there was one comment on that youtube with the annoying music that said "bowen isn't a scorer, defends star players every night, makes his living defending otherwise he'd be cut in a heartbeat", etc. i can understand the comment and why bowen does what he does, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that he compensates for being a joke by trying to end the careers of everyone he guards.
From the one video alone I would say its hard to tell he is doing that intentionally but given his history there is a pattern of him doing that so it seems likely. The league should crack down on this and the best way to do it would be to make that a foul. On a tangent though for all of you damning Bowen and the Spurs fans if Bruce Bowen was playing for the Rockets how would you feel?
?? You're not suggesting that the whole team is dirty are you? Don't bash a whole franchise because of one (possibly two) dirty player(s).
There's a right and wrong way to play the game. You don't intentionally try to hurt someone. Play hard, play fair and play to win! He would be ran out of Houston for being a b****!
as much as i don't like the spurs, you have to respect them. bowen on the other hand is an exception to that respect. lets compare battier and bowen, both are very good defenders right? both can shut down whomever they're guarding BUT their techniques are way different. i guess bowen likes to injure people while battier likes to make it seem like hes going to hit you (lol, you guys know what im talking about, the hand coming into your face but not hitting it). it's funny how people "seem" to blame bowen because he "accidentally" injures those players when he defends them...i mean who else has a history if purposely breaking your ankles right? gotta love the reasons the spurs come up with the defend the guy.
Battier is an above-average individual defender. But he's nothing incredible on that front. His strength is that he's maybe the best team defender in the league. Most of those charges he takes comes from pinpoint rotations and sharp execution. He's a smart (maybe the smartest) defender in the league but he doesn't have the physical talent to be a top-tier individual defender. Bowen on the other hand plays super-aggressive defense and in the process manages to break ankles along the way. I'm generally with others when they say he's dirty because its happened to often. Whether he intentionally does it or if its a product of just being a hyper-aggresive defender is the question. But without question, those types of moves are dirty and need to be addressed.
Every single person in this thread calling Bruce dirty would be saying he's just tough and hard-nosed, and that the other teams were whiners. Y'all can deny it if you want, but deep down you know it's true. How many of you used to call Deke dirty with all the people he's taken out with his elbows? Now you cheer for him to elbow people. To go Dan Hawkins on you people You don't want to get elbowed/kicked.scratched/etc.? Go play intramurals, brother! Go play intramurals!
I don't think he was kicking him because it happened so fast, but he was definitely trying to put his feet in the way. It was a dirty play, and I agree... someone should take some seriously hard fouls on him. I'll be curious to see if Phoenix stands up for themselves, or just ignores it next game. I bet they ignore it.
It was a dirty play. You can actually see his head looking the direction he kicks... I`m not saying he was trying to injure Amare, but he was either gonna kick him, so he gets distracted, or he tried to let Amare land awkwardly (god how do you spell this word?) on his foot to slow him down. Whatever he tried to do, he has a reputation to do it and it has no place in sports. The league should do something about it and show, that they dont tolerate stuff like this! If he would be a rocket and do this once, I`d defend him, if it happens more often I´d say the same thing I just said!
I'm not so sure about that. Deke is a bad example. His elbows are a danger to everyone on the court, including his own teammates. Ask McGrady. Deke can't help that his arms are long and his elbows are bony, so you can't really call that intentional compared to what Bowen does. Maybe there's a better example someone can come up with for comparison to Bowen. I can't think of any Rockets player at the moment who was considered dirty/intentionally teied to injure people, but my memory isn't the greatest. Have there been any?
The game moves too fast for a foul. If the league was smart, they'd open up their fining process to remove any suspicion of Stern being a corporate facist, Cuban buying the league, or the league's blind eye to the refs. Much like Karla Malnone not wearing a Rockets jersey, that's a fortunate question Rockets fans don't have to answer.
I disagree. I don't have a problem with a hard foul. I have a problem with someone intentionally trying to injure another player, and in a way that could lead to something serious. Doesn't matter whose team the guy plays on. Believe what you want.
Im sure a good number of us have played some type of sport where you have to jump including basketball. In all my years of playing I have never jumped up and landing like how Bowen lands when he defends. Most people when defending will jump up and land with their feet close together. I mean it's only natural right? but if you look at all the times and videos where bowen is defending he lands in a stradle position make sure his feet are spread far apart. I mean come on...it's damn obvious he is doing it on purpose and it needs to be stopped. That said they should definitly look into it and send a message to his ass because he is guarding some of the other teams best players. If he starts taking out stars like that and he gets away with it, its going to be a sad day in sports.
