Shaquille O’ Neal was just a few years behind them. And also huge factors in the 1980’s: Patrick Ewing and Ralph Sampson. In this video, they played against each other and as you will quickly ...

Outside of Jordan, big men still roamed the league with might, like greats Patrick Ewing ... to Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson before them. After a call with Ewing, that all changed, as Ewing ...

It’s impossible in 2025 to understand the impact Patrick Ewing had on ... that also featured Virginia’s Ralph Samson and Houston’s Hakeem Olajuwon, Ewing was by far the dominant big man ...

They lost against the NC State Wolfpack in 1983, then suffered a defeat against Patrick Ewing’s Georgetown Hoyas in 1984. After being hired as Houston’s head coach in 2014, Sampson quickly ...