NBA: 20 Past Players That Would Have Owned Twitter

By Bill Speros | May 16, 2016

Nov 11, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; The NBA Canada Twitter logo is displayed on a signboard and reflected in the floor before the Toronto Raptors game against the Orlando Magic at Air Canada Centre. The Raptors beat the Magic 104-100. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports /

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(Original Caption) NEW YORK: Apparently determined to match his flashy drives on the basketball court with some equally flashy driving, New York Knicks’ star guard Walt Frazier gets set for a spin in his sleek Rolls Royce. For the fourth straight year, Frazier was named Jan. 9 as a starter on the East team in the NBA all-star game to be played in Chicago Jan. 23. /

14. Walt Frazier

Walt Frazier was named the Most Stylish NBA Player of All-Time by GQ Magazine 32 years after he retired in 1980.

Nicknamed “Clyde,” he won a pair of NBA championships (1970, 1973) with the New York Knicks. In many ways, he was the basketball counterpart to “Broadway” Joe Namath during his playing days – especially since his team literally played a block from Broadway.

The Knicks retired his No. 10 jersey in 1979 and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame along with Pete Maravich and Rick Barry in 1987.

All three would have been Twitter stars in their playing days had they had the opportunity and will to be on social media. Frazier and Earl Monroe formed what was called the “Rolls Royce Backcourt” by the city tabloids after a trade brought Monroe to the Big Apple in 1971.

Frazier’s all-out manner of dress remains his signature visual trademark. A broadcaster for the past four decades with the team on radio and TV, his rhyming basketball lexicon (“Swishing and dishing,” “Bounding and Astounding,” “Dancing and Prancing,” “Huffing and Stuffing,” Hustling and Bustling” etc.) is the stuff of Gotham legend.

He currently Tweets at @WaltFrazier.

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