4. Patrick Ewing
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Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. was such a coveted prospect coming out of Georgetown University in 1985 that many NBA conspiracy theorists believe former NBA commissioner David Stern rigged the NBA Draft lottery to allow the New York Knicks to take Ewing.
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While Ewing did help the Knicks make it to the NBA playoffs in 14 of his first 16 seasons in the NBA, the closest he got to an NBA title was in 1994, when the Knicks lost to Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets.
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