Spurs to retire Bruce Bowen's number

Celebrate!

 

Rofl, I was about to post that pic.

Dude was the Bruce Lee of basketball.

 

One day Tony Allen might also have his jersey retired... :grin:

 

Dirty player..

 

Jump kicking a 6'8" guy in the face like that is pretty impressive.

 

Really? What other team has retired role player's numbers..

 

had ZERO respect for the way he played the game.

 

As part of the celebration, the Spurs are releasing a statue of Bowen's knee being crammed into an unsuspecting groin.

 

Totally disagree with Woj's take. A dirty role player with limited skills shouldn't be on the rafter. Bowen would have been a fringe player if not for Duncan and Co.

 

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Are you Serious!

 

For a guy who's highest career points average was 8.2?

What's next? Robert Horry?

 

Seems akin to retiring Mario Elie's number. Beloved player, important cog to the championship teams, personality imprinted the personality of the whole team in those championship years. But, still a role-player. You don't retire those. That's to say nothing of his reputation as a dirty player.

Also, they traded his butt as a cap throw-in for Richard Jefferson right before his retirement. They can't pay him the respect to let him retire a Spur, but they want to retire his number?

 

That's ridiculous. I will admit that he was a pretty solid defensive player and he became a decent 3-point shooter later in his career, but there are a laundry list of guys form those Spurs teams that deserve to have their number retired before Bruce Bowen.

 

He carried Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker during their championship runs.

 

8 years with the Spurs
5 All-Defensive 1st Teams
3 Championships (starters on all of those squads)

May not be HOF but it is worthy of getting a jersey retired IMO.

As far as the laundry list goes. All that I can think of are:
Duncan (obviously, 4/4 championships, leader of all those teams)
DRob (2/4 championships, would have had his # retired without them)
Parker (3/4 championships and been improving since)
Ginobili (3/4 championships and still a beast)

Don't think that is exactly a laundry list (especially since all of those guys would probably have their numbers retired without a single championship under their belt).

 

Dirtiest player in the league while he played in it. No respect for him as a player.

 

Nice job, Spurs.

Definitely won't catch me dissing the Lakers idea of retiring Fisher's number anymore.

 

dirty piece of crap player.. i hope during the ceremony his jersey falls and crushes him

 

I hate Bowen and I hate the spurs even more now.