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Where does Bruce Bowen rank in All-Time Dirtiest Players?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:22 pm
by kooldude
boobs
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:25 pm
by Teddy KGB
right along with Mahorn and Laimbeer. Bowen would have fit right in with the Bad Boy Pistons. Imagine if Bowen was magically swapped in for Dantley. Detroit's badass line-up would be:
B Laimbeer
R Mahorn
B Bowen
J Dumars
I Thomas
Coincidentally, teams would struggle to break double digits against that team. That is absolutely sick defensively.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:24 pm
by Hard2dhole
ss_maverick While i agree about the bad boy lineup, i can't believe you didn't even mention Malone, Stockton, or Rodman! Whenever we hear dirty players I think we all expect these names to be mentioned.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:28 pm
by mudyez
dumars wasnt a dirty player
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:53 pm
by carrottop12
Malone
Rodman
Bowen
Laimbeer
Those guys are all in the same tier, then the rest.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:30 pm
by aikgtd
Laimbeer
Rodman
Malone
Raja Bell
Charles Oakley
Anthony Mason
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:45 pm
by MT1983
The only reason Bowen is considered "dirty" is because the league today is so soft. 20 years ago, nobody would even be talking about Bowen's supposed "dirty" play.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm
by technologic
MT1983 wrote:The only reason Bowen is considered "dirty" is because the league today is so soft. 20 years ago, nobody would even be talking about Bowen's supposed "dirty" play.
Yeah they would. Bowen would adjust himself to be dirtier. He'd be fly kicking everyone.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:12 pm
by Doe_Doe
I'm a big John Stockton fan and I will put John Stockton on the dirty list.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:18 pm
by BigHands
mudyez wrote:dumars wasnt a dirty player
This is correct.
I am a Celtic fan and if Dumars was dirty I would know....now Bill Laimbeer...he was dirty...smart, but very dirty.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:26 am
by Nebroc
Malone.... He was crazy
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:48 am
by mojomarc
MT1983 wrote:The only reason Bowen is considered "dirty" is because the league today is so soft. 20 years ago, nobody would even be talking about Bowen's supposed "dirty" play.
Indeed. Bowen is a very poor man's dirty player compared to players in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I'd put him far below Laimbeer, Mahorn, Karl Malone, Stockton, Darryl Dawkins, Oakley, etc. Bowen does little cheap things, but how can you compare what he does today to, say, a Laimbeer or Malone, who routinely would elbow opponents in the face and get to the point where either punches were thrown or players had to be separated. Bowen is irritating--nothing more. He's probably not even as dirty as Michael Jordan was.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:28 am
by Nate505
Stockton wasn't that dirty. The guy played in 1,500+ games and I can't think of a single player he ever hurt. You think that you would have hurt someone if you were a dirty player in that many games.
Of coruse, that depends on what one considers dirty. He certainly held on screens and set his elbows out on picks. But he wasn't in the same league as guys like Laimbeer or Malone.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:38 am
by mojomarc
Nate505 wrote:Stockton wasn't that dirty. The guy played in 1,500+ games and I can't think of a single player he ever hurt. You think that you would have hurt someone if you were a dirty player in that many games.
Of coruse, that depends on what one considers dirty. He certainly held on screens and set his elbows out on picks. But he wasn't in the same league as guys like Laimbeer or Malone.
Stockton was probably only slightly dirtier than Bowen. He did most of the same "pesky" things, but he used his elbows far more.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:32 am
by BruceO
Bowen would probably be ranked no.2 in dirties players, but then he'd cheat and become number one
