Patrick Ewing

Patrick Ewing
	Ewing in 2021
New York Knicks
Position	Basketball ambassador
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	August 5, 1962 (age 62); Kingston, Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican / American
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school	Cambridge Rindge and Latin; (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
College	Georgetown (1981–1985)
NBA draft	1985: 1st round, 1st overall pick
	Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1985–2002
Position	Center
Number	33, 6
Coaching career	2002–present
Career history
As player:
1985–2000	New York Knicks
2000–2001	Seattle SuperSonics
2001–2002	Orlando Magic
As coach:
2002–2003	Washington Wizards (assistant)
2003–2007	Houston Rockets (assistant)
2007–2012	Orlando Magic (assistant)
2013–2017	Charlotte Bobcats / Hornets (assistant)
2017–2023	Georgetown
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 11× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1997); All-NBA First Team (1990); 6× All-NBA Second Team (1988, 1989, 1991–1993, 1997); 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988, 1989, 1992); NBA Rookie of the Year (1986); NBA All-Rookie Team (1986); NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th); No. 33 retired by New York Knicks; NCAA champion (1984); NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1984); National college player of the year (1985); 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1983–1985); 2× Big East Player of the Year (1984, 1985); 4× Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1982–1985); 3× First-team All-Big East (1983–1985); Second-team All-Big East (1982); National high school player of the year (1981); McDonald's All-American (1981); 2× First-team Parade All-American (1980, 1981); As coach: Big East tournament champion (2021);
Career NBA statistics
Points	24,815 (21.0 ppg)
Rebounds	11,617 (9.8 rpg)
Blocks	2,894 (2.4 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2012
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
Americas Championship

Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is a basketball ambassador for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) where he played most of his career as the starting center before ending his playing career with brief stints with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. Ewing is regarded as one of the greatest centers of all time, playing a dominant role in the New York Knicks' 1990s success.^[1]

Highly recruited out of Cambridge, Massachusetts,^[2] Ewing played center for Georgetown for four years—in three of which the team reached the NCAA championship game. ESPN in 2008 designated him the 16th-greatest college basketball player of all time.^[3] He had a seventeen-year NBA career, predominantly playing for the New York Knicks, where he was an eleven-time all-star and named to seven All-NBA teams. The Knicks appeared in the NBA Finals twice (1994 and 1999) during his tenure. He won Olympic gold medals as a member of the 1984 and 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball teams.^[4] Ewing was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 and as one of the 75 Greatest Players in NBA History in 2021.^[5]^[6] He is a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts (in 2008 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the 1992 Olympic team).^[7] Additionally he was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame as a member of the "Dream Team" in 2009. His number 33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003.

^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Patrick Ewing's number retired at MSG". NBA. March 26, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via YouTube.
^ African Americans in Sports. Routledge. March 26, 2015. ISBN 9781317477433. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ "25 Greatest Players In College Basketball". ESPN.com. March 8, 2008. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
^ "Patrick Ewing Bio". NBA.com. NBA. February 8, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ "NBA's 75 Anniversary Team Players | NBA.com | NBA.com". www.nba.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
^ "50 Greatest Players in NBA History". Basketball Reference. February 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
^ ay. "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Hall of Famers". Hoophall.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

[1] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Patrick Ewing's number retired at MSG". NBA. March 26, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via YouTube.

[2] African Americans in Sports. Routledge. March 26, 2015. ISBN 9781317477433. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[3] "25 Greatest Players In College Basketball". ESPN.com. March 8, 2008. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

[auto-4] "Patrick Ewing Bio". NBA.com. NBA. February 8, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

[5] "NBA's 75 Anniversary Team Players | NBA.com | NBA.com". www.nba.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2021.

[6] "50 Greatest Players in NBA History". Basketball Reference. February 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

[7] y. "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Hall of Famers". Hoophall.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

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