It’s amazing how Ewing did all of this with nagging injuries and defenses back then clogging the paint. He still averaged 20+ points and 10+ rebounds. Underrated player no doubt
Absolutely. His turnaround should be mentioned with Hakeem, Dirk, MJ, Kobe, and now that we have tremendous of footage and audio, Wilt Chamberlin. Ewing was so smooth.
@@dbreiden83080 True, but it happens with yout go-to move. You live and die with it. Plus I guess it was somewhat less hard on his f*cked up knee than driving hard into the paint.
Me too! I believe if they could have traded Starks for someone like Stockton or Penny Hardaway, they would have been Champs, Starks could be amazing, but he would also go ice cold and continue to launch shots. Could you imagine the pick and roll game between Ewing and Stockton?
@@Jonesmalone562 trades were harder to maneuver in the 90s. Stars don’t get traded unless they breaking down so getting Stockton would never have happened. But they def could have gotten better pieces around Patrick.
@@NayaWrap absolutely brother, and it made the game much better, because you had chemistry on every team, now these teams they think they can slap three or four Mega franchise type players on one team and that's all they need, that isn't how to build a basketball team I'm sorry, that's why teams like the Spurs and now Denver are The Way Forward, because they're not just jumping at everything, they are building with the talent they have and adding a piece here and there accordingly.
@@Jonesmalone562 their problem was always point guard. They had serviceable pg that was always pass first scoring too basic and defense not great. Chris Childs, Charlie ward, doc rivers. That was the true weak link
i still really LOVE superstars patrick ewing and alonzo mourning ALMOST as much as legends hakeem olajuwon kareem abdul-jabbar wilt chamberlain and bill russell
Ewing should have been the DPOY that year. He lead the league in defensive win shares and defensive rating. Mutambo wasn’t even close according to advanced stats!
Being from Houston, we loathed the teams that gave us problems, Knicks, Supersonics, Jazz, etc. Of the teams I always wanted Ewing to get a ring, not against us of course, but because Ewing played the game with a warrior mentality. That was the Golden Era of centers and Ewing was one of the few that gave Dream the business.
I'm from Houston too. Let me fix that last sentence for you. That was the Golden Era of centers and Hakeem gave Ewing and the rest of the 90's centers the business.
The NBA during the 90s was fun to watch. Ewing and Mutombo were two of my favorite centers. Ewing D’s turn around jumper and Mutombo’s blocking shots were always great sports tv.👍🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸
I remember this year like yesterday. Ewing was my favourite player because of his fire. Think they draughted john Wallace walter mcartney and dontay jones if i remember but could be wrong
please tell me in the 1996/97 regular season who do you feel was the most elite between the knicks led by superstar patrick ewing the heat led by superstar alonzo mourning and the rockets led by legend hakeem olajuwon
If it was possible to trade in the Knicks winning the next 3 series against the Heat afterwards so that the Knicks would take on the Bulls in the 1997 ECF, I would be for it.
I was in 3rd grade during the school week in the evening. Me & my family was at that game in 1997 court-side third row, thanks to my 🙏🏾 😊 uncle Mutombo. Man 😅I miss the 90’s
Like all shooters, Ewing was having the occasional off-night. But like all champions, he came through in the end, with play after play. It's really a fluke that he never got that ring. I'll always wonder about the Knicks season the NBA bureaucrats ended in 1997, benching Ewing, Starks, Johnson, Ward, and Houston over two games and letting the Heat regain the momentum and advance in the Eastern Conference, only to get gored (nearly swept, 4-1) by Jordan's Bulls. That was the year I truly thought the Knicks had the Bulls' number. But we'll never know.
1997 is an underrated year for the Ewing and the Knicks, with our the melee in Miami I can't help but wonder how the year would have turned out for them.
