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Patrick Ewing Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Georgetown University men's team. He played most of his career as the starting center for the Ne ...

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, and National Christian Academy in

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He signed with

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on May 1, 2003, and played two seasons at Indiana before following his father's footsteps by transferring to

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in 2005. Under the

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transfer rules, Ewing had to sit out the 2005–06 season. He returned in 2006–07 season, playing 36 games for the Hoyas. In the 2007–08 season, he participated in the College

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at St. Mary's University in

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during the Final Four weekend. As a senior with the Hoyas, Ewing averaged 6.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 34 games, winning the Big East Sixth Man of the Year award. Ewing cited the Hoyas offense as the reason why his offensive numbers were low in comparison to what he would go on to average in the

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. In college, Ewing wore the same jersey number (no. 33) as his father. However,

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was last to use this number for Georgetown, so Ewing reportedly had to get Mourning's permission before using it. Ewing's coach at Georgetown,

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, was the son of John Thompson Jr., who coached the elder Ewing at Georgetown.

Professional career

Ewing was chosen as the 43rd overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the

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. Soon afterwards, he signed a contract with the Kings. He was later traded to the

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in a five-player deal that brought

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to the Rockets. On August 29, 2008, Ewing followed his father's footsteps once again when he was traded to the

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in exchange for the rights of former first round pick Frédéric Weis. After some initial speculation that he would wear his father's retired number 33, Ewing took number 6 in honor of his favorite player,

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, which was also his father's number in his final season in the NBA with the

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and on the 1992 Olympic national team. Ewing played in two Knicks pre-season games prior to making his New York debut in the Knicks' final pre-season game on October 24, 2008. Ewing entered the game in the fourth quarter to a thunderous ovation by the

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crowd. Ewing helped fuel the Knicks' late rally, where the Knicks would come back from a 21-point deficit. Ewing had two dunks, a three-pointer, a steal and a blocked shot. He had seven fourth quarter points. In total, he played three pre-season games for the Knicks, averaging 8.1 minutes, 3.7 points and 1.7 rebounds. On October 27, 2008, Ewing was waived by the Knicks in order to get the roster down to the maximum of 15 players for the start of the 2008–09 season. Ewing was signed by Knicks' D-League affiliate, the

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, on December 15, 2008. On the day he signed, Ewing made his D-League debut against

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, recording 15 points. After his first 30 games with the Bighorns, Ewing averaged 16.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game with an efficiency rating of +20.00. On March 16, 2009, the Reno Bighorns waived Ewing after he reportedly suffered a Grade 1 MCL (medial collateral ligament) sprain. Ewing was named to the New York Knicks roster for the 2009 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, but was unable to participate due to injury. Ewing played for the

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in the

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in Orlando, as well as for the Knicks in Las Vegas. On August 27, 2010, Ewing signed with the Knicks. However, he was once again waived at the end of training camp. He was then re-acquired by the

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of the NBA D-League. On January 25, 2011, he was traded to the

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for Danny Green. On March 26, the

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signed Ewing to a 10-day contract following the injury of David West. On April 5, he was signed for the remainder of the season. On December 13, 2011, he was waived by the Hornets. In January 2012, Ewing returned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce. On February 9, Ewing was acquired by the

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in a trade for

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. On July 4, 2012, Ewing signed a one-year contract with the

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of the German

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. He was released from his contract in December 2012. On January 9, 2013, Ewing signed with Blancos de Rueda Valladolid of the Spanish Liga ACB. On March 19, he parted ways with the Valladolid. In July 2013, Ewing joined the

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for the

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. On September 28, 2013, he signed with the Greek League club Trikala Aries for the 2013–14 season. In September 2014, he signed with Nea Kifissia of Greece. On January 5, 2015, he parted ways with Nea Kifisia. Later in 2015, he joined

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of the

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.

Coaching career

In February 2021, Ewing was named lead assistant coach of the Ottawa Blackjacks of the

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(CEBL). On February 18, 2022, Ewing was named the inaugural head coach and general manager for the expansion

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of the CEBL.

National team career

Although he is American-born, Ewing represented Jamaican national team in international competition. His father,

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, was born in Jamaica.Samuels, Ewing Jr confident ahead of Centro opener
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References

External links

Spanish League Profile

Greek League Profile
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