{"id":12476,"date":"2017-04-03T21:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T02:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=12476"},"modified":"2017-07-05T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T17:22:32","slug":"georgetown-names-hoyas-ncaa-hall-of-famer-championship-winner-nba-superstar-and-hall-of-famer-patrick-ewing-as-their-new-mens-basketball-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=12476","title":{"rendered":"GEORGETOWN NAMES HOYAS NCAA HALL OF FAMER \/ CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER \/ NBA SUPERSTAR AND HALL OF FAMER, PATRICK EWING AS THEIR NEW MEN&#8217;S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a id=\"ORSPT000000268\" title=\"Georgetown Hoyas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/topic\/sports\/college-sports\/georgetown-hoyas-ORSPT000000268-topic.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12484\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-12-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"is (12)\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-12-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-12.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/>Georgetown<\/a> named Patrick Ewing as its next men\u2019s basketball coach Monday, placing the program in the hands of its most decorated player and extending the legacy of former coach John Thompson Jr., who transformed the Hoyas into a national power starting in the 1980s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>University president Jack DeGioia and athletic director Lee Reed announced the hire after meeting with Ewing, who has been an <a id=\"15008001\" title=\"NBA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/topic\/sports\/basketball\/nba-15008001-topic.html\">NBA<\/a> assistant for the past 15 years, most recently The ASSISTANT HEAD COACH with the <a id=\"ORSPT000000315\" title=\"Charlotte Hornets\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/topic\/sports\/basketball\/charlotte-hornets-ORSPT000000315-topic.html\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI just think it\u2019s a great moment for our university, and I\u2019m really looking forward to the contributions Patrick will make as our head men\u2019s basketball coach,\u201d DeGioia said in a telephone interview. \u201cWe\u2019ve known the man for 35 years, the qualities that are associated with the very identity of Patrick Ewing: his prodigious work ethic, his burning competitive intensity. He has earned everything that he has achieved.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12485\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-10-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"is (10)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-10-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-10.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American retired <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Basketball Hall of Fame\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame\">Hall of Fame<\/a> <a title=\"Basketball\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basketball\">basketball<\/a> player. He played most of his career with the <a title=\"National Basketball Association\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Basketball_Association\">NBA<\/a>&#8216;s <a title=\"New York Knicks\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Knicks\">New York Knicks<\/a> as their starting <a title=\"Center (basketball)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Center_(basketball)\">center<\/a> and played briefly with the<a title=\"Seattle SuperSonics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle_SuperSonics\">Seattle SuperSonics<\/a> and <a title=\"Orlando Magic\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orlando_Magic\">Orlando Magic<\/a>. On April 3, 2017, he was named head college coach of the<a title=\"Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball\">Georgetown Hoyas<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing played center for Georgetown for four years\u2014where he played in the NCAA Championship Game three times\u2014and was named as the 16th greatest college player of all time by <a title=\"ESPN\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ESPN\">ESPN<\/a>.\u00a0He won Olympic gold medals as a member of the <a title=\"1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team\">1984<\/a> and <a title=\"1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team\">1992 United States men&#8217;s Olympic basketball teams<\/a>.<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0In a 1996 poll celebrating the 50th anniversary of the NBA, Ewing was selected as one of the <a title=\"50 Greatest Players in NBA History\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History\">50 Greatest Players in NBA History<\/a>.\u00a0He is a two-time inductee into the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Basketball Hall of Fame\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame\">Basketball Hall of Fame<\/a> in <a title=\"Springfield, Massachusetts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Springfield,_Massachusetts\">Springfield, Massachusetts<\/a> (in 2008 for his individual career, and in 2010 as a member of the 1992 Olympic team).<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>In 2009, he was inducted into the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Olympic_Hall_of_Fame\">U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame<\/a> as a member of the &#8220;Dream Team&#8221;. