{"id":31095,"date":"2020-05-22T20:20:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T00:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=31095"},"modified":"2020-05-26T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:55:53","slug":"patrick-ewing-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2020\/05\/22\/patrick-ewing-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Ewing Tests Positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ewingpa01,ewingpa02&amp;search=Patrick+Ewing&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Ewing<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Knicks<\/a> has just recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Ewing, a player for the New York Knicks is an 11-time NBA All-Star and was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1986. He also had stints with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/orlando-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando Magic<\/a> and the Seattle SuperSonics (now the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Patrick Ewing: Tested Positive for the Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ewing, a famous player of the New York Knicks has tested positive for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I want to share that I have tested positive for COVID-19. This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly. I want to encourage everyone to stay safe and take care of yourselves and your loved ones. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2fMuhIZyG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/a2fMuhIZyG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patrick Ewing (@CoachEwing33) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachEwing33\/status\/1263964626271776769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Jill Martin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/05\/22\/us\/patrick-ewing-coronavirus-positive-test-spt\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>, Patrick Ewing is isolated at a hospital. Ewing has been inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 2008. He also won the NCAA championship in 1984 as a Georgetown player.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Ewing is also the current coach of the Georgetown basketball team. He scored almost 25,000 points and had more than 11,000 rebounds in his 17-year career in the NBA.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other Notable Players that had Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Players like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goberru01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rudy Gobert<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchdo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donovan Mitchell<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/utah-jazz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Utah Jazz<\/a> also tested positive for coronavirus. One of the most serious ones was Georges Laraque who also had to go to the hospital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Bon je ne suis pas invincible, je viens tout juste d\u2019\u00eatre diagnostiqu\u00e9 avec le Covid, pas la meilleure nouvelle \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que je suis asthmatique, ca va aller! I guess I\u2019m not invincible, just got diagnosed with Covid, since I\u2019m asthmatic, not the best news, will fight it off! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KIgo8Ra0sT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/KIgo8Ra0sT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Georges Laraque (@GeorgesLaraque) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgesLaraque\/status\/1255980562952617984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Laraque was able to recover from the coronavirus according to Gabriel Fernandez of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nhl\/news\/ex-nhl-enforcer-georges-laraque-leaves-hospital-after-recovering-from-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Overview of Patrick Ewing Testing Positive for Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ewing a famous New York Knicks player, who was in the NBA Finals twice in the 1990s. He is just one of many players that tested positive for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>This is sad news in what is already a difficult year for basketball fans and everyone worldwide. Sadly, there have been 97,647 deaths in the US according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorldOMeters<\/a> and 6,250 deaths in Canada also according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorldOMeters<\/a> because of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Ewing also confirmed that he is the only member of the men&#8217;s basketball program in Georgetown to test positive according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/basketball-legend-patrick-ewing-hospitalized-with-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at Last Word on Sports wishes New York Knicks star Patrick Ewing a quick and speedy recovery in these difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"TWqOjPvrTS1bCIMs7KNZIw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/664877294\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TWqOjPvrTS1bCIMs7KNZIw',sig:'oW4EYn7eC0hYLcIycZP9mwn88S8xwG-Wh6mOfxy7IB0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'664877294',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks has just recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Ewing, a player for the New York Knicks is an 11-time NBA All-Star and was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1986. He also had stints with the Orlando Magic and the Seattle SuperSonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder). 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