Being Walt Frazier, 1974

[I have a few books on my shelf that tackle the NBA’s rise from American “bush league” to its current iteration as a multi-billion-dollar global entertainment juggernaut. Most start with a perfunctory mention of the usual old-school subjects: Pete Maravich, Julius Erving, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, or maybe Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 

It’s absolutely stunning …