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Patrick Ewing
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Position: Center
Born: 8/5/62
Height: 7-0 / 2m 13cm
Weight: 255 lbs. / 115.7kg
College - Georgetown '85
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STORY
One of the NBA's top players for more than a decade, Patrick Ewing has been the key to a New York Knicks resurgence that began in the 1980s and has carried into the 1990s. He holds virtually all of the franchise's career records including games and minutes played, points, rebounds, steals and blocked shots. One of the finest shooting centers ever to play the game, Ewing is also an intimidating defender and prolific rebounder. Above all, he is a warrior whose competitive fire carried the Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1994. His career highlights include 11 All-Star berths in 12 NBA seasons, seven All-NBA First or Second Team selections, and three NBA All-Defensive Second Team picks. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1986 and played on two gold-medal-winning Olympic basketball teams, in 1984 and 1992. Ewing's great pro career was presaged by four superb years at Georgetown. He carried the Hoyas to the NCAA Championship Game three times, and in 1983-84, his junior year, he led the team to an NCAA Championship and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. As a senior, his long list of honors included The Sporting News College Player of the Year Award and the Naismith Award. In four seasons with the Hoyas he averaged 15.3 points and 9.2 rebounds while shooting .620 from the field. He left Georgetown as the school's top shotblocker and rebounder and No. 2 scorer. The New York Knicks won the first-ever NBA Draft Lottery in 1985, thereby earning the right to select Ewing with the first pick in the upcoming draft. New York had won only 24 games the previous season, and Ewing was touted as the franchise's savior. Although it took a while for the team to become competitive, Ewing was an instant success. The NBA Rookie of the Year in 1986, he averaged 20.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in his first tour of duty despite missing 32 games because of a knee injury. He was named an All-Star, but his injury kept him out of the game. As with the other great Georgetown centers who followed him into the NBA-Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning-Ewing was known more for his defense than for his offense coming out of college. Once in the pro ranks, Ewing surprised many with his scoring ability, eventually developing an unstoppable baseline jumper. Ewing turned in strong numbers in his second and third seasons as the Knicks slowly gathered a creditable supporting cast. In 1988-89 he bumped his scoring average up to 22.7 points per game, was named to the All-NBA Second Team and the NBA All-Defensive Second Team for the second straight season, and helped the Knicks to their best record since the early 1970s. In 1989-90 Ewing put together a spectacular year, ranking second in the league in blocked shots (3.99 per game), third in scoring (a career-high 28.6 ppg), and fifth in rebounding (10.9 rpg). At season's end he earned his only selection to the All-NBA First Team. The Knicks slipped a notch in 1990-91, falling below .500, but Ewing continued his fine play, averaging 26.6 points and a career-best 3.0 assists. He was the only player in the league to finish in the top five in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots. He also played in his fourth consecutive All-Star Game. Prior to the 1991-92 season, Pat Riley took over as head coach at New York. For the next four seasons Ewing anchored one of the best teams in the league as the Knicks won at least 50 games each year and advanced all the way to the NBA Finals in 1994. He was remarkably consistent during that span, averaging between 23.9 and 24.5 points while pulling down at least 11 rebounds per game each year. Midway through the 1993-94 season he passed Walt Frazier to become the Knicks' all-time leading scorer. After Riley left the Knicks in 1995, Ewing became more of a bulwark than ever before as the team went through a season of transition under coaches Don Nelson and Jeff Van Gundy in 1995-96. With the arrival of Larry Johnson, Allan Houston and Chris Childs in the summer of 1996, Ewing helped the Knicks to 57 wins with another All-Star season in 1996-97, but the team was eliminated by the Miami Heat in the Playoffs.
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PERSONAL
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Elected President of the NBA Players Association in September 1997
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Patrick and his wife Rita have two daughters, Randi and Corey, and a son, Patrick, Jr.
