Patrick Ewing is readying for a comeback — or at least his shoes are.

The former New York Knicks center is relaunching his shoe company, Ewing Athletics, later this week.

“Over the years, I’ve had a lot of people ask me when they’d see me at appearances of when I was coaching, if I was ever bringing the shoes back,” Ewing said Tuesday. “I just didn’t feel comfortable doing it.”

But after meeting Dave Goldberg, a Ewing shoe collector and investor, and talking the idea over with his longtime agent, David Falk, Ewing was convinced it was time.

via Darren Rovell of ESPN