Almost out of a science fiction novel, Patrick Ewing is coming back to the Garden.  Well, almost.  Today the Knicks traded Frederic Weis, yes, that Frederic Weis who was drafted with a first round pick in 1999 (and the passing on of St. John's Ron Artest) to Houston for Patrick Ewing, Jr.  To add more irony to the trade, Ewing, Jr. was included in the trade from Sacramento to Houston with . . . Ron Artest!  Now Weis, if he decides to leave France, will play with Artest.

We liked Ewing, Jr. when he was at Georgetown.  But he is not his father (and in all fairness, very few are) and playing in New York is going to bring unfair comparisons.  He is a good defensive player, but has not the offensive skills of his Hall of Fame father.  Then again, his father didn't have the offensive skills when he came to New York either.  Time will tell if the apple has fallen close to or far from the tree.