I use this series as a way to simultaneously appreciate where we are right now, while also remembering players that once had my heart. In a way, this player was part of both. He not only was a player I enjoyed watching in the dark days of Knicks basketball, but he was also, briefly, a member of the Knicks during their resurgent era (although not in its most glorifying season).
I appreciate the work of Mike Walczewski for the past 35 years as the voice of the New York Knicks for the in-arena fans. For me, when I went to games during that bleak late-2010s period, the call and the player that most resonated with me combined Walczewski’s iconic three-pointer call with his way of morphing player names into one that resonates with the crowd:
“THREEEEEEEE POINT GOAL, Damyeaaaaaaaaaan DOT-son”
Dot was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where he attended Yates High School.