{"id":697842,"date":"2026-04-04T14:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697842\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:19:32","slug":"clyde-frazier-compares-tanking-bulls-to-obliterated-iran-in-wild-knicks-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697842\/","title":{"rendered":"Clyde Frazier compares tanking Bulls to ‘obliterated’ Iran in wild Knicks rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clyde Frazier is known for being a worldly man and he certainly found an interesting way to display that Friday night.<\/p>\n

The legendary Knicks announcer and Hall of Famer began Friday\u2019s MSG broadcast of the Knicks\u2019 136-96 blowout win over the Bulls<\/a> by comparing Michael Jordan\u2019s former franchise \u2026. to Iran.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cMike (Breen), I was talking to my friends, man. And I was talking about eradicated, obliterated, devastated. They thought I was talking about Iran, but I was talking about the Bulls,\u201d Frazier said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir last game to the Pacers, though, they gave up 145. Against the Sixers, they gave up 157 points\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Walt “Clyde” Frazier: “Mike, I was talking to my friends, man. And I was talking about eradicated, obliterated, devastated. They thought I was talking about Iran. But I was talking about the Bulls.” <\/p>\n

Mike Breen: “That’s how you start a telecast?” #NBA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8zBSxp0Z0k<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Breen, who couldn\u2019t help but chuckle, responded: \u201cThat\u2019s how you start a telecast?\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans of the \u201cChapelle Show\u201d surely can remember character Silky Johnson making similar comments about a coat and Afghanistan some 20-something years ago, but that was a comedy show.<\/p>\n

This was an actual NBA broadcast, featuring two of the league\u2019s most-historic teams, and it instead became a time to test some jokes involving real-world events with the United States and Iran at war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But this is what happens in these final weeks of the NBA season when teams have fully embraced tanking and are focused on the upcoming draft.<\/p>\n

\"WaltWalt \u201cClyde\u201d Frazier before a recent Knicks game in March 2026. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Knicks are still jockeying for position, while the only exciting thing about the Bulls right now is whether coach Billy Donovan will bolt \u2014 possibly for North Carolina<\/a> \u2014 after the season.<\/p>\n

Chicago (29-48) has lost six straight games while allowing an absurd 137.2 points per game, playing defense that only a matador could applaud.<\/p>\n

They also recently landed in headlines for all the wrong reasons after cutting ties with Jaden Ivey<\/a>, who went on an anti-LGBTQ and anti-catholicism rant recently.<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoThe Bulls are rather hapless. AP<\/p>\n

The 81-year-old Frazier also made another cheeky remark later in the game when he called Bulls forward Josh Giddey a \u201csex symbol in OKC<\/a>,\u201d referencing his time with the Thunder.<\/p>\n

Giddey was accused during his time with Oklahoma City of an improper relationship with an underage girl<\/a>, but police did not pursue charges since they could not \u201ccorroborate any criminal activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NBA also closed an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Knicks (50-28) have four games left on their schedule before the playoffs but all come against teams that are either in the Eastern Conference\u2019s top-six spots or the Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n

So there is much less chance of Frazier comparing any other team to Iran.<\/p>\n

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