Was it the year with the stupid suspensions against the heat? The nba really didn't want the knicks to face the bulls. New york with the addition of Larry Johnson was really good.
please tell me did you know the hawks faced the knicks in the 1999 semi finals and i'll admit that in the 1998 playoffs the elite years were over for superstar patrick ewing and in the 1999 playoffs the elite years were over for legend hakeem olajuwon
the thing about shaq i have to ask, would he have won without kobe? the second question i have to ask, would ewing have won as many rings if he had kobe on his team?
please tell me who you all feel was the most elite in the 1996/97 regular season between the hawks coached by lenny wilkens knicks led by superstar patrick ewing and rockets led by legend hakeem olajuwon
THAT WAS BACK IN 97 LOOK AT HOW HARD THEY R PLAYING DEFENSE U DO NOT SEE GUYS JUST OUT THEIR SHOOTING OPEN 3 LIKE HE IS OUT THEIR BY HIM SELF STYFULING DEFENSE
The level of physicality of these 90''s teams esp the Eastern Conference was unmatched.. Not for the faint hearted, every foul was a hard foul, no crying to the refs. It was put on your big boy pants and play ball. I loved it...
Mutombo must've went into the NBA 2K studios and performed the big man dunk packages cause man he takes off and does slow motion blockable dunks on every attempt 😅
Patrick not Is underrated , Simply he Is the best TEN centers ever .... Clearly Wilt , Shaq , Hakeem , Kareem , David are Better .... Bill and Moses i dont know honestly
the thing about shaq i have to ask, would he have won without kobe? the second question i have to ask, would ewing have won as many rings if he had kobe on his team?
@@devangpatel5227it’s a theoretical question that none of us can truly answer. But in terms of skill set and raw talent, Ewing was a far better player (imho) and did have solid talent around him (especially in the 90’s)…
@@HeathOverledger i don't believe he had the level of talent around him that shaq did (penny hardaway and the magic crew, kobe, rick fox, robert horry, fisher, etc, and then dwade and hte heat crew). Think if O'neal had ewing's supporting cast, he would have gone no where
I dont think David is CLEARLY better. he had a higher peak but lasted like 5 seasons, compared to ewing who scored 20 or more in like 10 seasons or so. better ok, but CLEARLY I dont think so.. and even a prime shaq isnt CLEARLY better than EWing. Wilt, Kareem and Hakeem are CLEARLY better though.
i still rank the best centers ever in this EXACT order #1 TIED wilt chamberlain and bill russell #2 kareem abdul-jabbar #3 hakeem olajuwon #4 shaquille o'neal #5 george mikan #6 willis reed #7 moses malone #8 patrick ewing #9 TIED david robinson and dave cowens and #10 wes unseld
I did occasionally post non-bigs highlights in my channel before they got taken down like Bird, Jordan, Penny, Stockton, Payton etc you can still see them here: odysee.com/@MaalDweb:32. I'll hopefully look to put up some highlights here as well, thanks
Patrick - extrimaly good player. But Knicks in 90-x... Some dark guy who cant nothing. In this video - Ewing throw hard shots many time, because teammates just stop and look. No one play defence. Ewing defend. Ewing run. Ewing rebound. Ewing throw shots. Another players of Knick - just NPC. Patrick save franchise, but he need leave Knick and go to Chicago. Ewing. Rodman. Pippen. Jordan. Harper/Kerr/Kukoc
@@toddsands6000 Patrick Ewing - is a one and only great player in New York Knicks. Other dark players - are nothing. Barknuckle guy Oakley. Just thrower Starks and other nonamers. This is problem of New York. Many diggers on the street and in politics wanna see only diggers in team. And Patrick cant do anything alone. Chicago Bulls. Longley. Kerr. Kukoc. Wellington. Perdue. Butcher and others. This is how work things. And Denver in 2023. Dark LA, Dark Miami cant do nothing. This is reality. So Knicks must trade in 90 Mullin, Hornasec, Sabonis or other good players, but Knicks only want diggers
Compared with the Bigs of today, these ‘Greats’ were neither skilful nor graceful. The game has truly evolved and even someone like Jonas Valenciunas would give these guys huge problems.
