Hindsight is always 20/20, but as the Big Fella reflects on how things should have gone at the end of his career, he admits he should have stayed in New York, according to the Boston Globe.

Ewing regrets leaving the Knicks after 15 years (he played a year with Seattle and a year with Orlando) but appears to have accepted the team’s defeats in the 1994 and ‘99 Finals.

“Looking back at my career, I feel I had a great career,” Ewing said. “Naturally, I’m disappointed I didn’t win a ring. But I don’t think that defines me. What defines me is my whole body of work, from grade school to high school to college, the Olympics, to the pros. I consider myself a winner. There are a lot of people who have won who aren’t winners, and a lot of people who haven’t won who are winners.”

As for leaving New York? “Sometimes, you make decisions, and with hindsight you probably wouldn’t have done,” Ewing said. “[The Knicks] probably feel the same way. At the time I thought it was time to move on. You get tired of hearing the same thing over and over again, that the team would be better off without you. With hindsight, I should have stayed and finished my career in New York.”

Well Patrick, I can’t blame you for leaving at that time, management really did a poor job with a lack of forward thinking.  It was a respect thing, and granted, it’s difficult to hang on to great old players and to move on, that was the decision. But what bothers fans was that management didn’t have a plan. It’s almost like they were forced into trading Ewing, not preparing for it. Thus your departure was the beginning of the end. Had they prepared better they could have received more than Glen Rice, Luc Longley and Travis Knight along with a couple of picks.