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dang.
thank you, bowen, for everything.
you will be missed.
12# will be remembered, and retired.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4442293
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
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After helping the San Antonio Spurs to win three championships and establishing himself as one of the premier perimeter defenders of the decade, Bruce Bowen is retiring at 38.
Bowen told ESPN.com that he will formally announce his retirement at a Thursday afternoon news conference and said he would elaborate more on his decision then.
It is believed that Bowen, who became an unrestricted free agent Aug. 1 when the Milwaukee Bucks bought out the final year of his contract, has decided to step away from the game because of his growing desire to pursue off-court business and community interests as well as a career in broadcasting.
dang.
thank you, bowen, for everything.
you will be missed.
12# will be remembered, and retired.
...as well as a career in broadcasting.
The best! You'll be missed Bruce!
Expected, but sad nonetheless. Thanks Bruce.
This is sad news - but I'd rather he retire than play for any other team. Thanks, Bruce, for all the hard work and for some great memories!
Now let's get him a gig alongside Sean Elliott - that would be a riot!
Bruce has had an amazing career with Spurs. He has been a huge part of the last 3 les. Thank you for everything, Bruce.
Bruce and Sean as announcers together would be worth watching just by itself let alone the game.
Despite how he was hated by many fans and players for his style of play, he always seemed like a good guy off the court. The stories I've read of him and when I've heard him speak, he came across as well spoken, intelligent, thoughtful, and compassionate. It was probably time. It might have been time the previous two seasons.
Tough player who was easy not to like if you weren't a fan of the Spurs. Good guy.
he had been talking in such tones. he just could not see himself as anything but a spur. and he was the quintessential spur at that.
Thanks Bruce!
Sad to see him retire, gonna miss him and kobe go at it.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/56933617.html
Bruce Bowen is retiring today
By Richard Oliver - Express-News
Bruce Bowen has known for some time that this day would come. And now that it’s here, he’s feeling surprisingly calm about it.
The former Spurs great is retiring from the NBA.
“I’m very happy,” Bowen, 38, said this morning. “It hasn’t been difficult. I was content about it and understood it was going to happen.”
At a news conference this afternoon at the Yardley’s Salon and Spa, the business he owns with his wife, Yardley, Bowen will officially hang up his sneakers and move toward a future that will still include ties to basketball.
In addition to working on his local business and charity interests, Bowen had an audition with ESPN earlier this week and will be working on something with Turner Broadcasting later. He may also be doing some broadcasting work on high school games.
He also hopes to continue his advertising work with H-E-B, Hallmark Ins ute and AT&T.
“I’m always going to do something around the game of basketball,” Bowen said.
Though the Spurs will not be signing him to a ceremonial one-day contract or anything or that nature, Bowen said he feels he’s retiring as a Spur.
“Everybody knows, and Pop said the same thing, ‘You’re a Spur,’ ” Bowen said, referring to coach Gregg Popovich.
He spent 12 seasons in the league, including the final eight with the Spurs. Regarded as one of the league’s strongest defenders, Bowen was part of three San Antonio championship teams.
On June 24, he was part of a three-team trade with the Bucks and Pistons that brought Richard Jefferson to San Antonio. After an extended wait, during which Milwaukee tried to ship Bowen to another team, the Bucks released him last month.
Though he is now a free agent, Bowen said he had no plans to move on. He’ll be staying in San Antonio, his adopted home. The Spurs, for their part, had made it clear he wasn’t in their future plans.
“It was just about being able to say, ‘All right, it’s done,’ ” he said.
The added bonus, Bowen said: Being home for his sons, ages 2 and 3.
“(Yardley) enjoys the chance for them to see ‘Papi’ more,” Bowen said.
Folks, it was time. We don't see the practices, we certainly didn't want to see the reach fouls when he'd been beat, we didn't want to admit how much he relied on tricks of the trade to stay on the court and we didn't want to admit that defenses fell back off him and didn't really bother guarding him anymore.
I'm just glad he had the courage to see it was time and the coaching staff didn't hesitate to help him make that decision.
Put the numbers in the rafters and thanks for everything you have done and continue to do for the city.
Well that sucks, I wonder if he would have retired if he'd have gotten an offer from the Spurs.
I'm gonna miss ya Bruce!
Why doesn't the Spurs FO just sign him to the ceremonial one day contract? It's not going to hurt anything, that way he can officially retire as a Spur. I think that would be/send a special message.
well, not surpising. Shame for him it worked out this way
Isn't a little disheartening when 38 seems almost elderly? When, in reality, it's....38.
Not surprising but still sad to hear.
Thanks for the memories and best of luck in the future. Would love to see him broadcasting for sure.
Jersey in the rafters.
The writing on the wall was last season when he saw limited action. He was "THAT DUDE"- quick hands and lighting feet. He'll be entertaining on the broadcast booth as well.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who the is gonna guard Vagina Allen???? Wince Carter?????? Kobe Cryant??????
Its a sad day, but I am happy for him. He gave the Spurs some very good seasons. One of the best perimeter defenders of all time.
Shaq NEEDS to follow suit. He's virtually pre-historic as far as NBA standards go. People say "Oh, but Shaq put up such great numbers last year..." That's because he was their 4th option and all the other options were injured! PHX had no one else to go to for scoring!
Shaq needs to retire!
But taking NOTHING away from Bruce, we may never see a better one-on-one defender with his ability to pester, irritate and ability to get into the head of his opponent better than Bruce 'the Shadow' Bowen!
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