Patrick Ewing came along during an era of many great big men: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Shaquille O’ Neal, Yao Ming and Ralph Sampson all overlapped with Ewing.
And then there was also Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and many, many other greats.
So to an extent his greatness gets lost in the shuffle.
But he was a superb big man who could impose himself on the game like few others.
In college he was unbelievably fast and powerful, able to block a shot and then sprint downcourt and get a dunk.