Happy Trails, Bruce Bowen
Ex Heater Bruce Bowen retired from the NBA today, after being one of the top role players for this decade. He only played one full season (doesn’t it seem like he was here a long time for some reason?) with the Heat (plus a few games when he was an NBA neophyte in 1997 before he was waived and 27 at the end of the 1999 season when he was reclaimed off waivers). This was the season Zo went out with the kidney disease, but look at the character/heart guys they had on the team: Bowen, Majerle, AC Green, Hardaway, Eddie Jones, Brian Grant.
No wonder they won 50 games despite having no Alonzo for essentially the entire season, and finished a surprising 2nd in the division. Four of Riley’s assistant coaches from that year went on to become NBA head coaches too– Stan Van Gundy, Erik Spoelstra, Jeff Bzdelik, and Marc Iavaroni.
Cheers to Bruce Bowen for a great NBA career, 3 rings with San Antonio and being one of the best defensive wing players of his time.
I love GP's face in this pic
