I had a dude at work this week tell me Patrick Ewing was just "ok" as a player. I looked at dude sideways. Mind you he a bulls fan. Dude talking about Pat couldn't get past the bulls. I asked him how much talent was Pat playing with. He responds "Outside of Jordan and Pippen and Phil Jackson the Bulls weren't that sweet.". I said you just name arguably the greatest coach/player ever along with a top 50 player all-time. He responds, "Pat had Allan Houston." There was another dude at cubicle near him that even looked at him sideways.
Then dude says Mourning was better than Ewing. Talking about he played with little help. So we compare rosters. I told him Mourning's supporting cast we better than Ewing's. He disagreed. I said name two players Ewing played with that were better than Tim Hardaway and Mashburn. He got quiet than ripped Ewing for not beating Houston in the finals.
Have we forgot how good Ewing was?