Patrick Ewing is again the place he belongs.
Twenty-four years after he left the Knicks in an ill-fated commerce to Seattle, the Corridor of Fame heart was employed as a “basketball ambassador aiding each basketball and enterprise operations,” the workforce introduced Thursday.
“As I mentioned the day my quantity 33 lifted within the rafters at MSG, I’ll at all times be a Knick and I’ll at all times be a New Yorker,” Ewing mentioned in a press release. “I can’t wait to get began on this new place and to formally be again with the group that I like a lot.”
After retiring from enjoying, Ewing spent a number of years as an assistant coach with the Wizards, Rockets, Magic and Hornets.
Extra lately, he was the pinnacle coach at Georgetown earlier than being fired after six seasons.
However since his retirement from enjoying, Ewing by no means coached the Knicks or held a place throughout the group till Thursday.
There have been reviews Ewing was as soon as supplied the D-League teaching place, which he turned down as a result of his resume advised it was insulting.
Ewing, 62, has shut ties to the present Knicks and was noticed at MSG as a visitor a number of occasions final season.
He was coached by Tom Thibodeau, who was a Knicks assistant within the late 90s, and was teammates with Rick Brunson, a present Knicks assistant and father to star level guard Jalen.
“The New York Knicks and Patrick Ewing are synonymous with each other, and we’re humbled and excited to convey Patrick again house,” Knicks president Leon Rose mentioned in a press release. “A monumental determine in New York basketball lore, Patrick brings a wealth of data from his time each on and off the court docket that’s unmatched. We’re ecstatic that Patrick will as soon as once more be again within the blue and orange.”