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on September 5, 2008, along with former NBA coach <a title=\"Pat Riley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pat_Riley\">Pat Riley<\/a> and former <a title=\"Houston Rockets\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston_Rockets\">Houston Rockets<\/a> center <a title=\"Hakeem Olajuwon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hakeem_Olajuwon\">Hakeem Olajuwon<\/a>. His number 33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12496\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ct-patrick-ewing-20170403-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"ct-patrick-ewing-20170403\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ct-patrick-ewing-20170403-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ct-patrick-ewing-20170403.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Born in <a title=\"Kingston, Jamaica\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingston,_Jamaica\">Kingston, Jamaica<\/a>, Ewing excelled at cricket and soccer. In 1975, a 12-year-old Ewing joined his family in<a title=\"Cambridge, Massachusetts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridge,_Massachusetts\">Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/a>.\u00a0He learned to play basketball at <a title=\"Cambridge Rindge and Latin School\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridge_Rindge_and_Latin_School\">Cambridge Rindge and Latin School<\/a> with the help of John Fountain. When Ewing was in high school, opponents threw rocks at his team bus when the squad traveled to play an away game.\u00a0In order to prepare for college, Ewing joined the MIT-Wellesley <a title=\"Upward Bound\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upward_Bound\">Upward Bound<\/a>Program. He went to <a title=\"Georgetown University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgetown_University\">Georgetown University<\/a> in Washington, D.C. and became a <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Citizenship in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizenship_in_the_United_States#Naturalized_citizenship\">United States citizen<\/a> while attending Georgetown.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12486\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-9-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"is (9)\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-9-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-9-140x170.jpg 140w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-9.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During his recruitment, Ewing was close to signing a letter of intent with the <a title=\"North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball\">University of North Carolina<\/a>. While visiting the campus, he stayed at the <a title=\"Carolina Inn\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carolina_Inn\">Carolina Inn<\/a>, and after witnessing a rally for the <a title=\"Ku Klux Klan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ku_Klux_Klan\">Ku Klux Klan<\/a> he ultimately decided not to sign with UNC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing signed a letter of intent to play for Coach <a title=\"John Thompson (basketball)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Thompson_(basketball)\">John Thompson<\/a> at <a title=\"Georgetown University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgetown_University\">Georgetown University<\/a>. Ewing made his announcement in a room full of fans who wanted him to play for Boston College or Boston University. When Ewing announced his decision to play at Georgetown, the fans left the room. As a <a title=\"Freshman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freshman\">freshman<\/a> during the 1981\u20131982 season, Ewing became one of the first college players to start and star on the varsity team as a freshman. While at Georgetown, he developed a habit of wearing a short sleeved T-shirt underneath his sleeveless jersey. This started a fashion trend among young athletes that lasts to this day. In the 1982 <a title=\"National Collegiate Athletic Association\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association\">NCAA<\/a> final against the<a title=\"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill\">University of North Carolina<\/a>, Ewing was called for <a title=\"Goaltending\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goaltending\">goaltending<\/a> five times in the first half (he made the same mistake over and over again), setting the tone for the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Hoyas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoyas\">Hoyas<\/a> and making his presence felt. The Hoyas led late in the game, but a shot by future NBA supestar <a title=\"Michael Jordan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jordan\">Michael Jordan<\/a> gave North Carolina the lead. Georgetown still had a chance at winning the game in the final seconds, but Freddy Brown choked when he threw an infamous bad pass to opposing player <a title=\"James Worthy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Worthy\">James Worthy<\/a> as he dribbled the ball up court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the 1983\u201384 season, Ewing led Georgetown to the Big East championship and a number one seed in the tournament. The Hoyas advanced to the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Final Four\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Final_Four\">Final Four<\/a> for the third time in school history (and second time with Ewing) to face <a title=\"1983\u201384 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1983%E2%80%9384_Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team\">Kentucky<\/a>, a team which had never lost a national semifinal game and was led by the &#8220;Twin Towers,&#8221; <a title=\"Sam Bowie\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Bowie\">Sam Bowie<\/a> and <a title=\"Melvin Turpin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melvin_Turpin\">Melvin Turpin<\/a>. Georgetown was able to turn an early 12 point deficit into a 53-40 win to advance to the National Championship game.