Video: Bruce Bowen's Retirement Press Conference.

[Leftyventricle]

Full Video.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/090903_bowen.html

[spursdotcom]

thanks

[phxspurfan]

So he talked with David, Tim, Malik, Tony, Manu and Finley. Man, they treat Finley like family on the Spurs. I'll be surprised if he ends up traded.

[Spursfan092120]

thanks for the video...

HANG THE JERSEY!!

Sean and Bruce calling the games...get it done.

[DBMethos]

Nice dig at Dallas.

[angelbelow]

[jaffies]

"I've been able to play with some class guys, and I don't want to be with anybody else, as far as a guy who wants to tell the world that he just scored a 3-pointer. Yeah, everybody in the building saw that you made the 3-pointer, you don't need to cuss anybody out, or yell about the three you just hit."

Bruce is the epitome of Spurs basketball.

[Thompson]

Very classy guy, I'm going to miss seeing him shutting superstars down.

[Dunc n Dave]

Nice dig at Dallas.

Bad blood with Jason the Jet Plane Terry?

[duncan228]

Thanks Spurs.com for the video. Bowen's a class act.

[xtremesteven33]

Bowen looks like he almost chokes up in the beginning....

[Fpoonsie]

I know it was "his time", more or less, but I'm really gonna miss seein him out there. [sigh]

[Summers]

Lovely presser. Good luck to Bruce. We'll miss him.

[Bender]

Thanks Spurs.com for the video.

leftyventricle

[Summers]

class act..really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQrKIGde7Qk

I can see by everything about your post you're going to make friends here.

[duncan228]

leftyventricle

Thanks.

[sonic21]

thanks

[timtonymanu]

i may be slow but was Bowen dissing Terry in the video? Terry is a piece of anyway.

[RobSM64]

Thanks Bruce for being a vital piece of Spurs Basketball during your tenure in S.A.

Now lets see #12 in the rafters

[PopRocks]

Who's the guy in the lower right corner at the start of the video? I've seen him around; curious who he is? Anyone know?

[duncan228]

After retirement, what’s next for Bruce Bowen?
By Austin Burton

Bruce Bowen
In the end, the fact that Bruce Bowen was essentially sacrificed so that the San Antonio Spurs could have a better chance at winning another championship was somewhat symbolic of what he meant to the team.

When Bowen was traded to Milwaukee this offseason as part of the deal to get Richard Jefferson, I expected he would eventually get bought out and return to the Spurs as a minimum-salary player, similar to Antonio McDyess spending five minutes on the Nuggets last year before returning to the Pistons. But realistically, there wouldn’t have been much room for Bowen in the team’s rotation, which is why he became expendable in the first place. After drawing some interest from contenders like the Celtics and Cavs, Bowen ultimately decided to walk away from the game at 38 years old, which he announced in a press conference earlier today.

“It was just about being able to say, ‘All right, it’s done,’” Bowen was quoted in the San Antonio Express-News. Bowen said he already had an audition with ESPN earlier this week, and will talk to TNT soon.

With three NBA championships, eight NBA All-Defensive selections, and always a crucial part of the Spurs’ offense with his corner threes, Bowen will go down as one of the greatest role players of his era and one of its top defenders. And, whether you think he deserves it or not, he’ll also be remembered as one of the League’s dirtiest players. He was a self-made pro, an undrafted wing out of Cal State-Fullerton who played in France and in some American minor leagues before finally getting his shot in the NBA. Eventually changing his style into a defensive lock-down specialist, Bowen found his niche and grew into a champion. And even at 38 and clearly declining, he could still get on a roster if he wanted to.

Bowen isn’t a Hall of Famer, but do you think the Spurs should someday retire #12 in his honor?

[DPG21920]

There is nothing to say except Bruce is a pimp.

[Chillen]

So he talked with David, Tim, Malik, Tony, Manu and Finley. Man, they treat Finley like family on the Spurs. I'll be surprised if he ends up traded.

Finley is a great Spur, a leader on and off the court and helped them win a championship in 2007 and I hope he's able to help lead them to one in 2010. His shot is off and on, but he knows the system now and brings alot to this ballclub.

[DPG21920]

By the way, how funny was the hand in the cookie jar comment. I am glad to see him man up about the "dirty" stuff, set the record straight on what the truth is and take the question head on.

[dreamsky]

Thanks for your video!