Knicks Legend Patrick Ewing Says Madison Square Garden Security Guards Harassed Him

[@michaelrobinstonemorales8256]

I don't see Larry Bird being stopped in the Boston Garden or Jordan in Chicago or Magic in LA. Show some respect to Patrick.

[@rodrigosoares7126]

That is one of the reasons top players don't want to play for the Knicks.

[@jamesjones999]

Even with a maks on, you should know who patrick Ewing is.

[@recklessralphfromqueens8383]

D. Wilkins had similar difficulty trying to get into a restaurant. Shouldn’t we factor that lots of younger millennials and zoomers can honestly not recognize these legends who look nothing like how they looked on the posters? Ewing minus the flat top due to hair loss plus sixty pounds presents a good chance for being mistaken for maintenance. Sorry.

[@frank-ko6de]

@@recklessralphfromqueens8383 he still has the exact same facial features. Dude looks the same even though he's pushing 60. So your point is nonsense.

[@recklessralphfromqueens8383]

@@frank-ko6de I stand by my point... if you were not a die hard fan of sports at all, let alone the Knicks, or too young to be that familiar with Patrick Ewing - all scenarios extremely possible in respect to staff at MSG, it is highly likely that you’d fail to recognize Patrick Ewing especially when trying to use a poster image of decades ago when he had a flat top fade and weighed at least 60 pounds less. I have some time today for idiots. Have you been to MSG lately? Most staff are either 30-something- max and barely speak English. So yes a balding fat retired athlete can easily slip through unnoticed.

[@frank-ko6de]

@@recklessralphfromqueens8383 dude, with the exception of his hair or lack there of, his facial features are exactly the same. Your excuse for these people being a different generation is nonsensical. Your job is to know who's coming into the building with information provided by building services, public relations and head of security. If they can't do that at one of the most recognized real estates in the world, perhaps they shouldn't be working there. Try getting your brain and it's logic to work and look first in the mirror before you call anyone stupid.

[@recklessralphfromqueens8383]

@@frank-ko6de Not me, or management, or building services, Pat himself referred to the poster as a helpful hint. A poor one. That’s where my point from MONTHS ago came from.

[@rasheeda1303]

This discrimination is getting out of hand..get a grip

[@sonwil4487]

Tell em Pat..We know who you are...KNICK 4 LIFE

[@drewali7]

they thought he was keith sweat!!!

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

Bhahahaha hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂 "I want her"

[@keithdollar5187]

Merry go round lol

[@shatayajefferson1786]

That's a shame

[@JUDALATION]

hmmm...I see a pattern here....

[@jamesjones999]

Well charles oakley and spike acted like assholes. So fuck them. But, Patrick Ewing, unless you never watched basketball. Security should know who he is, even with a mask on.

[@mrAhollandjr]

First it waa Charles Oakley, now Patrick Ewing, not to mention Spike Lee. What's REALLY GOING ON?

[@csallen]

Classic statement…bullet, bullet, bullet!!!! Original Yardman talk!!! 🇯🇲

[@Juice-jx1pr]

Patrick Ewing John Starks

[@denisemitchell2416]

Anthony Mason Charles Oakley Dream Team

[@Getagrippeople2witnesses]

Proof again this is not Our Country

[@brianmcnutt3610]

Ewing cracked me up

[@dragonli7106]

Security is doing their job and those people they are popular or famous that mean they don’t need to follow the rule? also Patrick Ewing wasn’t the owner of MSG

[@enoughisenough3748]

Everyone doesn't recognize you if they ask to see your pass just show it and go about your business.

[@frank-ko6de]

Ah, the Asian spouting their usual nonsense as usual. Why do you have to question someone several times? If your sense sense of observation or recollection is really poor, perhaps you shouldn't be working security. If you get off harassing much taller people than you due to your inathletism and intense insecurity complex, that's even bigger reason for you not to work that kind of job. Perhaps, maintenance of professionalism should be the best practice instead of the nonsense spouted be your typical asian. It's not his fault you people are too soft and slow to last in the league let alone make the league.

[@frank-ko6de]

@@enoughisenough3748 But, why does he have to show it several times if he's already shown it? Isn't that a little power trippy by security?

[@CJDA415]

You don’t seem to understand how sports culture works

[@cardinals22]

Maybe he should've been a retired white player

[@lorileon2816]

The hair piece left lines

[@drewali7]

they thought he was keith sweat.

[@BronxGummer]

I can't speak about Ewing, but we all know Spike Lee is a Racist and Oakley has some history as a trouble maker.

[@frank-ko6de]

What trouble has Oakley ever caused? Do tell. Stay hysterical and triggered.

[@Whereyahidin]

I love it 😆

[@nanagyambibi7426]

Ok so I’ve worked in college sports. Those check point security folks don’t all watch sports. They’re usually some kid or someone’s grand parent. They are probably not aware of who a 80s and 90s legend is. If my girlfriend was hired as a check point security I guarantee she wouldn’t know who Patrick is, she would ask for credentials because she is doing her job. Just have your credentials handy. Comes off arrogant.

[@michaeltudda2988]

Good god Patrick, are you that desperate for attention?

[@VOLCAL]

RCIAL SNITCHING

[@MrJohnnymarlboro]

You don’t look the same without the hair...

[@Troys221]

Remember Ewing, you were also an employee. But now You Are Not. Follow the rules!!!

