Tuesday, December 7, NBA Store, 666 Fifth Ave. at 52nd St., 3:30
Tuesday, December 14, Borders, 2 Penn Plaza, 6:00
Thursday, December 16, Books & Greetings, New Jersey, 7:00
www.triumphbooks.com
One of the best guards in NBA history and the all-time greatest Knickerbocker, Walt (Clyde) Frazier was the definition of cool during the 1970s, high-stylin’ on and off the court then as well as now, currently serving as the team’s longtime color analyst. Back in 1974, following the second Knicks championship in four years, Clyde wrote ROCKIN’ STEADY: A GUIDE TO BASKETBALL & COOL with New York Times sportswriter Ira Berkow, covering such topics as “Offense,” “Defense,” “Cool,” and “A General Guide to Looking Good, and Other Matters.” The book was out of print for many years, but Triumph has finally brought it back in all its original glory, along with a new preface by Berkow and a new afterword from Frazier, called “Leave Your Own Footprint,” in which he discusses, among other things, his shocking trade to Cleveland in 1977 and the difficulties of the move from the city that he virtually owned: “Didn’t want to get that canary-yellow suit soiled, for one thing, and for another, it wasn’t easy packing those Clyde hats without getting them mashed. But I managed.” Frazier will be dishing and swishing, wheeling and dealing, and believing and achieving at the NBA Store in Midtown on December 7 at 3:30, the Borders at Penn Plaza on December 14 at 6:00, and Books & Greetings in Northvale, New Jersey, on December 16 at 7:00.