Patrick Ewing

**Patrick Aloysius Ewing** (born August 5, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica; pronounced PA-TRIK ah-LOY-shus YOO-ing), also known as **Pat Ewing**, is a Jamaican-American retired NBA basketball player.  He is originally from the nation of Jamaica, not Jamaica, Queens.  He is an 11 time NBA All-Star. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. His jersey number 33 was retired by the New York Knicks. He is currently an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic.  Ewing is considered one of the greatest centers in the game's history and one of the greatest players who did not win an NBA championship during their career.  However, he did win an NCAA championship in 1984 as a member of the Georgetown Hoyas, and this team is generally regarded as one of the greatest college men's basketball teams of all time.  Furthermore, Ewing is considered one of the greatest college players of all time.  He was nicknamed **Big Pat** and **Hoya Destroya**.  Ewing's Knicks played Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls four different times in the playoffs; 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993.  Ewing's son, Patrick Ewing, Jr., also briefly played in the NBA.

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Patrick Ewing
- **image**: Patrick Ewing 2021 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Ewing in 2021
- **image size**: 245px
- **team**: Georgetown Hoyas
- **position**: Head coach
- **league**: Big East Conference
- **birth place**: Kingston, Jamaica
- **nationality**: Jamaican / American
- **height ft**: 7
- **height in**: 0
- **weight lb**: 240
- **high school**: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge Rindge and Latin
(Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- **college**: Georgetown University men's basketball, Georgetown (1981–1985)
- **draft year**: 1985
- **draft round**: 1
- **draft pick**: 1
- **draft team**: New York Knicks
- **career start**: 1985
- **career end**: 2002
- **career position**: Center (basketball), Center
- **career number**: 33, 6
- **coach start**: 2002
- **years1**: –
- **team1**: New York Knicks
- **team2**: Seattle SuperSonics
- **team3**: Orlando Magic
- **cteam1**: Washington Wizards (assistant)
- **cyears2**: –
- **cteam2**: Houston Rockets (assistant)
- **cyears3**: –
- **cteam3**: Orlando Magic (assistant)
- **cyears4**: –
- **cteam4**: Charlotte Hornets (assistant)
- **cyears5**: 2017–present
- **cteam5**: Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball, Georgetown
- **highlights**: * 11× NBA All-Star Game, NBA All-Star (, –)
* All-NBA First Team ()
* 6× All-NBA Second Team (, , –, )
* 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988, 1989, )
* NBA Rookie of the Year Award, NBA Rookie of the Year ()
* NBA All-Rookie Team ()
* No. 33 New York Knicks#Retired numbers, retired by New York Knicks
* NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
* List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions, NCAA champion (1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 1984)
* NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1984)
* List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards, National College Player of the Year (1985)
* 3× Consensus first-team NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American (1983 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1983–1985 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1985)
* 2× Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Big East Player of the Year (1984, 1985)
* Mr. Basketball USA (1981)
* First-team Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team, _Parade_ All-American (1981)
- **stats league**: NBA
- **stat1label**: Point (basketball), Points
- **stat1value**: 24,815 (21.0 ppg)
- **stat2label**: Rebound (basketball), Rebounds
- **stat2value**: 11,617 (9.8 rpg)
- **stat3label**: Assist (basketball), Assists
- **stat3value**: 2,215 (1.9 apg)
- **bbr**: ewingpa01
- **hof player**: patrick-ewing
- **cbbaskhof year**: 2012