Posted by Pharzeone:
Posted by nysportsfan11:
Posted by 4949:
What mystique??!! When Jordan was gone a year and a half, he still' couldn't take the Knicks to the championship.
Do you realize that Hakeem Olajuwon is one of the top 5 if not top 3 centers to ever play this game? That the Knicks even got that far with the rosters they had during the Ewing years says a lot about Ewing. I love Clyde to death but there's no comparison between the championship Knicks rosters and what Ewing had to deal with. Clyde at one point had a hall of famer at every position. Ewing had Charles Smith.
Isn't that the main reason why Willis Reed refers to Ewing as the greatest Knick. Because he was able to do so much with so little. BTW, I love Clyde too but take a look at the Clyde's Knicks and compare them to Ewing's. I was always down on Ewing but I give him all the respect for doing so much more with so little. That's why he is so respected by the other players like Garnett who would talk to Ewing about being the lone warrior to hold down a franchise.
If Willis had to dominate with some of the guys Pat had to go to war with, he'd have asked for a trade. Pat would have cut off his right arm for a KJ or Stockton, let alone a Pippen. The man played during arguably one of the greatest eras in NBA history, yet he's a scrub because he couldn't do it all alone? GTFOH