NBA Legends Explain Why Patrick Ewing Was A Beast 

If y'all had a second star on the team y'all definitely would've gotten at least one chip.

@@chrisisslick well you can blame that on the Knicks organization for not getting a player good enough to help Patrick Ewing

@@anticorporatists9959 which is why I agree with the initial comment

I spent years screaming at the TV. Cheering them on. Watching Ewing, Starks, Oakley, Mason, and the rest take on the Bulls every damn year in the Eastern Conference Finals. I'm still haunted by Charles Smith not going up strong. He was hacked regardless!!!

respect.

My dads a knicks fan and growing up in Chicago I was a bulls fan so he hated Jordan 😂

@@hitman4hirekillyatwice490 One of my uncles from New Jersey, who's a diehard Knicks fan, to this day, he still hates Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller!

Hey! Come on. :) I just wanted to write exactly, literally the same thing! Same reason, same vibe. That will never change. Thanks man. Cheers!

What about Willis Reed?

@@seventrepound7352 Ewing was a better overall player.

The only reason he doesn't have a ring is because of two of the top 3 picks in the 84 draft.

​@@jasondyrkacz8270and getting rid of Bernard King and Mark Jackson didn't help.

Exactly.

Marv Albert version of saying "Patrick Ewing" was probably the best?

Bernard’s knicks took those great Bird Celtics to 7 games without another (even close to) all star. Imagine if he’d had Ewing!?!

I think the loss of King kind of proves what I commented on here in that Pat never had the best teams around him and he should not be solely blamed for their losses. For as underrated as Pat was, somehow Starks was overrated imo.

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That Knicks teams was loaded in the 90s,

@@brown123487 They never had someone like Pippen, they had Starks but he was no Pippen. Most NBA champs have two hall of farmers, Knicks had one

​​@brown123487D efensively, yes. They never had a consistent second option until late in Pat's career, amd by then, he wasn't even the first option anymore.

They did and foolishly traded him.....his name is Bernard King!!

Yeah uh Robinson and Ewing came in the 80's🤨

​@@erichvonmanstein6876obviously they were drafted in the 90s but they played most of there careers in the 90s. Just like shaq was drafted i. 92 but he played his prime years in the 2000s

@@joel8692 thats great. My statement still stands kid

Mostly because Ewing wasn’t playing in the finals and even before, he broke his wrist, in the 1st round I think.

I blame that loss on Charles Smith. How are you 6 foot 10 under the basket and don’t dunk the ball. This big, for nothing goes for the layup and miss.

@@dastardlyduke2638 I blame John Starks. In that 94 series, he went 2 for 18, and continued to jack up shots, and the Knicks lost by 2 against the Rockets

if we were healthy, it would have been a 7 game series. remember, we lost our entire front court vs the twin towers (LJ, Camby, and Ewing) to injuries in the finals

@@remnant8898 Yeah, plus he took the last shot while Olajuwon switched on him... It was a silly play by him, Ewing was calling for the ball and he probably wanted to be the hero even after being so bad (I think none of us understand how Riley kept him on the court...), I bet Hubert Davis would have helped. In my opinion, we should have won in 6 games, if i remember well, we had a great game in the 6th one, we had the lead during 3 quarters or even 3 and a half, we started missing easy shots and the Rockets were reducing the difference playing simple, they weren’t exceptional but played smart in the last minutes until they got the lead. I’m not sure if it was in the 6th or 7th game, but I remember Ewing got the ball on a fast break but he saw a rocket player coming back on defense, he faked a shot, the guy jumped, then he shot with one hand, the type of shot any guy would score and the fuckin ball hit the back of the hoop and got out of the basket. Some would say he shoukd have dunked it but I think it was an easy basket even with that of shot, we were just doomed probably, I’m so sad that Pat, and all of the guys didn’t get a ring, they deserved it so much... Even if some day our Knicks win another championship, of course I’d be happy but it will never be the same for me, cause these guys were warriors. They fought so many years, some times the refs were clearly against us, like against the Bulls or the Pacers, the Knicks weren’t too much appreciated cause our game wasn’t attractive maybe, but to me, it is the reason why I started loving the Knicks in the 90s, playing tough, giving everything on the court, seing Starks, Oakley jumping on the floor or in the crowd to get the ball.

Ewing was def a beast on both sides of the ball with some great footwork but I think he wasn't as good as hakeem on defense or offense. Ewing was great but hakeem was elite. Also Ewing might be a little better thsn Robinson from midrange but david is a all around scorer and defender.

​@@joel8692not many were better then Hakeem. Ewings better then 90pct of centers that played this game. That's pretty good.

He had a season where he averaged 4 blocks or almost did

He almost had 50 blocks in a playoff series … lol

LMFAO you officially lost all credibility...STFU that's always everyone's favorite go to about Jordan...he battled the pacers and heat as well. Excuses excuses. Take it as it is and gtfoh. Cry me a river.

@@christianstokes4111 lmfao did you know i was a Bulls fan you stupid idiot. Im just giving the man his props bc dumbasses like you have no clue but hey good try moron. Also said Bulls and other teams but just like everyone else you stopped after I said Bulls.

Imagine if Jordan got drafted by the Knicks. It would be a Kobe Shaq situation for 10 yrs

If the Knocks got Jordan, and glad they didn't lol, coupled with Pat? My god they would of ruled the league even more than the Bulls did back then. Admittedly hated the Knicks growing up for above stated reasons but I have always loved Ewing. Good dude. Tough and hard player. Respect. I believe is the word

He was the only player to average at least 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks for a season since blocks were counted based on my research.

At age 35 he was still averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds with two blocks.

Remember six of them were in the 1996 all-star game too. Good old days of great& good centers.

I was a Hakeem guy and I always felt this guy was unfairly rated. Poor man's Hakeem is still better than 99.99% of all big men. He would dominate today in his prime and likely wouldn't have had a tenth of the wear and tear. And I seriously don't mean disrespect calling him Poor man's Hakeem. Honestly I intend it as a compliment. That Era was the most talented Era imo.

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Agreed, I was a Hakeem fan growing up in Houston. Ewing is highly underrated.

Great video. Thanks for this. Btw, when are we having a BTM video on Kevin Johnson?

Pippen on the Knicks would of def been a defensive juggernaut but even with Scottie the knicks still lack a dominant scorer who can take over games and score 40 any given night. Plus both those guys were way to passive

@@joel8692 i disagree, and would explain why, but I don't argue with people who use "would of."

Great point! Patrick had good offensive help on that team with Larry Johnson and Allan Houston.

Yup. Ewing contested everything.

@@xaviervega468 So, you dunked on Patrick Ewing? How did that happen? Is there a "I dunked on Steve Kerr" video? Oh, I don't think there is...