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Found May 31, 2012 on Shatter The Backboard:
PLAYERS: Patrick Ewing
TEAMS: Orlando Magic,  Charlotte Bobcats
Former NBA great Michael Jordan has six NBA championships.  He is arguably the biggest reason former New York Knicks Center Patrick Ewing has none as the Knicks could never get past the Bulls in the Eastern conference playoffs during the 90’s.  The one year they did, Jordan had retired temporarily but the Knicks eventually fell to the Houston [...]
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