Patrick Ewing

I could not believe that.

I'm like, we show up and we show out on these road games.

No.

You know, I mean, Michael and I were friends.

We got to meet each other in college before, you know, in high school, I should say.

We've developed a friendship.

We stayed friends, still are friends today.

But once we get on that floor, as you saw, it wasn't just about the friendship.

We're both trying to kick each other's butts.

And he lets me know every time I see him or I talk to him that I was not able to beat him.

People talk about Larry Bird talking trash.

I think he's probably the biggest trash talker that I've ever been around.

Did he ever?

I mean, if I saw Larry today, he'd still probably talk trash.

You know, I think that's how we got to be friends with the Dream Team.

You know, he was talking so much trash.

You know, he talked trash when we played against each other.

But back then, so now we were around each other all the time.

And he talks about how, you know, his team always used to kick our butts and

I was more of a power forward than a center.