\u00a0Against the <a title=\"Houston Cougars men's basketball\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball\">University of Houston<\/a>, led by <a title=\"Hakeem Olajuwon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hakeem_Olajuwon\">Hakeem Olajuwon<\/a>, Georgetown won their only championship in school history with an 84\u201375 victory.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12487\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-13-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"is (13)\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-13-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-13-140x94.jpg 140w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-13.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Ewing&#8217;s senior year of 1985, Georgetown was ranked number one in the nation and was heavily favored to beat unranked <a title=\"Villanova Wildcats men's basketball\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball\">Villanova<\/a> in the title game, but the Wildcats shot a record 78.6 percent from the floor (22 for 28) to upset the Hoyas 66\u201364. Ewing was one of the best college basketball players of his era, as Georgetown reached the championship game of the NCAA tournament three out of four years. He was a first-team <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"All-American\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All-American\">All-American<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<p><strong>While at Georgetown, however, Ewing was frequently forced to endure racist chants from white college students.<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0At times, spectators even threw objects at him while he was playing. In one game, after Ewing was nearly struck by an orange, coach\u00a0<a title=\"Jim Boeheim\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Boeheim\">Jim Boeheim<\/a> of Syracuse borrowed a microphone and threatened to forfeit the game if fans continued to throw objects at Ewing.Ewing was expected to be the top pick in the <a title=\"1985 NBA draft\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1985_NBA_draft\">1985 NBA draft<\/a>. The team that selected him would be making history by doing so. From 1966 until 1984, the NBA draft was conducted similarly to the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"NFL draft\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NFL_draft\">NFL draft<\/a>, where teams are awarded draft positions based on winning percentage. The difference was that instead of the team with the lowest percentage automatically being awarded the top pick, the NBA held a coin toss between the teams with the worst records in each conference and the winner of the coin toss selected first with the loser automatically picking second. This practice tended to encourage teams to purposely lose games in order to improve their draft position and potentially get into the coin toss. The only way two teams from the same conference could have the first two picks would have been if one of the two aforementioned teams traded their pick to another team (as the <a title=\"Indiana Pacers\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indiana_Pacers\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> had done with what eventually became the number-two pick in the previous year&#8217;s draft).<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12488\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-14-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"is (14)\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-14-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-14.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beginning with the 1985 draft, the NBA handled matters differently. Every team that qualified for the playoffs received positions based on their winning percentage, and the teams that did not were placed in a <a title=\"NBA draft lottery\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_draft_lottery\">lottery<\/a>. In the first lottery, the NBA did not determine the positions as they do now. In this case, the seven teams that did not qualify for the playoffs were each given an equal chance to get the top pick. Each team had its name and logo put in an envelope, and the envelopes were placed into a hopper and spun to shuffle them. Once done, Commissioner <a title=\"David Stern\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Stern\">David Stern<\/a> then drew an envelope from inside to determine who would pick first. In a move that would create controversy for years to come, the envelope Stern drew was the one belonging to the <a title=\"1985\u201386 New York Knicks season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1985%E2%80%9386_New_York_Knicks_season\">New York Knicks<\/a>. They drafted Ewing, as expected, beginning a