The No. 1 pick in the first NBA lottery draft in 1985 , the 7 - foot Ewing came out of Georgetown to become the Knicks all - time leading scorer with 23,665 points .
Ewing never won the championship Ewing guaranteed .
The No. 1 pick in the first NBA lottery draft in 1985 , the 7 - foot Ewing came out of Georgetown to become the Knicks all - time leading scorer with 23,665 points , but he never won the championship he guaranteed .