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Considers graduating from Georgetown with a Fine Arts degree his finest moment as fulfillment of his late mother Dorothy's dream
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Conducted youth clinics in South Africa in the summer of 1994 along with fellow NBA and Georgetown centers Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning
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Enjoys art, and his pastels adorned Private Issue cards by Discover in 1996 and 1997
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Has made cameo appearances in the movies "The Exorcist 1990" and "Funny About Love" and the TV shows "Mad About You" and "Herman's Head"
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Is a member of the 50 Best Players of all time
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If he could make a record with any artist it would be Bob Marley.
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If he could go one-on-one with any NBA legend he would choose Bill Russel.
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The opponent that Ewing respects the most is Hakeem Olajuwon.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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Closed the 1997-98 season ranked 18th in all-time NBA history with 22,079 points
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Is the Knicks' all-time franchise leader in points (22,079), field-goals made (8,652) and attempted (16,881), free-throws made (4,756) and attempted (6,390), rebounds (9,778), blocked shots (2,574) and steals (995)
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Led the Knicks in scoring and blocked shots in every season from 1985-86 to 1996-97 and led the team in rebounds in 1985-86 to 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1994-95 to 1996-97
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Led the NBA in 1996-97 with 47 double-doubles
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Selected to the NBA All-Star Game in 1997 for the 10th consecutive season and 11th time overall and has averaged 11.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg and 1.78 bpg in nine games
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Selected in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
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Inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame on 10/29/96
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Recorded his first career triple-double, with 28 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists, against the Charlotte Hornets on 4/19/96
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Appeared in the 1994 NBA Finals against the Houston Rockets
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Established an NBA Finals single-series record for most blocked shots with 30 against Houston in the 1994 NBA Finals
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Matched the NBA Finals single-game record for most blocked shots with 8 against Houston in Game 5 of the 1994 NBA Finals
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Has appeared in 110 career NBA Playoff games, averaging 22.2 ppg, 10.8 rpg and 2.46 bpg
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Finished fourth in 1992-93 NBA MVP voting after leading the Knicks to a 60-win season
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Named to the 1989-90 All-NBA First Team and to the All-NBA Second Team six times (1987-88, 1988-89, 1990-91 to 1992-93, 1996-97)
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Scored a Knicks' franchise record 2,347 points during the 1989-90 season
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Was the only player to rank in the top six in the NBA in 1989-90 in scoring (career-high 28.6 ppg), rebounding (10.9 rpg), blocked shots (3.99 bpg) and field-goal shooting (.551)
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Was the first overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft and was named 1985-86 NBA Rookie of the Year, averaging 20.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg for the Knicks
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A member of the 1984 and 1992 gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic basketball team
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A member of the 1984 NCAA Champion Georgetown Hoyas
TRANSACTIONS
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Selected by the New York Knicks in the first round (first pick overall) of the 1985 NBA Draft.