fifteen-year relationship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Although injuries marred his first year in the league, he was voted <a title=\"NBA Rookie of the Year Award\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award\">NBA Rookie of the Year<\/a> and named to the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"NBA All-Rookie First Team\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team\">NBA All-Rookie First Team<\/a> after averaging 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game. Soon after he was considered one of the premier centers in the league. Ewing enjoyed a successful career; eleven times named an <a title=\"NBA All-Star Game\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_All-Star_Game\">NBA All-Star<\/a>, once named to the All-NBA First Team, six times a member of the All-NBA Second Team, and named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times. He was a member of the original <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"USA men's national basketball team\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USA_men%27s_national_basketball_team\">Dream Team<\/a> at the <a title=\"1992 Summer Olympics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992_Summer_Olympics\">1992 Olympic Games<\/a>. He was also given the honor of being named one of the <a title=\"50 Greatest Players in NBA History\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History\">50 Greatest Players in NBA History<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12489\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-15-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"is (15)\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-15-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-15.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <a title=\"1991\u201392 New York Knicks season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991%E2%80%9392_New_York_Knicks_season\">Knicks<\/a> played the defending NBA Champion <a title=\"1991\u201392 Chicago Bulls season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991%E2%80%9392_Chicago_Bulls_season\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> and <a title=\"Michael Jordan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jordan\">Michael Jordan<\/a> in the 1992 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Ewing was unstoppable in Game 1, finishing with 34 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 blocks, and the Knicks beat Chicago 94\u201389. With the Knicks facing elimination, Game 6 is regarded] as one of the greatest of Ewing&#8217;s career. The Knicks trailed 3\u20132 in the series and Ewing was limited physically by a bad ankle sprain,<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0but he helped the Knicks beat the Bulls 100\u201386 by scoring 27 points. NBC announcer Marv Albert called it a &#8220;<a title=\"Willis Reed\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willis_Reed\">Willis Reed<\/a>-type performance&#8221;, but the Knicks were ultimately eliminated in Game 7 in a blowout, 110\u201381.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1993 the team looked like it was going to advance to the <a title=\"1993 NBA Finals\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993_NBA_Finals\">NBA Finals<\/a> when they took a 2\u20130 lead over Michael Jordan&#8217;s <a title=\"1992\u201393 Chicago Bulls season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992%E2%80%9393_Chicago_Bulls_season\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>. Both teams battled well, each winning on its home court in the first 4 games. However, the Bulls stunned the Ewing-led Knicks, winning Game 5 in New York 97\u201394 after Ewing&#8217;s teammate, <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Charles D. Smith\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_D._Smith\">Charles Smith<\/a>, was repeatedly blocked down low by Bulls defenders on the game&#8217;s final possession. The Bulls would go on to win Game 6 96\u201388 and then claim their third straight NBA title. This would be one more season in which Ewing had to deal with no championships, despite the fact that the Knicks had the best regular season record in the Eastern Conference at 60\u201322 and had the second best record in the NBA, behind the <a title=\"1992\u201393 Phoenix Suns season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992%E2%80%9393_Phoenix_Suns_season\">Phoenix Suns<\/a>, who were 62\u201320.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>With Jordan out of the league, 1993\u201394 was considered a wide open year in the NBA, and Ewing had declared that 1994 would be the Knicks&#8217; year. He was a key contributor to the <a title=\"1993\u201394 New York Knicks season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993%E2%80%9394_New_York_Knicks_season\">Knicks&#8217; run<\/a> to the <a title=\"1994 NBA Finals\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1994_NBA_Finals\">1994 NBA Finals<\/a>, in which the Knicks\u2014in the finals for the first time since 1973\u2014lost in the final seconds of Games 6 and 7 to\u00a0<a title=\"Hakeem Olajuwon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hakeem_Olajuwon\">Hakeem Olajuwon<\/a>&#8216;s <a title=\"1993\u201394 Houston Rockets season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993%E2%80%9394_Houston_Rockets_season\">Houston Rockets<\/a>. The Knicks, with Ewing leading them, had to survive a grueling trek through the playoffs simply to reach the Finals. They defeated <a title=\"Scottie Pippen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scottie_Pippen\">Scottie Pippen<\/a>&#8216;s <a title=\"1993\u201394 Chicago Bulls season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993%E2%80%9394_Chicago_Bulls_season\">Bulls<\/a> in seven games in the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals (all seven games were won by the home team), and defeated <a title=\"Reggie Miller\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reggie_Miller\">Reggie Miller<\/a>&#8216;s <a title=\"1993\u201394 Indiana Pacers season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993%E2%80%9394_Indiana_Pacers_season\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> in the Conference Finals, which also took seven games to decide. In the Finals, the Knicks stole Game 2 in Houston, but couldn&#8217;t hold court at home, dropping Game 3 at the Garden. The Knicks then won the next two games to return to Houston ahead 3\u20132. However, the Rockets won the next two games. Ewing made the most of his playoff run by setting a record for most blocked shots in a Finals series. He also set an NBA Finals record for most blocked shots in a single game, with 8.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12490\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-16-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"is (16)\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-16-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/is-16.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The following year, a potential game-tying <a title=\"Finger roll\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finger_roll\">finger roll<\/a> by Ewing rimmed out in the dwindling seconds of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, resulting in a loss to the <a title=\"1994\u201395 Indiana Pacers season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1994%E2%80%9395_Indiana_Pacers_season\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>. In the 1995\u201396 season, Ewing and the <a title=\"1995\u201396 New York Knicks season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995%E2%80%9396_New_York_Knicks_season\">Knicks<\/a> were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in 5 games by the record-setting<a title=\"1995\u201396 Chicago Bulls season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season\">Bulls<\/a>, who won 72 games that year en route to their fourth championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the 1997 playoffs, the Knicks faced the <a title=\"1996\u201397 Miami Heat season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1996%E2%80%9397_Miami_Heat_season\">Miami Heat<\/a> in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Ewing was involved in a Game 5 brawl where both teams&#8217; benches got involved. The Knicks, who were up 3\u20131 in the series going into Game 5, lost the next three games and were eliminated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the next season, Ewing&#8217;s career almost came to an end due to an injury. On December 20, 1997, in a game against the <a title=\"1997\u201398 Milwaukee Bucks season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_Milwaukee_Bucks_season\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> at the <a title=\"Bradley Center\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradley_Center\">Bradley Center<\/a>, Ewing was fouled by <a title=\"Andrew Lang (basketball)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Lang_(basketball)\">Andrew Lang<\/a> while attempting a dunk.\u00a0Ewing fell awkwardly and landed with all of his weight on his shooting hand. The result was a severely damaged wrist, with Ewing suffering a displaced fracture, a complete dislocation of the lunate bone, and torn ligaments. These injuries required surgery to prevent nerve damage, and it was said that Ewing suffered injuries that were usually reserved for victims of vehicular accidents.<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>Ewing, who had only missed 20 games in the previous ten seasons, missed the remaining 56 games of the season.<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0However, he was able to rehabilitate the injury faster than expected and as the playoffs began, Ewing was talking about returning. The Heat and Knicks met in the playoffs for the second straight year. This time, the two teams met up in the first round of the playoffs. The series went to a decisive fifth game, but the Knicks avenged their loss to Miami the year before by beating the <a title=\"1997\u201398 Miami Heat season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_Miami_Heat_season\">Heat<\/a> in Miami 98\u201381. Ewing returned for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the <a title=\"1997\u201398 Indiana Pacers season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_Indiana_Pacers_season\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>. His presence wasn&#8217;t enough, however, as the Knicks fell to the Pacers in five games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The following season, Ewing and the Knicks qualified as the East&#8217;s 8th seed in a <a title=\"1998\u201399 NBA lockout\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout\">lockout<\/a>-shortened campaign. Although battling an <a title=\"Achilles tendon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Achilles_tendon\">Achilles tendon<\/a> injury, Ewing led the Knicks to another victory over the Heat in the first round, 3\u20132. They followed that up by sweeping <a title=\"1998\u201399 Atlanta Hawks season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%9399_Atlanta_Hawks_season\">Atlanta<\/a>, and defeated the <a title=\"1998\u201399 Indiana Pacers season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%9399_Indiana_Pacers_season\">Pacers<\/a> in the Conference Finals in 6 games, despite Ewing&#8217;s injury finally forcing him out of action. However, the Knicks couldn&#8217;t complete their <a title=\"Cinderella (sports)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinderella_(sports)\">Cinderella<\/a> run, as they lost in the Finals to the <a title=\"1998\u201399 San Antonio Spurs season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%9399_San_Antonio_Spurs_season\">Spurs<\/a>, 4\u20131.