gold.

It is music to the Knicks fans’ ears – One has to be a New York Knicks fan to appreciate it and savor it.

Go ahead and treat yourself to the finest salad the world has to offer.

(Taj Gibson) omni present UFO

moving and grooving

hounding and pounding

(The Knicks) They have space and they have pace

(both teams) hurrying and worrying

scooping and hooping

hanging and banging off the glass

high and awry

pounding and hounding

Barrett baking and shaking to the hoop

tantalizing and mesmerizing

isolate and devastate

whooping and hooping

It's how many you make and not how many you take

huff and stuff

neophytes are a delight

aptitude and fortitude

cruising and bruising

ternacious and bodacious

(Irving) jubilation and devastation

slammin and jammin

dramatic and charismatic

shaking and baking

Walker would not be denied

(Barrett) posted and toasted (Wall)

prodigious numbers (scoring)

dexterity and creativity

swoops to the hoop

running and gunning

tumbling and bumbling

“Walt doesn’t ever call himself Great, even though he is one of the Greats.

– A Knicks Fan

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We thank the Great Walt Clyde Frazier for amplifying our enjoyment of the game of basketball and our passion for the NY Knicks.

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