Patrick Ewing - most overrated player of all time?

[Real14]

Too bad Ewing was off all 7.

Not really, but starks needed to hit those shots man. Ewing and Hakeem would each have 1 ring.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Ewing is better than every center the league has seen since Shaq declined in 2006.

[tpols]

How certain are we? Pop made his calculations, Vogel made his, both took out elite rim defenders when perimeter defense became important. I don't know who you are but for now I'm going to assume:

Pop, Vogel >>>>>>>>>>>>> some guy that thinks Ewing's athleticism > Peak Duncan.

lol both those coaches got burnt on those decisions.. literally cost them playoff ball games. Great examples.

[Round Mound]

Ewing is better than every center the league has seen since Shaq declined in 2006.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Didn't Patrick Ewing's Knicks knock Larry Bird's Celtics out of the play-offs? Jordan has never done that.

[L.Kizzle]

Didn't Patrick Ewing's Knicks knock Larry Bird's Celtics out of the play-offs? Jordan has never done that.

Dennis Johnson had retired.
Bird was a year away from retirement
McHale 2 years
Parish old as shit
Reggie Lewis was good.

[Stringer Bell]

Too bad John Starks was off those last two games

Starks had an excellent game 6. Game 7 he was awful.

Ewing shot poorly in 6 of the 7 games, including a dreadful game 3. Games 3 and 6 were as close as you could get and Ewing's offense was awful. Missing from all over and not getting to the line. Even after Starks went 2-18 in game 7, and also 3-18 in game 1, he still ended up with better offensive numbers than Ewing.

Ewing did do a very good job at blocking shots and rebounding though.

Not really, but starks needed to hit those shots man. Ewing and Hakeem would each have 1 ring.

Ewing needed to hit his shots. He was the franchise player and laid a giant turd offensively.

Starks had a better series offensively than Ewing.

[NBASTATMAN]

Get the f*ck out of here you 8 year old. Nobody talks about him.

Prime Ewing would be the best player in the league right now... At worst, second best.

At worst a top 3 player with Lebron and Durant 1 and 2

[bizil]

I don't see how Big Pat is overrated! He's FOR SURE a top 10 GOAT center. And for sure one of the 50 greatest players of all time. But I think what hurts Pat is the fact that he really didn't revolutionize the center position like Mikan, Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem, Robinson, or Shaq before him. I would say Moses and Pat probably redefined the center position the least out of the great centers. But Moses was more dominant than Pat in terms of numbers and overall career resume. So unless u are putting Pat in the top 6-7 centers ever, I don't think he's overrated. He's usually rated in the top 35 players of all time, which is fair.

At his best, u got a great scorer, great rebounder, and great defender at the center position. Which is AWESOME because GUESS HOW MANY CENTERS are like that today? NONE!!! The only centers that blended all three as well were Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem, and David. Even with Shaq and Moses, I think Pat was a better defender.

[Lebron23]

He's getting underrated. If Ewing had a better sidekick than John Stacks his knicks would have beaten Jordan Bulls. Put Pippen with Ewing's Knicks and they would be winning championship.

[Roundball_Rock]

Probably rated. Top 35-40 all-time.

[SamuraiSWISH]

He's getting underrated. If Ewing had a better sidekick than John Stacks his knicks would have beaten Jordan Bulls. Put Pippen with Ewing's Knicks and they would be winning championship.

Not if Mike has an adequate sidekick.

Give him Stacey Augmon, and Mookie Blaylock and it’s GAME OVER for NYC again.

[Gimmedarock]

He’s an old school center so it’s a given he’s overrated. Embid would feast on old school centers.

[Carbine]

I'm not sure his defense would be nearly as valuable today as it was back then, but you have to judge the players in which era they played in.

He was a monster on defense in those days. He was for the most part a reliable #1 scorer in the playoffs. That's a pretty great combination right there.

I'd take him over David Robinson, for example

[Roundball_Rock]

I'm not sure his defense would be nearly as valuable today as it was back then, but you have to judge the players in which era they played in.

He was a monster on defense in those days. He was for the most part a reliable #1 scorer in the playoffs. That's a pretty great combination right there.

I'd take him over David Robinson, for example

52.8% TS as a center from 88'-97' is reliable playoff scoring? His playoff scoring was 22.5 PPG during that time frame. He was 51.5% TS for 22.4 PPG during his best window for chips, 1992-1995. This is horrific for a center.

Ewing was very inefficient compared to his star center peers in the playoffs (Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq, Mourning, Daughtery).