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12492\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ronald_Reagan_with_John_Thompson_Patrick_Ewing-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"11\/12\/1984 President Reagan Patrick Ewing and John Thompson during a photo Op for the cover of Sports Illustrated in the Map Room\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ronald_Reagan_with_John_Thompson_Patrick_Ewing-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ronald_Reagan_with_John_Thompson_Patrick_Ewing.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Ewing&#8217;s final season as a <a title=\"1999\u20132000 New York Knicks season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999%E2%80%932000_New_York_Knicks_season\">Knick (1999\u20132000)<\/a>, the team finished as the 3rd seed in the East behind the Pacers and Heat. The team advanced to the Conference Finals again, sweeping the <a title=\"1999\u20132000 Toronto Raptors season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999%E2%80%932000_Toronto_Raptors_season\">Raptors<\/a> and beating the <a title=\"1999\u20132000 Miami Heat season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999%E2%80%932000_Miami_Heat_season\">Heat<\/a> for the third straight year in 7 games, but could not defeat the <a title=\"1999\u20132000 Indiana Pacers season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999%E2%80%932000_Indiana_Pacers_season\">Pacers<\/a> and fell in six games. In his last year with the Knicks, Ewing had a game-winning <a title=\"Slam dunk\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slam_dunk\">slam dunk<\/a> over <a title=\"Alonzo Mourning\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alonzo_Mourning\">Alonzo Mourning<\/a> in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals to lead the Knicks to the Eastern Conference Finals. During his final season as a Knick, Ewing played in his <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"List of National Basketball Association players with 1000 games played\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_players_with_1000_games_played\">1,000th NBA game<\/a>, finishing his Knick career with a franchise-record 1,039 games played in a Knick uniform (he is the only player to play 1,000 games with the Knicks).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2000, he left the Knicks as part of a trade to the <a title=\"Seattle SuperSonics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle_SuperSonics\">Seattle SuperSonics<\/a>. In the trade, the Knicks sent Ewing to Seattle and <a title=\"Chris Dudley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Dudley\">Chris Dudley<\/a> to Phoenix, and received<a title=\"Glen Rice\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glen_Rice\">Glen Rice<\/a>, <a title=\"Luc Longley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luc_Longley\">Luc Longley<\/a>, <a title=\"Travis Knight (basketball)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Travis_Knight_(basketball)\">Travis Knight<\/a>, <a title=\"Vladimir Stepania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Stepania\">Vladimir Stepania<\/a>, <a title=\"Lazaro Borrell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lazaro_Borrell\">Lazaro Borrell<\/a>, <a title=\"Vernon Maxwell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vernon_Maxwell\">Vernon Maxwell<\/a>, two first-round draft picks (from the <a title=\"2000\u201301 Los Angeles Lakers season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2000%E2%80%9301_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> and Seattle) and two second-round draft picks from Seattle. After a year with the Sonics and another with the <a title=\"2001\u201302 Orlando Magic season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001%E2%80%9302_Orlando_Magic_season\">Orlando Magic<\/a>, he announced his retirement on September 18, 2002. After that season, he took a job as an assistant coach with the <a title=\"Washington Wizards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Wizards\">Washington Wizards<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1,183 games over 16 seasons, Ewing averaged 21.0 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game, and averaged better than a 50 percent shooting percentage. As of 2014, Ewing was ranked 18th on the NBA scoring list with 24,815 points.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On February 28, 2003, Ewing&#8217;s jersey number 33 was retired by the Knicks, for whom he played 1,039 games, in a large ceremony at <a title=\"Madison Square Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madison_Square_Garden\">Madison Square Garden<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1993, he led the NBA with 789 defensive rebounds. He was top ten in field goal percentage 8 times, top ten in rebounds per game as well as total rebounds 8 times, top ten in points, as well as points per game 8 times, and top ten in blocks per game for 13 years.