Why no statue for Patrick Ewing?

Billy Goat · Post #41 » by **Billy Goat** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:52 pm

Clyde more deserving than Pat. But none of them are really statue worthy, imo.

J9Starks3 · Post #42 » by **J9Starks3** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:34 pm

If we get the #1 pick with Pat there...only then can he get a statue!!!

cooch2584 · Post #43 » by **cooch2584** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:12 am

Worst_to_First wrote:I loved those Knick teams but everytime I would see Ewing’s statue I would remember Starks’ 2 out of 19 Game 7 performance.

Years later pat the rat said he forgot that ro blackman was on the bench.

MoochieNorris · Post #44 » by **MoochieNorris** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:22 pm

statue of pippen dunking on him?

Post #45 » by **Capn'O** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:47 pm

MoochieNorris wrote:statue of pippen dunking on him?

Nah

or

Nazrmohamed · Post #46 » by **Nazrmohamed** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:19 pm

Billy Goat wrote:Clyde more deserving than Pat. But none of them are really statue worthy, imo.

Clyde is for sure. Idk about Pat. I just cant allow us to embarrass ourselves and legacy by stopping so low as to create statues for non champions. Retire your Jersey? Ok, but cmon. A statue? Weve come to this?

Galou · Post #47 » by **Galou** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:25 am

Jeff Van Gully wrote:space. design. MSG has moved before and may move yet again.

It will move once that contract is up. I think MSG has 10 years left

Post #48 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:38 am

Galou wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:space. design. MSG has moved before and may move yet again.

It will move once that contract is up. I think MSG has 10 years left

ugh. where do you think?

Phish Tank · Post #49 » by **Phish Tank** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:44 am

Jeff Van Gully wrote:
Galou wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:space. design. MSG has moved before and may move yet again.

It will move once that contract is up. I think MSG has 10 years left

ugh. where do you think?

i doubt they ever leave MSG

Galou · Post #50 » by **Galou** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:51 am

Jeff Van Gully wrote:
Galou wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:space. design. MSG has moved before and may move yet again.

It will move once that contract is up. I think MSG has 10 years left

ugh. where do you think?

Don't know. We'll have to wait and see. I just found an article saying the contract ends in 2023.

Post #51 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:57 pm

Phish Tank wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:
Galou wrote: It will move once that contract is up. I think MSG has 10 years left

ugh. where do you think?

i doubt they ever leave MSG

you mean you doubt they will ever leave the current location? because MSG itself can and has moved.

MaseInYourFace · Post #52 » by **MaseInYourFace** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:06 pm

It’s a good location don’t think they would move. Manhattan doesn’t have a ton of available space especially now that Hudson yards is being built. The only place I could see them moving is there to Hudson yards or the current Javitz center.

Knicksfan20 · Post #53 » by **Knicksfan20** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:30 pm

Billy Goat wrote:Clyde more deserving than Pat. But none of them are really statue worthy, imo.

You’re joking right? Clyde definitely deserves one. Brought us 2 championships and over 2 decades of grade A commentary.

Phish Tank · Post #54 » by **Phish Tank** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:56 pm

Jeff Van Gully wrote:
Phish Tank wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:
ugh. where do you think?

i doubt they ever leave MSG

you mean you doubt they will ever leave the current location? because MSG itself can and has moved.

the current location

Post #55 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:08 pm

Knicksfan20 wrote:
Billy Goat wrote:Clyde more deserving than Pat. But none of them are really statue worthy, imo.

You’re joking right? Clyde definitely deserves one. Brought us 2 championships and over 2 decades of grade A commentary.

both named 50 greatest by the league. i'd think any player on that list is statue worthy.

Knicksfan20 · Post #56 » by **Knicksfan20** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:00 am

Jeff Van Gully wrote:
Knicksfan20 wrote:
Billy Goat wrote:Clyde more deserving than Pat. But none of them are really statue worthy, imo.

You’re joking right? Clyde definitely deserves one. Brought us 2 championships and over 2 decades of grade A commentary.

both named 50 greatest by the league. i'd think any player on that list is statue worthy.

Idk... Not sure if Ewing gets one. If he does he gotta be old like Clyde first.

Post #57 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:16 am

Knicksfan20 wrote:
Jeff Van Gully wrote:
Knicksfan20 wrote:You’re joking right? Clyde definitely deserves one. Brought us 2 championships and over 2 decades of grade A commentary.

both named 50 greatest by the league. i'd think any player on that list is statue worthy.

Idk... Not sure if Ewing gets one. If he does he gotta be old like Clyde first.

if knicks are getting statues, patrick is DEFINITELY getting one. bet anything on that. they wouldn't give one to another knick and NOT him.

if the team had to pick one player, it'd be pat. even though other legends like clyde and willis and bradley and debuscherre got championships. patrick is the definitive knick player by pretty much every statistical measure. arguably the greatest NBA player to not get one.

spree2kawhi · Post #58 » by **spree2kawhi** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:51 am

1999 wrote:Pat was criminally underrated throughout his career and would easily have a ring if knicks management could build around him properly. I won’t kick him for not being Hakeem. He still deserves a statue though. Who was the best player he played with during his prime? Meanwhile nearly every other contender had a legit number 2 guy. Starks just wasn’t that good.

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With all due respect, why would he get a statue? He wasn't as good as the dream and didn't actually accomplish... anything other than playing quite well for a franchise. That's that.

Why should everybody suddenly get statues? It's not for everybody. With Ewing, it was good times, intense play and all that. Ok.

Kampuchea · Post #59 » by **Kampuchea** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:18 pm

Clyde gets one first but Pat is not “everybody” and wouldn’t mind him getting one either.

Cookies4Life · Post #60 » by **Cookies4Life** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:35 pm

Clyde was on a much better team than Patrick. MUCH better.

Patrick used to take a bunch of scrubs deep into the playoffs every year. And yes, a lot of them were scrubs outside of Oakley. They had no business being as competitive as they were in the East and had Jordan not existed, it's conceivable Ewing would've had possibly one title.

Switch Clyde off that team and put him with those Knicks in the 90's and let's see how they fare. I doubt they even make the playoffs.

It's the reason why I rate Ewing the greatest Knick of all time. It's a team sport and this franchise never built around him properly. Walt played with arguably one of the best starting 5 units in the history of the game, especially during that second championship stint when his backcourt mate was another one of the 50 greatest players of all time.

Patrick never played with a player of that ilk. Outside of Starks and Oakley making the AS game I think one season in an outlier year, he played with role players during his entire prime and made them very competitive.

No disrespect to the great Walt, but Patrick was a MUCH more dominant player than him.