Let's take a break from the NFL to torch and totally roast a former pro athlete for making a stupid, a very stupid statement. How long has it been since Patrick Ewing actually mattered as a player in the NBA? If you are basing it on championship rings, he has never mattered. I will not go that far as I do respect the outstanding career Patrick had in the NBA. Well, all of that work that Pat did from Georgetown through the NBA will never equal the stupidity he demonstrated in the off days before the game 7 between the Magic and Celtics.
Patrick is now an assistant coach, that is an "ASSISTANT" coach for the Orlando Magic. Pat has been an NBA assistant for a few years now. He has the same number of years experience as an NBA head coach as he does NBA and NCAA championship rings - 0. The Magic are in the middle of a grueling 7 game series with the NBA defending champion Celtics, as they try to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics, who I have and always will hate, have the heart of a champion and are playing wounded without Kevin Garnett. The Magic should have already won this series, but in game 5 leading by 10 points with 5 minutes to play, they choked getting outscored something like 17 - 4 to lose. The Magic came back home to win Game 6 and force a 7th and deciding game in Boston.
So let's evaluate, a YOUNG Orlando Magic team is trying to defeat the defending NBA Champion veteran Celtics ON THE ROAD AT BOSTON'S HOME COURT without the Celtics best player which has caused all of the other Celtics to play even harder. That is a pretty tall order. Well, ASSISTANT coach Patrick Ewing thought he would pull a great coaching maneuver. This young team needs some motivation, some fire, right? ASSISTANT coach Patrick Ewing, who has not been a relevant player in the NBA for years now, comes out and GUARANTEES THE MAGIC WILL WIN! HUH? HE DID WHAT? NO, HE DIDN'T?
How can a Patrick Ewing, no longer playing but assistant coaching, get involved in trash talk through the media when he is not an impacting player or head coach? What was he thinking? Maybe he was thinking this will be too easy for Dwight Howard and the boys, I don't want them to overlook the Celtics so I will give them a challenge. Hey Pat, the Celtics on the road, without Garnett, after the Magic have already choked a for sure win there is ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE! He doesn't have one NBA championship ring. He couldn't back up trash talk against the very elite NBA players at the peak of his playing career. DID HE REALLY THINK HE WAS JOE NAMATH? Joe Namath was actually PLAYING in Super Bowl III, Patrick!
Patrick Ewing, two suggestions - 1) at least be a head coach before you flatten the tires on your players wheelbarrows that are already loaded with 3 tons of cement....2) SHUT UP - YOU DON'T PLAY ANY MORE!
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