Patrick Ewing never won an NBA championship. Here's what left him empty-handed.

This one stings. A surface-level summary of 1990s NBA history is basically: “Michael Jordan won the championships he was around to win, and Hakeem Olajuwon got the other ones in the middle.” Part of the reason the series Untitled exists is to better explain that era. With details and context, we hope to show that those oversimplified truths hang on some complex set-ups, near misses, and fascinating stories.

Patrick Ewing never won an NBA championship. Here's what left him empty-handed.