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SEPT. 17, 2002
Patrick Ewing Retires
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EWING'S ALL-TIME RANKINGS
STATTOTALNBA RANK
Minutes40,59413th
Points24,81513th
Field Goals Made9,70210th
Free Throws Made5,39218th
Blocks2,8944th
After a 17-year Hall of Fame-caliber career spent almost entirely with the New York Knicks, Patrick Ewing announced his retirement on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

New York made Ewing its top overall selection in the 1985 NBA Draft, and the 7-0 center out of Georgetown responded with 15 years of service that put him among the all-time greats. Named in 1997 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, Ewing was an 11-time All-Star, a member of the All-NBA First Team in 1989-90 and NBA Rookie of the Year in 1985-86. He was also voted to the All-NBA Second Team six times and a member of the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times.

In addition to his professional achievements, Ewing was also a member of gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic teams in 1984 and 1992.

Ewing retires as the Knicks' all-time leader in games, points, minutes, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, rebounds, steals and blocks.

CAREER TOTALS
G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
1,183 1,122 34.3 .504 .152 .740 2.30 7.50 9.80 1.9 .96 2.45 2.99 3.40 21.0

CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Selected by New York in the first round (first overall) of the 1985 NBA Draft...Traded by New York to Seattle in a four-team trade sending Horace Grant, Greg Foster, Chuck Person and Emanual Davis to the L.A. Lakers, and Vernon Maxwell, Lazaro Borrell and Vladimir Stepania to New York; Knicks also acquired Glen Rice, Luc Longley, Travis Knight, Seattle's lottery-protected first round draft pick in 2001, two of Seattle's second round draft picks in 2001 and the Lakers' lottery-protected first round draft pick in 2001 (Sept. 20, 2000)...Signed as a free agent by Orlando (Jul. 18, 2001).