The position of point guard for the New York Knicks ought to carry the same weight, the same gravitas, and the same roster of excellence that center field for the Yankees always has.
New York, after all, long fancied itself as the cradle of point guards, and even if there are plenty who will line up and tell you that always has been an overblown bit of self praise, this has been a fertile training ground for point guards, going all the way back to Bob Cousy and Dick McGuire.
Derrick Rose’s arrival only underlines how up-and-down the Knicks’ search for a New Clyde has been going back to the Old Clyde, the real Clyde, Walt Frazier, the greatest point guard the Knicks ever have had.