Knicks legend Walt Frazier entered the Garden on Sunday in a powder-blue suit and in a daze, knowing the night’s Nets-Knicks broadcast wouldnt be an easy one.
Hours after learning Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash, Frazier, a longtime MSG Network analyst, was still trying to digest it.
“The first thing I thought of when I heard of it was Magic [Johnson] with the HIV,” Frazier told The Post while preparing for the broadcast. “This hit me like a hammer the same way. Last night — it’s ironic — we’re all watching Kobe tweet congratulations after LeBron [James] breaks his record in his hometown [passing him for third on the all-time scoring list].