Go away.
Generally I don't say this, but I'm on the fence on this one. Like I said though, with Johnson's jersey up in the rafters, based on that alone Bowen's should be.
On the one hand, as a fan I'd like to see it, on the other hand, again, where do you draw the line? Is anyone who ever made a substantial contribution to winning championship(s) deserving of the honor? If that's the case, why not Horry?
Last edited by TD 21; 09-03-2009 at 12:28 AM.
they retired AJ's number, and Bowen did way more for this franchise than AJ did.
Retire #12
If you can't make the distinction, then theres no hope.
Horry made contributions, but he wasn't as VITAL to the team's success as Bruce Bowen.
Look at their record when Bowen would not play. Look at their defense when Bowen wasn't present.
Bruce Bowen brought Spurs defense BACK to the forefront and was argueably the MVP of the 2007 NBA Finals.
all i gotta say is... aj! bowen means more to the spurs success then that little ghoulie ever has!
Both AJ and Bowen fully deserve their numbers retired. Great memories. I still have a tiny hope he might return and play one more season though.
It's gonna be hard to find another defensive player like Bowen. I love RJ and he is way better than Bruce, but he's not gonna do as much as Bruce did defensively.
Bowen, whether people like it or not, is gonna have his jersey retired. No one harassed Kobe as much as Bowen did in 03. Bowen made Rip his in 05. Bowen made LeBron "Lebroom". When alot of fans want to resign a 38 year old man, you know you have an appreciated and special player.
Without question. Bruce was integral to 3 championships and the best lockdown defender in the league for about 5 years running (although never officially recognised as such).
overrated trash
You say things like this to people over the internet, alot.
Pop ended Bruce's career early, no doubt about that. Even Timvp alluded to something like that during the recent playoffs, is he a ***** moron too or is that different, and that's when your famous ass kissing kicks in??
Last edited by SA210; 09-03-2009 at 04:01 AM.
Son, that's bull .Why bringing up Chris Fall to this thread about Bowen?
Bruce's number will certainly be retired, and deservedly so. The only real question is the matter of timing. There are no rules for such things. The powers that be in any given franchise make these decisions according to their own standards.
Popovich/Holt provided an immediate ceremony for David Robinson in the first month of the regular season following his last game. Sean had to wait nearly four years after retirement and more than a year after David. Avery's ceremony was more than six years after his last game as a Spur and more than four years after David.
Duncan will surely get an immediate ceremony. It remains to be seen if other members of the 03-07 era will have their ceremonies delayed until after number 21 is raised.
Using the spa if it is indeed to announce his retirement seems odd at this exact time. Given all the hoopla that has transpired of late with regards to his business dealings in relation to this spa and a possible inappropriate confrontation at another spa, you would think he would want to avoid the press conference turning into being about that and not about his NBA career. If the incident had not just happened, then it might look so oddly staged. As I said, mixing his NBA career with his wife's business is not a good idea. Does he really want the story about his announcement of retirement to be littered with mentions of the controversy over this spa and stories of threatening and cussing at previous employees?
good ol' ploto, we can always count on you to cast things in the worst possible light.
TBF that's only when it comes to the Spurs though.
Bowen: "What a beautiful morning! Great day to let some really special people know how they made me feel!"
http://twitter.com/Bowen12
We will not win another championship without him.
It's only a question to those who:
1) Hate on Bruce
2) Have no common sense
Thank you Bruce for all the things u've done for us
also maybe.
It took only to the fifth post in this thread for someone to bring it up.
Damnit.
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