Friday, March 14, 2008

Bruce Bowen Needs to Get Socked Out

I have no idea how Bruce Bowen has gone through his career with zero suspensions, but its true.  At least until today.  The league has announced a 1 game suspension for stomping on C. Paul during their last game.  Bruce Bowen is lauded as one of the games best defensive players, but he is also the most shameful and by far the dirtiest.  He doesn't even try to move his feet on defense and simply holds and grabs as players dribble the ball by him.  I truly believe that over the years, refs simply have bought into the fact that he is a "good defender," so anything he does must be acceptable, because hey, its Bruce Bowen!  He continually rides people as they dribble and uses the illegal hand check.  The one move that the league should crack down on, besides the whole tripping people and stomping on them, is when he reaches out and pushes the offensive player ever so slightly.  He will do it several times in one possession, and because it is so light and seemingly harmless, he does not get called for it but it puts the offensive player off balance and should be called every time.  In celebration of his suspension, I leave you with a hilarious video tribute to Bruce Bowen a.k.a. Fugazy #3.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

that vid is hilarious..lollol. bruce bowen really is a dirty player. i cant believe he has never been suspended. that is crazy.

Anonymous said...

I like how Chris Paul was called for the foul on that play too. Tim Donaghy thinks that is wrong.