The rolling stone that gathered lots of bad memories as it swelled for 10 years and crushed the dreams and hopes of a franchise began with a simple push, which Patrick Ewing feels remorseful for applying.

There are many who are far guiltier of creating the Decade of Disaster for the Knicks. Yet nobody feels worse about it than the one who unintentionally sent them careening.

"If I had it to do all over again," said Ewing. "I wouldn't have requested a trade."

"Everybody was talking about how the team was better off without me, so ... " he said, leaving you to finish the thought.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/columns/story?columnist=powell_shaun&id=5122661

What a depressing article. :(

djsunyc wrote:thank the fickle and basically stupid ny fanbase and the ny media. sure...everyone loves to play in ny.

so fickle they may even resort to rooting for a Canadian team

This is a guy that did not yield a thing to anyone.

Dolan is a very loyal guy to his players. Ewing for years also held them hostage to his every demand and had Nellie run out of town when he tried to reduce Ewings role in 1996!

SO pay back is a bitch. Ewing is HOF, top 50 player and a millionaire manytimes over. Lets not feel too bad for him.

He could have said "one more year then Im gone. And Im gonna do a Wilt and be a defensive force and not worry about my touches.

He could have orchestrated a better strategy then what he did and would even be our head coach by now.

He got greedy.

NY fans are tough but he knew this from the beginning and could have made it work TO his advantage.

Its unfortunate for all. He gets a big plus in my book for stepping up and admitting after all these years. I thought he was silly to whine that he never got an interview for a head coaching job here. I never saw his resume as justifying for one.

I do hope he can get a good gig somwhere. Man has a big ego!

Nalod wrote:Patrick never made peace with the media and it bit him in the ass as he went on the decline.

This is a guy that did not yield a thing to anyone.

Dolan is a very loyal guy to his players. Ewing for years also held them hostage to his every demand and had Nellie run out of town when he tried to reduce Ewings role in 1996!

SO pay back is a bitch. Ewing is HOF, top 50 player and a millionaire manytimes over. Lets not feel too bad for him.

He could have said "one more year then Im gone. And Im gonna do a Wilt and be a defensive force and not worry about my touches.

He could have orchestrated a better strategy then what he did and would even be our head coach by now.

He got greedy.

NY fans are tough but he knew this from the beginning and could have made it work TO his advantage.

Its unfortunate for all. He gets a big plus in my book for stepping up and admitting after all these years. I thought he was silly to whine that he never got an interview for a head coaching job here. I never saw his resume as justifying for one.

I do hope he can get a good gig somwhere. Man has a big ego!

I agree. He had to go. Duke was a warrior but he was also toxic and he had worn out his welcome. Its one thing to be a primadonna when you're scoring 25 a game, but people are going to lose patience fast when you're trying to pull that shyt while old, flabby, and sick.

The deal was fine, it was the subsequent deal after getting Rice which I already mentioned.

Nalod wrote:Patrick never made peace with the media and it bit him in the ass as he went on the decline.

This is a guy that did not yield a thing to anyone.

Dolan is a very loyal guy to his players. Ewing for years also held them hostage to his every demand and had Nellie run out of town when he tried to reduce Ewings role in 1996!

SO pay back is a bitch. Ewing is HOF, top 50 player and a millionaire manytimes over. Lets not feel too bad for him.

He could have said "one more year then Im gone. And Im gonna do a Wilt and be a defensive force and not worry about my touches.

He could have orchestrated a better strategy then what he did and would even be our head coach by now.

He got greedy.

NY fans are tough but he knew this from the beginning and could have made it work TO his advantage.

Its unfortunate for all. He gets a big plus in my book for stepping up and admitting after all these years. I thought he was silly to whine that he never got an interview for a head coaching job here. I never saw his resume as justifying for one.

I do hope he can get a good gig somwhere. Man has a big ego!

good points. I loved ewing, but the guy was stubborn at times.. Honestly, he was the reason nelson was run out of town and I think nelson had the right idea of how to use Ewing.. just came across in a way only nellie can and piss off players..

Announcers always criticized Ewing of wanting his touches when he could have been even more of a defensive force than he was..

in the end, we made a mistake trading him and he asking for a trade..

good post nalod.

In their prime or near it would have worked prett good.

Allanfan20 wrote:Really Holfresh? That's the first time I heard that. I thought it was Chris Mullin that was the alchahalic.

Both were...Nellie was a massive alcoholic...So was Mullin...Yeah it was a big deal kept under wraps...

The NBA had to stop Donnie from drinking at post game interviews...They use to say he would have a beer or 6 at the post game interview...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&refer=amsports&sid=ac1pHTorRC5I

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