Patrick Ewing, the New York Knicks' all-time leading scorer, has rejoined the franchise as an ambassador to assist both basketball and business operations, the team announced Friday.
' all-time leading scorer, has rejoined the franchise as an ambassador to assist both basketball and business operations, the team announced Friday."As I said the day my number 33 jersey lifted into the rafters at MSG, I will always be a Knick and I will always be a New Yorker. I can't wait to get started in this new position and to officially be back with the organization that I love so much," said Ewing in a statement.
After he retired as a player in 2002, Ewing embarked on a 14-year career as an NBA assistant coach, serving on staffs with the. In Houston, Ewing was part of ex-Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy's staff. Thibodeau was also a member of that staff and was an assistant under Van Gundy on Ewing's later Knicks teams.
In 2017, Ewing was named head coach at Georgetown, his alma mater, and he led the Hoyas to a surprise Big East tournament title at Madison Square Garden in 2021. But Georgetown let go of Ewing in 2023 after the program slumped badly in his final two seasons. Ewing, 62, rejoins a Knicks franchise at a time when the fanbase -- amped over the prospect of having a contending club to root for -- is highly engaged. During the team's run to the Eastern Conference semifinals last season, Ewing and a number of noteworthy former Knicks, including, sat courtside and regularly drew standing ovations from sold-out Madison Square Garden crowds whenever they were shown on the jumbotron.
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