NY Knicks: Patrick Ewing reveals his Dream Team gold medal was stolen
New York Knicks legend Patrick Ewing lost some important keepsakes when his apartment was robbed in New York.
New York Knicks legend Patrick Ewing revealed that his Olympic gold medals and 1984 Georgetown national championship ring were stolen from his New York apartment a while ago. The Hall-of-Famer revealed the details of the robbery in an interview on The Dan Patrick Show on Monday.
“My house got broken into in New York at one point and they stole my medals,” Ewing said. “I called Jerry Colangelo and he was great to be able to get me two replacement medals.”
Patrick Ewing was a member of the 1992 Dream Team that included legendary players Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson, among others. Coached by Chuck Daly, the team dominated their way to the gold medal, winning by an average of 44 points. Ewing played in eight Olympic games in ’92 and averaged 9.5 points and 5.3 rebounds.
The 7-foot star was part of the 1984 USA men’s basketball team, as an amateur player, winning a gold medal with that squad as well. In the same year, he won a national championship with Georgetown, his ring from that title stolen in the robbery.
“They took [the gold medals] and they did take my college championship ring, but somebody tried to sell it on eBay and I was able to get that back,” Ewing said. “Sometimes it’s tough to be well known.”
Ewing has come up in the news recently when former teammate Charles Oakley called him out for his performance in the playoffs against the Chicago Bulls. With the NBA on hold, and everyone tuned into ESPN’s documentary on Michael Jordan, there has been a lot of discussion on historical games and players.
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Ewing talked about facing off against Jordan and the Bulls in his interview with Dan Patrick. While the Knicks never got over the top in beating Chicago, they were perhaps their biggest rival and challenger during their dynasty run. The Knicks were one of only two teams to force the Bulls into a Game 7, and in 1993, they took a 2-0 series lead, which they somehow lost, despite Jordan struggling in much of that series.