Mreinmen, I get your points and don't disagree, but its the concentration of it. Seems like you indict his entire career.
Ewing came out with a college degree and in short time established his NBA game to include an offensive skill set not seen in College. The era of big big men it was common and effective to get the ball and pound it down.
Ewing in his prime was worthy of the superstar status and top 50 status. After the best runs in the absence of Jordan, in 1996 the knicks hired Don Nelson at the time ewing was starting to slow down. This did not happen over nite but he was creaky, cranky and a potential free agent. Knicks were a cash cow to MSG and while Don Nelson never won a chip, he has won a ton of games and who knows if allowed could the knicks in that era produced a champ. Ewing was seen as the culprit of the mutiny and the threat of leaving was real. Knicks bowed and thus Ewing was empowered with JVG as the coach. Still good years followed but Ewing was less willing do what Wilt did and be a defensive and rebounding presence while his offense declined. We saw in 1999 what speed ball could have been. If nelson was kept and ewing traded who knows what other moves could have happened.
How it ended was not ewings full career. I saw the whole era. Ewing like most stars thought they were best to handle the ball. There was truth to that but no championship banner to back I up.
KP plays in a different era, has a different skill set and I can't see even as rookies we can begin to parallel.
