Rockin' Steady A Guide to Basketball and Cool

by Frazier, Walt; Berkow, Ira

• ISBN13: 9781600785269
• ISBN10: 1600785263
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

For millions of basketball fans in the 1970's, Walt "Clyde" Frazier defined the world cool. One of the greatest point guards in NBA history. Clyde guided the New York Knicks to their only two championships with a style and flair that was wholly his own. Worshipped for both his skills on the court and his flamboyant fashion sense off it, he was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987, was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest players in 1996, and is currently the Knick's color analyst on the MSG Network. Back in 1974, Clyde and New York Times sportswriter and future Pulitzer Prize winner Ira Berkow collaborated on a book that has become an iconic and much-sought-after piece of basketball history. Now, three decades later, Rockin' Steady is back with an all-new introduction, afterword, and everything that made it one of the most unique sports books of all time, including: Rare, full-color photos from legendary photographer Walter Iooss Jr.

Author Biography

Walt Frazier is the New York Knicks' color analyst on the MSG Network. Honored as one of the NBA's 50 greatest players, he led the Knicks to two world championships in 1970 and 1973 and saw his jersey retired by the franchise in 1979. He lives in New York City. Ira Berkow has been a sports columnist and feature writer for the New York Times for more than 25 years who won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer for commentary in 1988. He is the author of 19 books, including the bestsellers Red: A Biography of Red Smith and Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar, as well as two memoirs, Full Swing and To the Hoop. Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life, co-written and edited by Mr. Berkow, was a primary source for the award-winning documentary The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. He lives in New York City.