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12493\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170px-Patrick_Ewing_ca._1995-97x300.jpg\" alt=\"170px-Patrick_Ewing_ca._1995\" width=\"97\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170px-Patrick_Ewing_ca._1995-97x300.jpg 97w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170px-Patrick_Ewing_ca._1995.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1999, Ewing became the 10th player in NBA history to record 22,000 points and 10,000 rebounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From 2003 through 2006, Ewing was an assistant with the Houston Rockets. On July 3, 2007, Ewing was one of four assistants hired to serve under first-year <a title=\"Orlando Magic\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orlando_Magic\">Orlando Magic<\/a> head coach<a title=\"Stan Van Gundy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stan_Van_Gundy\">Stan Van Gundy<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0for the <a title=\"2007\u201308 NBA season\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season\">2007\u201308 season<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing was a key factor in the Magic&#8217;s run to the <a title=\"2009 NBA Finals\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_NBA_Finals\">2009 NBA Finals<\/a>, where they lost to the <a title=\"Los Angeles Lakers\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Lakers\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>. He guaranteed a win in Game 7 of the second round against the defending champion <a title=\"Boston Celtics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Celtics\">Boston Celtics<\/a>.\u00a0The Magic beat the Celtics 101 to 82 to win the series 4 games to 3. As a result, Ewing saw Magic captain <a title=\"Dwight Howard\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_Howard\">Dwight Howard<\/a> set a new NBA Finals record, for most blocked shots in a single finals game, with 9 in Game 4 of the finals, surpassing the previous record of 8, which Ewing himself set in Game 5 of the 1994 Finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2010, Ewing finally got the opportunity to coach his son <a title=\"Patrick Ewing Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Ewing_Jr.\">Patrick Ewing Jr.<\/a> in the 2010 summer league. Ewing Jr. played for the Magic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2013, Ewing became an assistant coach with the Charlotte Bobcats (now <a title=\"Charlotte Hornets\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlotte_Hornets\">Hornets<\/a>).\u00a0On November 8, 2013, Ewing would end up coaching for the Bobcats as their interim head coach due to the team&#8217;s regular head coach <a title=\"Steve Clifford\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Clifford\">Steve Clifford<\/a>\u00a0having heart surgery during that time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On April 3, 2017, Ewing was hired as head coach of the his former college team, the Georgetown Hoyas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing was in the <a title=\"1996 in film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1996_in_film\">1996 movie<\/a> <i><a title=\"Space Jam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Jam\">Space Jam<\/a><\/i> as himself, one of five NBA players whose talent was stolen (along with <a title=\"Charles Barkley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Barkley\">Charles Barkley<\/a>, <a title=\"Shawn Bradley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shawn_Bradley\">Shawn Bradley<\/a>, <a title=\"Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)\">Larry Johnson<\/a>, and<a title=\"Muggsy Bogues\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muggsy_Bogues\">Muggsy Bogues<\/a>). Ewing had a brief appearance, again as himself, in the movie <i><a title=\"Senseless\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senseless\">Senseless<\/a><\/i> starring <a title=\"Marlon Wayans\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marlon_Wayans\">Marlon Wayans<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12494\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/220px-Georgetown_Patrick_Ewing_jersey-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"220px-Georgetown_Patrick_Ewing_jersey\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/220px-Georgetown_Patrick_Ewing_jersey-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/220px-Georgetown_Patrick_Ewing_jersey.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing made cameos as himself in the sitcoms <i><a title=\"Spin City\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spin_City\">Spin City<\/a><\/i>, <i><a title=\"Herman's Head\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman%27s_Head\">Herman&#8217;s Head<\/a><\/i>, <i><a title=\"Mad About You\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mad_About_You\">Mad About You<\/a><\/i>, and <a title=\"Webster (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Webster_(TV_series)\"><i>Webster<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0Most recently, he appeared in a 2009 ad for <a title=\"Snickers\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snickers\">Snickers<\/a>, suggesting that those who eat the candy bar might &#8220;get dunked on by Patrick Chewing&#8221;. He also made an uncredited cameo as Angel of Death in <i><a title=\"The Exorcist III\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Exorcist_III\">The Exorcist III<\/a><\/i>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He co-wrote <i>In the Paint<\/i>, a painting how-to book for children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2014, Ewing and sports agent <a title=\"David Falk\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Falk\">David Falk<\/a> announced a $3.3 million donation to the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"John R. Thompson, Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_R._Thompson,_Jr.