Steve Novak to fill in for Walt Frazier on Knicks broadcasts on MSG
Steve Novak with the Knicks in 2012. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Former Knick Steve Novak will join MSG Networks as a fill-in for lead Knicks analyst Walt Frazier this season, the network announced on Thursday.
Novak is expected to work about a dozen games, starting Friday night against the Bulls in Chicago.
“I played for nine NBA teams and can honestly say that the two years I played for the Knicks in New York were two of my most memorable (11) seasons in the league,” Novak said in a news release. “To have this opportunity to fill in for the legend Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier on select games is remarkable, and I can’t wait to talk Knicks basketball with the great hoop fans in New York.”
Novak, who was known for his perimeter shooting, played for the Knicks in 2011-12 and ’12-13. He led the NBA in three-point shooting percentage (47.2%) in ’11-12.
Novak, 42, previously has worked as an analyst on Bucks telecasts. Frazier, 80, started his broadcasting career in 1987 and has paired with Mike Breen on MSG Networks since 1999.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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