[@billyllewis]

He was probably wearing a mask. He’s wanting attention for his college team.

[@theone8557]

You're making no sense.

[@billyllewis]

@@theone8557 Makes perfect sense that masks makes it hard to recognize anyone especially when your job is security it’s in your title, keep your assigned area secure by checking people.

[@billyllewis]

@donny russell He’s 6’11”. A 6’11” tree among 6’6” - 7’ trees. All I’m saying is he made a big deal out of nothing other than demanding respect. I’m sure he gets plenty enough respect without a mask on when people can see his face. We all remember you #33. Especially how Jordan dunked in your face @ MSG. 🤣

[@denisemitchell2416]

Gday luv Perhaps if Dolan gave him a coaching job it wouldn't happen Even Nellie hot the job our Rivalry Also Mark Jackson Doc Rivers

[@TriniDB]

We getting upset with security doing their jobs? Even Dolan got checked by his own security one time.

[@derianvasquez7293]

Patrick ewing is 7’1 ft is easy to know

[@TriniDB]

@@derianvasquez7293 security still have to do their jobs.

[@wsalas13]

Get over it...this new wave/new age of employees aren't old enough to recall those days...I had to explain to my 19 year old who MJ is.

[@frank-ko6de]

Those guys are in their mid 30s, 40s and 50s. They're supposed to know who he is. And even if they didn't know, they at least should be welcoming. You obviously don't have a very high profile job like he has so you can spout your nonsense of getting over it. Quite sure they wouldn't harass Coach K that way.

[@wsalas13]

@@frank-ko6de ahh there it is...your insecurities about race...a little advice...GET OVER IT...YOU'LL LIVE LONGER... and before you get offended...I'm a person of color also myself, youngblood😌.

[@frank-ko6de]

@@wsalas13 person of color with fragile self insecurity who spouts nonsense that he knows nothing about. Perhaps, you should follow your own advice.

[@wsalas13]

@@frank-ko6de again, assuming you know what other people know, and don't know...HAVE A GOOD LIFE WITH YOUR INSECURITIES...and, possibly, high BP...lol and...GET OVER IT...YOU'LL LIVE LONGER!! But if you want a technical response, did you ever stop to think that many of these security agencies/firms are charged with 100% identification checks, without exceptions...for safety purposes...and they are even monitored and audited to verify that they are doing so...for all they know...the hiring agency could have asked Patrick Ewing to test their security system... in essence...they are doing their J.O.B. and of course...if someone was to assassinate Ewing (God forbid)...who would they blame...they would blame that security guard that did not ID the perpetrator.

[@frank-ko6de]

@@wsalas13 have a good life with your blissful ignorance and delusions and assumptions.

[@brightestfuture]

Blm

[@recklessralphfromqueens8383]

They probably didn’t recognize him with the mask and sunroof. I don’t sense any wrongdoing. The staff could be zoomers, a bit too young to recognize. Then these idiot reporters highlight the retired jersey - as if he’s wearing it now. Lee was entitled and out of pocket... he wanted to make it a rule to keep entering through the player’s entrance, staff enforced policy and said “no more”. What... Oak Man was generating complaints from ticket holders at front rows for getting tipsy, shouting profanity onto the court - sometimes in close proximity of children which was all management needed because he already worked himself onto the crap list criticizing the organization. There. Fake news!

[@kellyeremora8941]

Well Oakley does get into it many times, that's his hole nature back in the day when he was a Knick, so I can see that.... But Ewing just walking around the Garden is something else, even with the mask on you know who he is.... it's Patrick Ewing for crying out load. He's not doing anything, how much restrictions you going give him???

[@derianvasquez7293]

How dont recognize anybody who is 7’1 ft 🥲

[@dakliq420]

If you work for the Knicks and you don't know who Patrick Ewing is,even if you are young enough,then that's their fault. Google exist,and do does KZbin.

[@recklessralphfromqueens8383]

@@dakliq420 NYC demographics have been rapidly changing. Ewing played his last game as a Knick at MSG in ‘00”. Even then he looked nothing close to his vintage look in his prime. Now fast forward twenty years later, you see a big tall black man in sweats around MSG, balding no flat top with the two parts, overweight with a mask, a 22 year old Dominican security officer from The Bronx is likely to not recognize him. Even a Jamaican security officer from Flatbush couldn’t know or care less who he is. Many non-English speaking people without a single clue of who’s who in NYC pop culture work in Manhattan especially MSG. You think a 30 year old Guatemalan bus boy fresh out of Del Rio Tx would recognize Manny Ramirez ?!?! We would. Many newcomers to the city wouldn’t.

[@dakliq420]

@@recklessralphfromqueens8383 I can see that point,but my rebuttal would be its not like Pat in his older years hasn't been to the Garden. They can't just have pictures of him in his prime there,he's been through those doors many times after retirement. Been apart of special events there and been to games. I can see that as a possibility,but I also feel like there has to be enough proof around the Garden as well. Maybe I'm wrong,but still that's weird.

[@enoughisenough3748]

Just show your pass and stop crying not everyone knows who you are.

[@VictorFernandezBigdestroyer]

I’ll get you banned from KZbin for agreeing with the security guards instead of blaming them for forgetting who Ewing is.

[@dextercharles3050]

You talking bs . U is a 🤡🤡🤡

[@jimmyatila]

THE KNICKS WANT THAT RING!!!..