Bruce Bowen

Retired • Retired after 2009 season • SF • 13 years of NBA experience

Height6'7

Born14th June 1971 (age 55)

Weight200 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA DraftUndrafted, 1993

Pre-draft teamCal State Fullerton

HandRight

Agentn/a

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Stats

15 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1996-97	NBA	Miami Heat	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997-98	NBA	Boston Celtics	61	9	21.4	2.0	4.9	40.9%	0.3	1.0	33.9%	1.7	3.9	42.7%	.443	1.2	2.0	62.3%	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.9	2.9	5.6
1998-99	NBA	Boston Celtics	30	1	16.5	0.9	3.1	28.0%	0.2	0.9	26.9%	0.6	2.2	28.4%	.317	0.4	0.8	45.8%	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.3
1999-00	NBA	Miami Heat	27	2	21.0	1.7	4.5	38.0%	1.0	2.1	46.4%	0.7	2.4	30.8%	.488	0.7	1.1	61.3%	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.5	3.0	5.1
1999-00	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	42	0	7.4	0.6	1.7	35.6%	0.0	0.0	50.0%	0.6	1.7	35.2%	.363	0.1	0.3	50.0%	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.4
1999-00	NBA	Total (NBA)	69	2	12.7	1.0	2.8	37.1%	0.4	0.8	46.6%	0.7	2.0	33.1%	.441	0.4	0.6	58.1%	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.7	2.8
2000-01	NBA	Miami Heat	82	72	32.7	2.6	7.1	36.3%	1.3	3.7	33.6%	1.3	3.3	39.4%	.452	1.2	2.0	60.9%	0.5	2.4	3.0	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.9	3.3	7.6
2001-02	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	59	59	28.8	2.6	6.7	38.9%	0.9	2.5	37.8%	1.7	4.2	39.6%	.460	0.8	1.6	47.9%	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	7.0
2002-03	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	82	82	31.3	2.7	5.8	46.6%	1.2	2.8	44.1%	1.5	3.0	48.8%	.571	0.4	1.1	40.4%	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.4	7.1
2003-04	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	82	82	32.0	2.6	6.1	42.0%	0.9	2.6	36.3%	1.6	3.5	46.2%	.497	0.8	1.4	57.9%	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	6.9
2004-05	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	82	82	32.0	3.1	7.3	42.0%	1.2	3.1	40.3%	1.8	4.2	43.2%	.505	0.9	1.4	63.4%	0.6	2.9	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	8.2
2005-06	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	82	82	33.6	2.8	6.5	43.3%	1.3	3.0	42.4%	1.6	3.5	44.0%	.530	0.6	1.0	60.7%	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.3	7.5
2006-07	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	82	82	30.0	2.3	5.7	40.5%	1.1	2.8	38.4%	1.2	2.9	42.6%	.500	0.5	0.9	58.9%	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.1	6.2
2007-08	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	81	81	30.2	2.1	5.3	40.7%	1.1	2.7	41.9%	1.0	2.6	39.4%	.512	0.6	0.9	65.2%	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.2	6.0
2008-09	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	80	10	18.8	1.0	2.3	42.2%	0.5	1.2	42.9%	0.5	1.1	41.6%	.535	0.2	0.3	53.8%	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5	2.7

NBA Salary

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Contract seasons currently held for Bruce Bowen. The panel is omitted entirely when a player has no applicable salary rows.

Listed total $19,650,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$3,975,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$4,600,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$5,225,000 Retired $2,612,500 guaranteed Team option	$5,850,000 Retired $2,925,000 guaranteed Player option

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Bookkeeping The Retired Guys, 2013 Edition

19th March 2013

Bruce Bowen - As was the case at the last checkup, Bowen is an analyst for ESPN. He recently became one of the worst players in history to have his NBA jersey number retired, which admittedly is a backhanded compliment, but a compliment nonetheless.

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Where Are They Now, 2011: Bookkeeping The Retired Guys

19th April 2011

Bruce Bowen - Bruce Bowen works as an analyst for ESPN, a role he performs in a series of bowties. Here is one such bowtie.

There are many, many, many, many more where that came from.

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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 8

8th January 2010

- Bruce Bowen

As you probably already know. Bowen was traded from the Spurs to the Bucks, then waived, and retired this summer. He now works for ESPN as an analyst.

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