Comments on: On Bruce Bowen and Retired Numbers

By: All thing All » Blog Archive » A Stat for Bruce Bowen

All thing All » Blog Archive » A Stat for Bruce Bowen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:42:38 +0000

[...] the obituaries written for the career of Bruce Bowen, you were likely to find something along these lines: Judging by his statistics, Bruce Bowen is not good at anything. And yet, he managed to remain a [...]

By: Who’s Our Bowen? » Boston Celtics Basketball – Celtics news, rumors and analysis – CelticsHub.com

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:45:42 +0000

[...] 30 teams to see if there is any precedent for granting the honor to a limited player like Bowen. Turns out there is—provided that player brought something special to the team, won a title or two or contributed [...]

By: NetsAreScorching - NJ Nets Blog - Nets News, Rumors, Analysis, Podcasts, Salaries, & Statistics » Blog Archive » On Retired Numbers and Kerry Kittles

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:03:54 +0000

[...] recent post by CelticHub’s Zach Lowe about the merits of the Spurs possibly retiring Bruce Bowen’s number, has sparked some discussion [...]

By: Bucksketball.com - ESPN TrueHoop Network Milwaukee Affiliate

Bucksketball.com - ESPN TrueHoop Network Milwaukee Affiliate — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:10:08 +0000

[...] A piece about former Buck Bruce Bowen and retiring numbers. I kid about the former Buck thing, but I’d like you to read this and keep it in mind for a week or so. I guarantee there is a reason behind my madness. This entry was written by Jeremy, posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:09 am, filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback. « previous post [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:16 +0000

No edit button I could find…

I realize I excluded one or two people when compiling my personal list, so don’t knock me for omitting Bill Sharman for example, but my general point still stands.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:56:06 +0000

I guess it depends on the criteria you use to determine what should lead a player to have his number retired. I personally think that a number of the Celtics listed above have ridden the exploits of the championship teams from the 60s and had their contributions kicked up a notch because of that. With exceptions for situations like Reggie Lewis, (because of his death not his playing career), and Heinson (broadcasting in addition to a good player) I’d say the following player’s acomplishments stack up with those of the players who had their numbers retired by the Lakers.

Russell, Cousey, Havlicek, Bird, Parish, Mchale, Sam Jones, Cowens.

I just don’t think that being a piece of a championship team is enough to have a jersey in the rafters. Or being elected to the HOF (repeat 60s title point) or a x-time All-Star when there were 12 teams in the league.

Of the current Celtic team only Pierce has the chance to have his number retired. I don’t think he should looking at the facts, but I’m sure he will as popular support will elevate him beyond the very good, but not great player he was/is. Take away the championship from a few years ago (in which he wasn’t the best player and only slightly better than a number 3) and he has the same career as Vince Carter.

By: Zach Lowe

Zach Lowe — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:10:46 +0000

I was going to do a post on this topic, but it appears Jonathan has done that for me. Good work.