Spurs to Retire Bruce Bowen's Number

[Mexi]

Bowen's No. 12 jersey will join James Silas' No. 13, George Gervin's No. 44, Johnny Moore's No. 00, David Robinson's No. 50, Sean Elliott's No. 32 and Avery Johnson's No. 6 in the rafters in the AT&T Center.

"Bruce Bowen was the premier perimeter defender in the NBA for close to a decade," said Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich. "His success is proof that hard work and determination do, in fact, pay off. Statistics are meaningless when talking about his importance to this franchise. The simple fact is the Spurs don't win NBA Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007 without Bruce Bowen."

Bowen joined the Spurs on July 31, 2001. He spent nine seasons (2001-09) in San Antonio and appeared in 630 games, one of just eight players to appear in 600-plus games with the Spurs. Bowen started in every game he played in for the Silver and Black, averaging 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 31.2 minutes.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/120123_spurs_retire_bowen_jersey

 

[Pugz]

damn. huge honor for such an over-looked player.

 

[elcheato]

He was a great defender but man those are some shitty ass numbers lol

 

[Mexi]

Spurs are going to have 5 numbers from the same team retired

2003 champs
Parker, Manu, Duncan, Robinson, Bowen

could be a starting 5, but Manu came off the bench. Still cool that they will have 5 guys from the same team retired

 

[Pugz]

He was a great defender but man those are some shitty ass numbers lol

lmao. CORNER THREE