Patrick Ewing is back where he belongs. Twenty-four years after he left the Knicks in an ill-fated trade to Seattle, the Hall of Fame center was hired as a “basketball ambassador assisting both basketball and business operations,” the team announced Thursday.

Knicks legend Patrick Ewing will assist basketball and business operations in his new role with the New York franchise.

The Knicks announced on Friday that team legend and Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is rejoining the organization as a basketball ambassador. Ewing is the Knicks' all-time leading scorer, and in his new ambassador role,

When his playing days were over Ewing went on to a coaching career, working in Washington, Houston, Orlando and Charlotte as an assistant before taking over as head coach at his alma mater, Georgetown, in 2017. When he was fired in 2022, he joined the Hornets as a consultant for the last two seasons.

The New York Knicks announced Friday that Hall of Fame center Patrick Ewing has been named the organization's basketball ambassador and will assist

Patrick Ewing, the New York Knicks' all-time leading scorer, is set to rejoin the franchise as a basketball ambassador, sources told ESPN.

Patrick Ewing is back with the Knicks. Where he belongs. Not as a player — New York could use some depth at center, but not THAT badly — but in the newly created role of basketball ambassador, where he will work with both basketball and business operations.

Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is returning to the New York Knicks in the newly created position of basketball ambassador

NEW YORK — Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is returning to the New York Knicks in the newly created position of basketball ambassador.