Live broadcast, August 6th. Today is the 61th birthday of NBA celebrity Patrick Ewing. Let’s wish him a happy birthday.
Ewing was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1962. He was selected by the Knicks as the first star in the NBA draft in 1985. He had played for the New York Knicks, the Super Sonic and the magic in his career. Ewing was elected the NBA Rookie of the year in the rookie season, and was selected into the NBA All-Star team 11 times. In 1990, he was selected into the NBA best team for a while, and was selected into the second NBA best team 6 times, he was selected as the second team of NBA’s best defensive team three times, and won two Olympic gold medals with the US team in 1984 and 1992.
On September 18, 2002, Ewing announced his retirement. As one of the four centers at that time, although Ewing played 17 seasons in NBA, he regretted that he could not win a championship ring. He was also known as the “uncrowned king” in NBA “. On February 28, 2003, the New York Knicks retired Ewing’s No. 33 jersey as recognition. On September 6, 2008, Ewing was selected into the NAI Smith Basketball Hall of Fame. In October 2021, Ewing was selected as the NBA75 superstar.
Ewing played 1183 games in his career and scored 24815 points. Average game contribution 21 points 9.8 rebounds 1.9 assists 1 steals 2.4 cap, field goal percentage 50.4%, free throw hit rate 74%.
It is worth mentioning that Ewing is also the prototype of Chimu gangxian in slam dunk.
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