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Patrick Ewing

Coach Ewing

It was in September of 2002 that Ewing announced that he would retire from playing basketball. He also announced that he would take a job as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards, working alongside the legendary Michael Jordan.

Said Abe Pollin, the owner of the Wizards, about signing Ewing as coach, "It will be a unique opportunity for our players to be tutored by three of the 50 greatest players of all time—Michael Jordan, Wes Unseld and now, Patrick Ewing."

Career Statistics

Yr Team GP PTS FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF
NY: New York Knicks; ORL: Orlando Magic; SEA: Seattle Supersonics.
1985-86 NY 50 20.0 .474 .000 .739 9.0 2.0 1.08 2.06 3.44 3.80
1986-87 NY 63 21.5 .503 .000 .713 8.8 1.7 1.41 2.33 3.63 3.90
1987-88 NY 82 20.2 .555 .000 .716 8.2 1.5 1.27 2.99 3.50 4.00
1988-89 NY 80 22.7 .567 .000 .746 9.2 2.4 1.46 3.51 3.33 3.90
1989-90 NY 82 28.6 .551 .250 .775 10.9 2.2 .95 3.99 3.39 4.00
1990-91 NY 81 26.6 .514 .000 .745 11.2 3.0 .99 3.19 3.59 3.50
1991-92 NY 82 24.0 .522 .167 .738 11.2 1.9 1.07 2.99 2.55 3.40
1992-93 NY 81 24.2 .503 .143 .719 12.1 1.9 .91 1.99 3.27 3.50
1993-94 NY 79 24.5 .496 .286 .765 11.2 2.3 1.14 2.75 3.29 3.50
1994-95 NY 79 23.9 .503 .286 .750 11.0 2.7 .86 2.01 3.24 3.40
1995-96 NY 76 22.5 .466 .143 .761 10.6 2.1 .89 2.42 2.91 3.30
1996-97 NY 78 22.4 .488 .222 .754 10.7 2.0 .88 2.42 3.45 3.20
1997-98 NY 26 20.8 .504 .000 .720 10.2 1.1 .62 2.23 2.96 2.80
1998-99 NY 38 17.3 .435 .000 .706 9.9 1.1 .79 2.63 2.61 2.80
1999-00 NY 62 15.0 .466 .000 .731 9.7 0.9 .58 1.35 2.29 3.20
2000-01 SEA 79 9.6 .430 .000 .685 7.4 1.2 .67 1.15 1.91 2.90
2001-02 ORL 65 6.0 .444 .000 .701 4.0 0.5 .34 0.69 1.00 2.00
TOTAL 1183 21.0 .504 .152 .740 9.8 1.9 .96 2.45 2.99 3.40

Ewing's old high school coach, Mike Jarvis turned out for a news conference Ewing held to say goodbye as a player. When asked how he thought how should be remembered as a player, Ewing responded, quoted on ESPN.com, "As a hard hat. A hard nose. The work ethic I brought, I gave it 110 percent. I thought I had a great career. I have no regrets. I wouldn't trade it anything. I enjoyed every minute." His only disappointment, he said, was not wining a professional championship. "We did the best we could to help the franchise win one," he said. "It didn't happen. That's life. You've got to move on."

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