As a big fan of book diggin’‘, I am always looking for vintage sport books. This found was a gold mine! Rockin’ Steady, “A guide to basketball & Cool” by Walt “Clyde” Frazier. Frazier is one of my all time favorite basketball player. Not only Clyde was an amazing ball player (He won many NCAA distinctions, was the All-Star Game’s MVP in 1975 and won 2 championship rings with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973.) but he was also an amazing and charismatic dude with tons of style and swagger. He was a “street” trend setters in the 70’s with a style inspired by pimps and black spoliation movies.In case you don’t know, he is also the man behind the Puma Clyde, one of the most iconic kicks in the Hip Hop Culture. In this book with dope photos and illustration,, he tells you how to steal ball and how to be Ballin’ outside the Madison Square Garden… From dribbling, to catch flies with style, from picking girls to choose the right pants… Just amazing. Nowadays, ball players just wear ugly “Big and Tall” suits from the Men’s warehouse and just speak about their shitty cars and X-box skills…
Posted by Grotesk on March 01, 2008 at 09:06 PM
