Comments on: Bruce Bowen as Role Model

By: 48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » A Stat for Bruce Bowen

48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » A Stat for Bruce Bowen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:58:49 +0000

[...] But Bowen is anything but a failed basketball player. Not even the most anti-Spurs cynic would hit him with that label. Instead, traditional box scores fail Bowen. [...]

By: Furious

Furious — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:21:08 +0000

Yeah, chasing a man off his spot consistently is nice, but nothing rivals the pure basketball beauty of kneeing a man in the crotch.

By: Robby

Robby — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:21 +0000

Bowen is a great guy on and off the court… his contributions to the Spurs championships and community is very admirable… his Jersey #12 should be retired…

Also, i’m hoping that he might be able to join the Spurs training and coaching staff… he could be a great mentor to George Hill and Malik Hairston…

By: SpursfanSteve

SpursfanSteve — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:41:11 +0000

the NBA doesnt want anyone to play defense. if you look at all the rule changes the past few years, they want higher scores because higher scores= higher ratings. Its a business and the NBA, oddly enough, has no loyalty to the actual game of basketball. Otherwise, Bruce would be a first ballot hall of famer.

Like GMT, i have and always will love defense more than putting points on the board. I play intramural ball as well and mostly all i do is play D and then stand around the 3 point line in case we need to swing the ball around.

By: GMT

GMT — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:35:26 +0000

Although I don’t necessarily model my approach to a basketball game after Bowen, I’ve always been more excited about playing defense than offense. I always try to shut down the offense of the other team, and maybe get 3 or 4 shot attempts in the process.

Just to give a frame of reference, I’m a 20 year old college student, and I’ve played on intramural teams the past couple years.