The new radio voice of the Knicks was nearly silenced.
Spero Dedes was named the new radio play-by-play man for the Knicks in early August, but an alleged Hamptons’ DWI arrest in the early morning of July 4 put that hire on hold.
“I take full responsibility. It was a 48-hour period where there was a lot of uneasiness,” said Dedes, who will also back up Mike Breen on the MSG Network.
The Post reported that Dedes and the Knicks had mutual interest, but a contract had not been signed at the time of the incident.
“I’m coming to New York, I’m coming to an organization. These people don’t know me, they don’t know my character and I just felt bad this was my first impression with my new employer. That’s the last thing I want to do,” Dedes said.”One of the reasons I’ve been so lucky to get the opportunities I’ve gotten is because I’ve not made mistakes like that. It’s all on my shoulders.”
Dedes, who was raised in Paramus and is a Fordham graduate, is coming to the Knicks after spending six seasons of doing radio play-by-play for the Lakers.
“The whole thing is kind of bittersweet because I was there for six years and I was used to the whole California lifestyle,” said Dedes, who is replacing Mike Crispino. “You go from the sadness of that to coming here, and this is the reason I got into the business. I never thought it was going to happen.”