Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 9:00 am  |  75 responses

Brent Barry on Bruce Bowen: ‘He’s a Very Dirty Player’


by Marcel Mutoni

Now that he’s no longer a part of the San Antonio Spurs organization, Brent Barry can afford to be a little bit more honest about his former teammates. And if you are to believe the folks who broadcast Houston Rockets games, “Bones” thinks Bruce Bowen is a godless, soul-sucking vampire.

OK, so maybe he didn’t go that far, but he reportedly doesn’t think too highly of Mr. Bowen’s defensive tactics. From SpursReport (via, BallHype):

“That’s probably the least that he (Bowen) has hacked McGrady since they’ve been in there,” commented Worrell.

“Bowen’s a little befuddled by the call,” followed Bullard. “But we’ve talked to Brent Barry, who played here in San Antonio for four years about Bruce Bowen, and he says ‘You know what? Bruce is a very dirty player.”

Of course, the fact that even the people who played with Bowen think he’s dirty isn’t a big surprise; hell, if you fed his current teammates enough drinks they’d probably admit it, too.

And while this made for great TV, Brent Barry might not be so appreciative of the broadcasters revealing his true feelings next time the Spurs and Rockets face off.

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  • http://AllAbout-Penis-Enlargement.com Jukai

    Mutoni, I’ve had enough of your haterade!!! Take that stuff to DIME!!!!!!!

  • Steve

    Oh flopping, like how everyone says Manu is a flopper (even though he is really only 32nd and behind Nash, Bell, etc.), but it was Barry’s fault that the Lakers foul on his 3 point shot in the playoffs was not called because he didn’t “sell it”. Of course the NBA did eventually say it WAS a foul after it was too late to fix. The same way they eventually got around to proving it was physically impossible for Fisher to make that shot in .04 seconds. Gotta love the Spurs hate!

  • Steve

    Thanks, but you might want to change your name, Marcel.

  • Tommy Patron

    Matt Bullard comes across as having being extremely pleased with himself at all times.

  • arodz

    From Bruce to all the Crockets fans, allow me to extend the middle finger to you. ALL of those Bowen haters would LOVE to have him on your team. BTW: Bullard reported this as 2nd hand information. How do we know he didn’t make it up? Oh yeah, Scoreboard!!!! Go Spurs Go.

  • http://slamonline.com RV

    what happened to the video? Looks like its been changed, now bowen is a “great defender”.

  • http://slamonline.com RV

    ah nevermind, i guess that’s the next vid, but did the heading change? No mention of Brnet barry now.

  • Steve

    Haha. The video has 2179 views and ZERO people agree enough to say they like it.

  • http://AllAbout-Penis-Enlargement.com Jukai

    Sorry, I really WOULDN’T want Bruce Bowen on my team. The Suns have turned whiny and floppy enough as it is, if Bowen was there, it’d be Spurs 2.0

  • Steve

    I agree we wouldn’t want the Suns to win a Championship.

  • http://slamonline.com RV

    zero people liked ALL of the videos on that site combined. It doesn’t mean anything.

  • Steve

    It means nobody liked it. Maybe they didn’t like the other ones either, but they damn sure didn’t like this one!(it’s set theory).

  • Luke

    You’d think that professional athletes would be able to stop whining at some point and man up against Bowen. So what if he hacks? Grow one and play that tough back.

  • Albert

    I find it funny as hell that the Rockets TV crew say that it’s common knowledge around the league that Bruce is the dirtiest player in the game. REALLY?? Maybe those idiots should look on their own team for the guy wearing #93.

  • Mark Z

    Brent, Ask anyone Artest has guarded if they think he’s a dirty player. Guess what the reply will be?

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    jaywhy says:
    in other news, Magic Johnson has announced he has HIV… it’s a sad day in the world of basketball… wols
    _______________________________________________
    Someones always gotta bring THAT up….

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    Luke says:
    You’d think that professional athletes would be able to stop whining at some point and man up against Bowen. So what if he hacks? Grow one and play that tough back.
    ______________________________________________
    Hey Luke….he doesn’t get the ball on offense, just stand on the wing waiting for an open trey….he’s not too flash at the free throw line apparently…maybe a little “hack a bowen”??

  • Mo

    ciolkstar, Chris Paul only has one nut punching incident. In college. It’s sad that you seem to always look for more. He definitely doesn’t set out to purposely hurt guys the way Bowen does. Paul had that one college incident but if people listened to you they’d think Paul punches nuts every game. A**clown.

  • Mo

    Bowen has had just too many “incidents”.

  • Tim

    hey, losers, we have 4 championships in 10 yrs. Go suck it, queers

  • youngmuggsy

    Kobe’s the dirtiest player in the league, but I guess when you score 81 points people tend to overlook things like that.

  • Bran

    “I concur”, commented Wally Sczerbiak’s face.

  • Frank

    Don’t all of you wish he was on your team? I will tell you who is dirty–Bullard–one of the worst announcers in the business.

  • Star

    Oh Please!!! Dirty is more appropriate with names like Garnett,Shaq Daddy, Kobe….These guys set out to hurt other players. Just a few of the most dirtiest players in the NBA

  • tbnl

    Kobe Bryant said it best: “I don’t think he’s a dirty player at all, he’s gotten a reputation that’s not merited”

    Okay, on one hand we have a future hall of famer in Kobe, one of the all-time best…………on the other hand we have a nobody like Matt Bullard and a coat-tail rider in Brent Barry.

    Who ‘ya gonna believe?

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