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American basketball player
Patrick Ewing was a dominant NBA center who played most of his career for the New York Knicks. He was a 11-time NBA All-Star, won Olympic gold medals, and is considered one of the greatest centers of all time. After his playing career, he became a basketball coach, including for the Georgetown University men’s team.
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Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr.is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who last coached for the Georgetown University men’s team. He played most of his career as the starting center for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Associationbefore 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.
Highly recruited out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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. 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 twiceduring his tenure. He won Olympic gold medals as a member of the 1984 and 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball teams. 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. 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). 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.
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Patrick Ewing is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is considered one of the greatest centers of all time.
Patrick Ewing played most of his NBA career as the starting center for the New York Knicks.
Patrick Ewing was an 11-time NBA All-Star during his 17-year NBA career.
Patrick Ewing won Olympic gold medals as a member of the 1984 and 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball teams, and was selected as one of the 50 and 75 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Patrick Ewing played center for the Georgetown University men’s basketball team, leading them to three NCAA championship game appearances.
Patrick Ewing last coached for the Georgetown University men’s team after his playing career.
Patrick Ewing was born in Jamaica and is a Jamaican-American.