Patrick Ewing - Biography

Last Editor: razeghiananahita				Patrick Ewing Biography -   Name : Patrick Ewing Profession : Basketball Player Birth Details : born August 5, 1962 Birth name : Patrick Aloysius Ewing Height : 7' (2.13 m) Spouse : Rita Williams (27 July 1990 - 1998) (divorced) 3 children

Patrick Ewing Trivia -

Basketball player Plays center for the New York Knicks. Graduated from Georgetown. Named one of the 50 greatest players in 1996. Suffered season-ending wrist injury when he collided with Milwaukee Buck's Andrew Lang. Made his return to the court May 7, 1998 against the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. Had spent more than 5 months on the sidelines. Played for the Seattle Supersonics in 2000-2001. Two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's basketball, in 1984 in L.A. and 1992 in Barcelona (as part of the celebrated original Dream Team). Attended Rindge and Latin High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Was the first ever "lottery pick" in the NBA draft. The New York Knicks won the rights to the first pick (which became Ewing) in the 1986 NBA Draft by means of a "ping-pong ball" lottery involving the teams that had failed to qualify for the NBA playoffs the previous season.

Patrick Ewing Detailed Biography -

Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a former American NBA player. He played most of his career with the New York Knicks as their starting center. Ewing was born in Kingston, Jamaica; when he was 12 years old, he came to the United States with his family, who settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin, a public high school. He went to Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Ewing is widely recognized as one of the best college basketball players of his era; he helped his Georgetown Hoyas reach the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Final in 1982 and 1985 and win the final in 1984. Ewing was selected first overall in the 1985 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. Although injuries marred his first year in the league, he was named NBA Rookie of the Year by averaging 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks per game. Very soon, he became one of the premier centers of the league. Ewing was an eleven time NBA All-Star, was named to the All-NBA First Team once, to the All-NBA Second Team six times and to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times. He was a member of the original Dream Team at the 1992 Olympic Games, winning a second gold medal. In 1996, he was also given the honor of being named one the 50 greatest players in NBA history. In spite of all his honors, Ewing never managed to lead the Knicks to a NBA championship, although he was a key contributor to the Knicks' run to the Finals in 1994, in which the Knicks lost in the final seconds of game 7 to Hakeem Olajuwon's Houston Rockets. (The Knicks returned to the NBA Finals in 1999, but Ewing missed the latter part of their playoff run due to an achilles injury). In 2000, he finally left the Knicks, being traded to the Seattle SuperSonics. In the trade, the Knicks sent Ewing to Seattle and Chris Dudley to the Suns, and received Glen Rice, Luc Longley, Travis Knight, Vladimir Stepania, Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, two first-round draft picks (from the Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle) and two second-round draft picks from Seattle. This is considered by many to being a major step in the downfall of the relative success of the Knicks. After a year with the Sonics and another with the Orlando Magic, he finally announced his retirement on September 18, 2002. On February 28, 2003 Patrick Ewing's jersey with number 33 was retired in a large ceremony at Madison Square Garden. Ewing continues to be considered one of the New York Knicks finest of all time, as well as one of the greatest players in NBA history. Knicks rivalries against the Bulls, Pacers, and Heat, in which Ewing was a centerpiece, were some of the most intense of the decade. However, his inability to bring a championship to New York mars an otherwise Hall of Fame Career. Patrick Ewing continues his career as an assistant coach with the Houston Rockets. NBA statistics Games: 1,183 Points: 24,815 PPG: 21.0 RPG: 9.8 APG: 1.9 Blk: 2,894 FG%: .504 FT%: .740