Comments on: 48MoH’s Greatest Hits: The Bowen Collection

By: Ignarus

Ignarus — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:27:07 +0000

As much as I’m willing to acknowledge Bowen’s highly sophisticated and effective defensive skills, he’ll never seem deserving of defender-of-the-year to me simply due to his attempt-to-injure/career-threatening cheap shots. No matter how much it works, it shouldn’t be part of the game and shouldn’t be rewarded when there are guys that do just as much for their teams without the garbage (Battier comes to mind).

The reality of his omission probably has more to do with the box score stats and but as much as his gifts may be unappreciated, as a fan of the game I can’t help but feel that he’s taken away more than he’s added.

By: Wil Brown

Wil Brown — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:46:49 +0000

Bruce changed the way the NBA played defense. He wasn’t just a pesty defender, he mastered this skill and made it an art. After the Spurs became champions the rest of the league looked at what the Spurs organizaiton exemplified and found that among our stars, we had an awesome clutch shooter who played fiercely against his opponents! We’re going to miss you Mr. Bowen…

By: BigWil_8

BigWil_8 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:12:08 +0000

Just give him a defensive player of the decade award and that will make it all better

By: zap

zap — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:40:22 +0000

true fan is absolutely right so does most of the people in here

bruce bowen deserves
an award, a defensive player of the year award
and his jersey retired in spurs

By: Furious

Furious — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:56:18 +0000

Calm down dude. It was a joke. I have nothing but respect for bruce. I just wish all players had the same approach as him, that would be a damn entertaining league.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:36:27 +0000

Rafa, the reputation might have factored in, but I think more importantly what Bowen did didn’t show in the box score – it’s all the little stuff, and the sudden dip in the opposing player’s FG% for that game.

However I’m afraid that many people who vote for these awards like the flashy numbers and the “stuffing of the box score” – Bowen was never to win at that game. But he won at the real game, which is certainly a bit more important

By: vince garcia

vince garcia — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:16:33 +0000

if anybody on this planet earth can honestly say he can lock down a any high scoring dude in the nba – it is none only but bruce bowen.
undeniably he is very instrumental in all of the championship and near championship run by the spurs
if the spurs were known to be the defensive team of the nba then bruce is their man. he epitomizes what the spurs are trying to achieve each and every game – defense.
he might average 8 points per game but must average more than 20 points denied on the opposing team. then he is by far as efficient as tim or manu.
he made the right decision to retire as spurs. it is a shame for him to retire from a struggling team. he knows the feeling already.
as far as i am concerned he retire a winner.
good luck bruce and good sailing

By: SpursFanForever

SpursFanForever — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:26:49 +0000

Furious, you are a big baby. You act like he kicked someone in the nuts/face EVERY night. He stayed in their grill, because he could! Ray Allen cried every game against B.B. Vin-sanity cried. I am not a Kobe fan but I appreciate his skills. Kobe NEVER cried about Bruce that I know of. No one else challenged him that way. I agree with Rafa on the Def POY, he should have won it more than once for his all-around defensive play. If Avery Johnson made it, the Spurs better hang number 12 from the rafters. He gave it all every night that he wore the Silver and Black.

By: Furious

Furious — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:26:17 +0000

The coaches probably didn’t vote for him because they didn’t want to add insult to injury to players who already had sore nuts/faces.

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:47:47 +0000

Even though Mr. Bowen didn’t win the award, he still has more championships then anyone else who has won that trophy.

Since 2001, Ben Wallace, Ron Artest, Marcus Camby, Kevin Garnett, and Dwight Howard have one that award. A combined total of 2 rings.

Bruce Bowen a total of 3 rings.

We shouldn’t be bothered by that.

He was the Kobe Stopper, and the LeBron Stopper.

By: Latin_D

Latin_D — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:37:16 +0000

Well said, Rafa.

By: Timothy Varner

Timothy Varner — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:37:38 +0000

Rafa,

I’m with you. I think it was a reputation blacklisting…

By: Rafa

Rafa — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:29:50 +0000

I’ve always felt that the real reason why Bruce Bowen never won the Defensive Player of the Year Award was because of his unjustified reputation as a “dirty player”. If that is the case then shame on the NBA because simply put, Ron Artest won this same award. What kind of message would that send.
I mean, can anybody think of any other logical reason as to why Mr. Bowen never won the Defensive Player of the Year Award.
And while we’re at it, no Spur has won the Defensive player of the Year Award since David Ronbinson won it in 1992. Not a single Spur. To think that Dennis Rodman, Tim Duncan, and Bruce Bowen have all worn silver & black since then and none of them won this award.
We’re talking about the “team of the decade”. The best defensive team, year in year out, since the turn of the Millenium.

I don’t know exactly where, but somewhere along the line justice was not done in Bruce Bowen’s career.

Having said that, one day the Spurs will retire his number. They have to. When that day comes, the feeling of witnessing it will be that much better.

By: zainn

zainn — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:07:37 +0000

agreed

By: TrueFan

TrueFan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:39:27 +0000

It really is a damn shame that he never won the Defensive Player of the Year award.

Defense is so much more than blocks, or even steals, and the coaches of the NBA should all be ashamed of themselves for never recognizing that fact and giving Bruce the award during his prime.

I vote that the award be renamed in Bruce’s honor.