My two Olympic gold medals were stolen

Patrick Ewing hardly ever won an NBA title, and to increase insult to harm, the Knicks and Georgetown excellent uncovered on Tuesday that the Olympic gold medal he won in 1992 as a member of the Desire Crew was stolen.

“My home acquired broken into in New York at one particular point and they stole my medals,” Ewing uncovered for the 1st time on Tuesday’s “The Dan Patrick Show.”

Ewing, who did not reveal the day of the burglary, stated his 1984 gold medal was stolen, as nicely as the 1984 NCAA title ring he won with the Hoyas.

Shortly soon after the break-in Ewing stated he termed United states of america Basketball director Jerry Colangelo who was capable to get him some replacement medals. The Hall of Fame heart, nicknamed “The Big Fella,” included that a person tried using to offer his championship ring on eBay, but that he was capable to get it back.

“Sometimes it sucks to be nicely-recognized,” Ewing stated in regards to becoming qualified by people today on the lookout to get substantial-profile products.

Ewing, who was interviewed for about an hour for “The Last Dance,” stated he hasn’t watched a large amount of the 1st six episodes of the ten-part documentary. The Georgetown mentor, whose Knicks fell just brief to the Bulls in numerous playoff battles, also stated he respects his pal Jordan’s greatness, but doesn’t need to relive it so completely at this stage in his lifetime.

Previous teammate Charles Oakley on Sunday blamed Ewing for the truth the Knicks lost the epic 1993 Japanese Conference ultimate fight to Jordan’s Bulls, not Charles Smith who skipped a number of place-back attempts in the closing seconds of the Knicks’ 97-94 Game five reduction, which gave Chicago a 3-2 series guide.

“Patrick, at the close of the match, he’d get double-teamed,’’ Oakley told The Post’s Marc Berman. “He’d shoot fadeaways on double-groups and that harm us as a group.”