Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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Patrick Ewing<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
BASKETBALL STAFF<br />
Patrick Ewing comes to <strong>Houston</strong> after spending last season as an assistant<br />
coach with the Washington Wizards. Last year marked Ewing's first<br />
coaching experience following a celebrated 17-year <strong>NBA</strong> career with New<br />
York, Seattle and Orlando.<br />
“I am thrilled to have Patrick join our coaching staff,” said <strong>Rockets</strong> Head<br />
Coach Jeff Van Gundy, who coached Ewing for five seasons in New York.<br />
“I admired his loyalty, dedication and work ethic as a player, and I look<br />
forward to watching him pass along these qualities as a coach.”<br />
Ewing averaged 21.0 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.45 blocks in 1,183 career<br />
games with the Knicks, Sonics and Magic. Ewing stands as one of 13 players in <strong>NBA</strong> history with 20,000<br />
career points and 10,000 career rebounds. In <strong>NBA</strong> history, he ranks 13th all-time with 24,815 points,<br />
20th all-time with 11,607 rebounds and fifth all-time with 2,894 blocks. A member of the <strong>NBA</strong>’s 50th<br />
Anniversary All-Time Team, Ewing earned selection to 11 <strong>NBA</strong> All-Star teams.<br />
Taken by New York with the first overall selection of the 1985 <strong>NBA</strong> Draft, Ewing averaged 22.8 points<br />
and 10.4 rebounds in 15 seasons with the Knicks. He earned <strong>NBA</strong> Rookie of the Year honors in 1986,<br />
marking the first of 13 consecutive seasons in which he scored 20 points per game. Ewing received<br />
All-<strong>NBA</strong> First Team recognition in 1990 after averaging career highs of 28.6 points and 3.99 blocks<br />
with 10.9 rebounds. He also garnered All-<strong>NBA</strong> Second Team honors six times and <strong>NBA</strong> All-Defensive<br />
Second Team honors three times while playing with the Knicks.<br />
Ewing holds Knicks franchise records with 23,665 points, 10,579 rebounds, 2,758 blocks, 1,061 steals,<br />
1,039 games played, 37,586 minutes, 9,260 field goals made, 18,224 field goals attempted, 5,126<br />
free throws made and 6,904 free throws attempted.<br />
Beginning with the 1989-90 season, Ewing started an eight-year stretch in which he stood as the only<br />
player to rank among the <strong>NBA</strong>'s Top Ten in both scoring average and rebounding average each year.<br />
He also ranked among the <strong>NBA</strong>'s Top Ten in blocked shots in each of these seasons, holding this<br />
distinction throughout his first 12 seasons.<br />
Ewing guided the Knicks to 13 consecutive playoff appearances, including four Atlantic Division titles.<br />
He helped the Knicks to the <strong>NBA</strong> Finals in 1994 and 1999. In 139 career postseason games, he averaged<br />
20.2 points with 10.3 rebounds. His 303 blocked shots rank sixth all-time in <strong>NBA</strong> playoff history.<br />
Ewing won Olympic gold medals with the United States as a collegian in 1984 and as a member of<br />
the “Dream Team” in 1992. In college, Ewing led Georgetown University to the 1984 NCAA<br />
Championship and three Final Fours, earning College Player of the Year honors in 1985.<br />
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