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Hes one of a kind. Thats why
What makes it so hard to find a Bruce Bown?
It would seem that hundreds of players would have the athletic ability and body type suited to playing the kind of lock down D that Bruce did. What separated him from the rest? Was it purely determination and work ethic?
Or was there some physical subtlety that gave him this rare ability? Or was it a combined case of Bruce being on the right team with the right players behind him? Or is it all of the above?
All I know is that no one has come close to begin able to do what he did with the Spurs. Are there any other comperable players in the league right now?
Last edited by cantthinkofanything; 08-27-2010 at 02:26 PM.
Hes one of a kind. Thats why
Because he was the most consistent perimeter defender for about 4 years in this league.
And consistency i the hardest to find.
All of the above. Not only was his work ethic, defense, and corner 3 point shooting some of the best the NBA has seen but he was also as durable as they come. He was also a professional and didn't get involved with stupid off the court.
Closest player to him nowadays would be Ron Artest but he's not as good of a corner 3 point shooter and he's a headcase; but Bowen wasn't as good of an overall scorer. A healthy Shane Battier and Raja Bell might be other lesser players to compare him to.
Last edited by Cane; 08-27-2010 at 12:45 PM.
Because Defense isn't as popular as offense these days.
Work Ethic, IQ, Ego
not hard just go to sa and go to his house
there bowen is
Physically speaking he doesn't sound like much of a specimen in terms of your average NBA athlete. The thing that made Bowen so special is that he was playing heavy minutes chasing top flight scorers in this 30's, around the time that most guys wear and tear are catching up with them. He basically managed to do what people always joked about doing with Oberto's brain in Mahinmi's body: he had a brain with a decade's worth of inside knowledge and tricks in a somehow timeless body that seemed immune to fatigue and injury.
And even if that were easy to duplicate, I wonder just how far anyone could get playing Bowen's brand of D in this day and age without ending up in foul trouble quickly.
If you know how to use Google ...
Not so hard.
Because Bowen invented Bowen -- he created his own job. It's not his ability that defined Bowen, but his creativity.
Go to any big organization and there is someone who created his or her own job and then made him(her)self indispensible. It's not their ability to do their job that made them successful but their ability to create a position that only they can fill. And no matter how easy and obvious that position seems in retrospect, no one is ever able to fill it once its creator leaves.
He was robbed of many DPOY awards.
because she is damn hot and sure can defend everyone.
(still can't see why Boston traded her out of town)
A Rottweiler in a human body.
Besides everything mentioned, don't forget Bowen's durabililty. Dude was made of rock.
there is no such player in the nba right now and won't be for a while. Maybe Rodman was a similar player. Artest has some things but not the IQ.
closest guy ATM is Battier IMO
Battier is too nice guy. "excuse me sir, can I put my hand on your back?"
Bowen made enemies while playing in the NBA. he didn't give a
More players should take up the Bikram Yoga.
spurs FO has done a good job throughout the years in finding players like bowen, manu, tony, hill.....imo spurs type players are hard to find...u cant find another tim duncan with the same fundamentals, defense and leadership...in the same way its very hard to find a replacement for bowen....
^ lmao Duncan's face
Mental toughness
Nowadays, 90% of the players are pussies
That's an insult to Bowen, Come on, we all know the dude was special.
Because Bruce is not of this world...............duh!
Same reason its hard to find another Duncan, or another Peyton Manning in football, or another Albert Pujols in baseball. There are many players who have the same height, same weight, talent,......but many lack the will and heart it takes to rise above the rest.
And comparable players today to Bowen would be Gerald Wallace. A great lockdown defender and but alot better on the offensive end than Bruce was. His talent is greatly wasted in Charolette.
offense=, defense=
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