\">John R. Thompson, Jr.<\/a> Intercollegiate Athletics Center under construction at<a title=\"Georgetown University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgetown_University\">Georgetown University<\/a>. The amount is a reference to Ewing&#8217;s number, 33.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing&#8217;s first sneaker endorsement was with <a title=\"Adidas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adidas\">Adidas<\/a> in 1986.<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0In 1991, Next Sports signed a licensing deal to release footwear under Ewing&#8217;s name in the United States under a new company, <a title=\"Ewing Athletics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ewing_Athletics\">Ewing Athletics<\/a>, which would operate until 1996.\u00a0In 2012, David Goldberg and his company GPF Footwear LLC successfully teamed up with Patrick to resurrect the old Ewing Athletics line, and bring it back into stores, capitalizing on the current retro trend in the footwear market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During the 1992 Summer Olympics, Ewing was revealed to be a <a title=\"Teetotalism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teetotalism\">teetotaler<\/a> by Charles Barkley.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After friend and rival NBA center <a title=\"Alonzo Mourning\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alonzo_Mourning\">Alonzo Mourning<\/a> was diagnosed with a kidney ailment in 2000, Ewing promised that he would donate one of his kidneys to Mourning if he ever needed one.<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0In 2003, Ewing was tested for kidney compatibility with Mourning, but Mourning&#8217;s cousin was found to be the best match.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing&#8217;s son, <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Patrick Ewing, Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Ewing,_Jr.\">Patrick Ewing, Jr.<\/a>, attended his father&#8217;s <a title=\"Alma mater\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alma_mater\">alma mater<\/a>, <a title=\"Georgetown University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgetown_University\">Georgetown University<\/a> after two years at <a title=\"Indiana University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indiana_University\">Indiana University<\/a>. Ewing, Jr. wore the same jersey number that his father wore, #33. He was drafted by the <a title=\"Sacramento Kings\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacramento_Kings\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> in the second round with the 43rd pick of the <a title=\"2008 NBA draft\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_NBA_draft\">2008 NBA draft<\/a>, but was then traded to the New York Knicks, his father&#8217;s old team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing has been a resident of <a title=\"Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey\">Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewing, in addition to his son, has two daughters named Corey and Randi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE MYBOYSAY NATION OF GLOBAL BASKETBALL ENTHUSIASTS WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. PATRICK EWING ON THIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE GEORGETOWN HOYAS ON THEIR GREAT CHOICE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgetown named Patrick Ewing as its next men\u2019s basketball coach Monday, placing the program in the hands of its most decorated player and extending the legacy of former coach John Thompson Jr., who transformed the Hoyas into a national power starting in the 1980s. University president Jack DeGioia and athletic director Lee Reed announced the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[330,11,8,1314,1456,1156,13,14,106,187,1,108,7,9,10],"tags":[1738,1390,1391,1739,1740,1742,1736,1737,800,319,1741,405,1209,1735],"class_list":["post-12476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-sports","category-business","category-entertainment","category-global-business-entrepreneurs","category-global-news-updates-and-more","category-global-sports","category-health","category-most-commented","category-nba-sports-news","category-ncaa-basketball","category-news","category-soccer-sports-news","category-sports","category-us","category-world","tag-1738","tag-1390","tag-1391","tag-1739","tag-1740","tag-11-time-all-star-one-of-50-greatest-players-in-nba-history-1996","tag-all-nba-first-team-1990","tag-all-nba-second-team-1988","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-georgetown-hoyas","tag-nba-all-defensive-second-team-1988","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-patrick-ewing","tag-rookie-of-the-year-1986","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}