Patrick Ewing: Standing Tall (Part 3)

"Standing Tall" provides an intimate look at the basketball-focused biography of celebrated NBA center Patrick Ewing and proves that there is more to this man than game-saving blocks and slams. Catch footage of him as a schoolboy star in Boston, revisit his college career at Georgetown, snag a courtside seat for his battles as the centrepiece of the resurgent New York Knicks, and fly with him to Barcelona to be part of the historic "Dream Team." Rare footage and detailed interviews capture some of Ewing's career-building moments and give fans a taste of the celebrity center's friendly demeanour.

(This is Part 3 of 7)

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[NBaBall3r26]

R.I.P. Ewing's mom

[Dre7Guevara]

I wonder if Pat still smokes the Ganja

[MSF3524]

@fazman52 he's still alive

[mcentepede]

@usnate1 Good point there. The reach is important in basketball though they never mention it. I saw these two guys years ago in college, one was 6'6 and the other was listed about 6'3. They were asked to stand back-to-back and reach up in the air with their right arms extended, Incredibly, the 6'3 guy's arms reached about 2 inches higher than the 6'6 guy, even though the 6'6 guy clearly had about 2-3 inches of height on him.

[usnate1]

@mcentepede He is only 6'10 or 6'11 but his arms were longer than hakeem's or shaq's.

[art9schw]

@mcentepede I wonder why he always seemed like such a giant then. Maybe it was his athleticism at that height, he coud jump over everybody.

[mcentepede]

Ewing is actually 6'10. Ewing admitted this when he was coaching at Houston Rockets. Dikembe and Yao Ming are over 7 feet and made fun of Ewing not being a true 7 footer. Larry Bird also hints at this later on in this biography. Also you can clearly see that Ewing and coach Thompson are equal in height, Thompson is listed at 6'10 on google and pother sources.

[coastimage]

watch the smooth 80's style finger roll on 6:32...smooooooth as eggs. ANd what about Sleepy Floyd's pass? ahahah dude deserves his name...did bill clinton write him a letter after? ahahah

[nigger230]

#33! 92-93 60-22! dam you charles smith! you should have dunked that shit in game 5! against the bulls dam you!

[fazman52]

my favourite centre of all time. great player/person.

[fazman52]

@NBaBall3r26 word.

[blackezi3]

Knicks to me just do stupid things. In Georgetown, Ewing played more inside and back to the basket. But on the knicks they made him shoot jumpshots and running hooks smh