STATISTICS
| Career Stats
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REBOUNDS
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| YEAR |
TEAM |
G |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
OFF |
DFF |
TOT |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
| 85-86 |
Ny |
50 |
50 |
35.4 |
.474 |
.000 |
.739 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
1.08 |
2.06 |
20.0 |
| 86-87 |
Ny |
63 |
63 |
35.0 |
.503 |
.000 |
.713 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
1.41 |
2.33 |
21.5 |
| 87-88 |
Ny |
82 |
82 |
31.0 |
.555 |
.000 |
.716 |
3.0 |
5.3 |
8.2 |
1.5 |
1.27 |
2.99 |
20.2 |
| 88-89 |
Ny |
80 |
80 |
36.2 |
.567 |
.000 |
.746 |
2.7 |
6.6 |
9.3 |
2.4 |
1.46 |
3.51 |
22.7 |
| 89-90 |
Ny |
82 |
82 |
38.6 |
.551 |
.250 |
.775 |
2.9 |
8.0 |
10.9 |
2.2 |
0.95 |
3.99 |
28.6 |
| 90-91 |
Ny |
81 |
81 |
38.3 |
.514 |
.000 |
.745 |
2.4 |
8.8 |
11.2 |
3.0 |
0.99 |
3.19 |
26.6 |
| 91-92 |
Ny |
82 |
82 |
38.4 |
.522 |
.167 |
.738 |
2.8 |
8.5 |
11.2 |
1.9 |
1.07 |
2.99 |
24.0 |
| 92-93 |
Ny |
81 |
81 |
37.1 |
.503 |
.143 |
.719 |
2.4 |
9.7 |
12.1 |
1.9 |
0.91 |
1.99 |
24.2 |
| 93-94 |
Ny |
79 |
79 |
37.6 |
.496 |
.286 |
.765 |
2.8 |
8.4 |
11.2 |
2.3 |
1.14 |
2.75 |
24.5 |
| 94-95 |
Ny |
79 |
79 |
37.0 |
.503 |
.286 |
.750 |
2.0 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
2.7 |
0.86 |
2.01 |
23.9 |
| 95-96 |
Ny |
76 |
76 |
36.6 |
.466 |
.143 |
.761 |
2.1 |
8.5 |
10.6 |
2.1 |
0.89 |
2.42 |
22.5 |
| 96-97 |
Ny |
78 |
78 |
37.0 |
.488 |
.222 |
.754 |
2.2 |
8.4 |
10.7 |
2.0 |
0.88 |
2.42 |
22.4 |
| 97-98 |
Ny |
26 |
26 |
32.6 |
.504 |
.000 |
.720 |
2.3 |
7.9 |
10.2 |
1.1 |
0.62 |
2.23 |
20.8 |
| 98-99 |
Ny |
38 |
38 |
34.2 |
.435 |
.000 |
.706 |
1.9 |
8.0 |
9.9 |
1.1 |
0.79 |
2.63 |
17.3 |
| Career |
977 |
977 |
36.4 |
.510 |
.158 |
.743 |
2.5 |
7.9 |
10.4 |
2.1 |
1.05 |
2.74 |
23.3 |
| Playoff |
121 |
121 |
38.7 |
.475 |
.364 |
.724 |
2.5 |
8.1 |
10.6 |
2.2 |
0.87 |
2.31 |
21.3 |
| All-Star |
9 |
3 |
21.1 |
.537 |
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.692 |
1.7 |
5.0 |
6.7 |
0.8 |
1.22 |
1.78 |
11.8 |
SEASON AND CAREER-HIGHS
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Season and Career-Highs
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1998-99 HIGHS |
CAREER HIGHS |
| Points |
37 | vs. Pacers, 3/30/99 |
51 | vs. Celtics, 3/24/90 |
| Field Goals Made |
14 | 2 Times |
22 | vs. Hornets, 12/1/90 |
| Field Goals Attempted |
27 | vs. Magic, 4/6/99 |
37 | @ Spurs, 3/26/91 |
| Three point Field Goals Made |
None |
1 | 19 Times |
| Three point Field Goals Attempted |
1 | 2 Times |
3 | 2 Times |
| Free Throws Made |
11 | @ Heat, 3/2/99 |
18 | vs. Pacers, 1/10/91 |
| Free Throws Attempted |
14 | @ Heat, 3/2/99 |
23 | 2 Times |
| Offensive Rebounds |
6 | @ Heat, 3/2/99 |
11 | vs. Bucks, 2/20/96 |
| Defensive Rebounds |
17 | vs. Celtics, 5/3/99 |
22 | vs. Heat, 12/19/92 |
| Total Rebounds |
19 | vs. Celtics, 5/3/99 |
26 | vs. Heat, 12/19/92 |
| Assists |
3 | 6 Times |
11 | vs. Hornets, 4/19/96 |
| Steals |
3 | 3 Times |
5 | 4 Times |
| Blocks |
7 | 2 Times |
9 | 3 Times |
| Minutes Played |
48 | vs. Timberwolves, 2/25/99 |
54 | @ Hawks, 12/7/91 |
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