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About Patrick Ewing and why he was sought after. 

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About Patrick Ewing and why he was sought after. 

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Patrick Ewing from 1981 to 1985 played for the Georgetown Hoya's and became a NCAA champion in his third year of playing. He racked many accolades in just his four years.

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College - 15.3PPG, 3.4BPG, 9.2TRB, 1.2SPG, .62%FG
NBA - 21PPG, 2.4BPG, 9.8TRB, 1.0SPG, .504%FG

Devoted 15 years to the Knicks and never won a ring. Pain.

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11x All Star, 1x All-NBA First Team, 6x All-NBA Second Team, 3x All-Defensive Second Team,  Rookie of The Year,  All-Rookie Team, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, NCAA Champion, NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, National College Player of The Year, 3x Consensus First Team All-American, 2x Big East Player of The Year, 4x Big East Defensive Player of The Year, 3x First Team All-Big East, Second Team All-Big East, Mr. Basketball USA, and finally, 2x First Team Parade All-American. Once he retired, he went into the Hall of Fame and got his famous number, 33, retired by the Knicks.

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The hottest garbage that gathered around for their picks were the Supersonics, Pacers, Hawks, Warriors, Knicks, Clippers, and Kings. Each team had a 14.3% chance to get the first pick.

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The day the draft took place was June 18th in 1985. It was a very anticipated day because this years draft included future HOFamer Patrick Ewing.

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Fans of the NBA believe that the Commissioner at the time, David Stern, rigged the Draft so that New York would get the First Round Pick. At the time, New York was in need for a powerful center,  and Patrick Ewing was seen as the best player, if not, the best center in the draft class.

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The reason why was because the NBA wanted a good team in NY; the first pick would supply them of that. They were also having big problems such as a lower attendance, MJ wasn't the 6x Champion yet, reportedly, The LA Times stated that 75% of the players were on drugs in 1982. And the NBA almost had to disband 6 teams. So sending a big name to a smaller team would financially hurt the NBA.

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X-Ray Glasses and/or The Frozen Envelope.

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X-Ray Glasses and/or The Frozen Envelope.

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People have speculated that David Stern was wearing X-Ray glasses which would reveal him the envelope that contained the Knicks logo. While others believed that they put the Knicks Envelope on dry ice so when Stern would reach in, he would feel around for the cold envelope. An added theory was that, when the envelopes were dropped in, one of them were banged on which caused a crease so Stern could identify the correct envelope to select.

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Jack Krumpe was the President of the Madison Square Garden which was owned by Gulf & Western. Jack Krumpe told to reporter Harvey Araton "I told them how to fix it 60 days ago. You call up Ernst & Whinney and say, if we don't get Ewing, you're fired." E&W was an international accounting firm which were to operate this years lottery. The league allegedly told E&W that if the Knicks didn't get the first round pick, they were fired because E&W also did the accounting for G&W, owners of the Knicks. So people believed that the lottery was rigged because shady stuff was already occurring.

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Stan Kasten said that he went to a College tourney in Hawaii months before the draft and also said "I was sitting with a couple of NBA guys... And I remember one high-ranking team executive, who I will not name, was a million percent convinced of what was going to happen. 'He's going to the Knicks... He's going to the Knicks. It's all arranged'... I didn't believe him at the time."

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It's been 35 years since the draft lottery, this conspiracy theory isn't relevant in the slightest because there are more interesting theories such as the Morris Twins conspiracy theory. This old conspiracy has impacted NBA fans because now more and more fans talk about the NBA is rigged. More recently, "fans," have been discrediting the Lakers 17th championship by disrespectfully using Kobe Bryant's death as the reason why the Lakers won the ring this year.

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Haha the Knicks have been consistent losers for years. Imagine being a Knicks fan, you might as well stop watching the NBA if you like the Knicks because they're so bad. I feel bad for any player that lands on the Knicks.

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Evans, Z., & Bergara, R. (2018, September 21). The Frozen Envelope That Rigged The NBA Draft - YouTube. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c943gFL-OUU

Loung, S., & Press, A. (2019, May 14). Why the Patrick Ewing draft lottery conspiracy is ridiculously awesome. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/patrick-ewing-draft-lottery-conspiracy-ridiculously-awesome/

Studios, B. (2017, October 03). The Frozen Envelope: The NBA's Greatest Conspiracy Theory. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2468653-the-frozen-envelope-the-nbas-greatest-conspiracy-theory

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/patrick-ewing-1.html