Knickslammed: Patrick Ewing — SLAM No. 21 (Oct. 1997)

SLAM | Antonio Losada illustration SLAM | Antonio LosadaAs ridiculous as it sounds, SLAM didn’t give the greatest Knicks player of the past 40 years any real credit—in terms of printed real estate—until the final months of the 1999 season (the Knicks had yet to make that year’s Finals by the time ish No. 29 went to press.)

Yes, Patrick Ewing got a super early mention in the third printed SLAM magazine released on January 1995 with a little column penned by Tony Gervino highlighting his defensive chops (mostly his ability to block shots leading up to the 1994 Finals). Sadly, he was also added to the slamadamonth section a few pages after that but for the entirely wrong reasons, getting dunked…