Nightcrawler
Well-Known Member
Spurs condoned it with Bruce Bowen for years so....
I don't like the Bruce Bowen argument. Was Bowen a dirty player? Yes..... but the NBA was also a much different league in his heyday. The game was much more physical. Teams tried to when games with toughness. Being a gritty and annoying player was applauded. The NBA is a finesse league now. People want to see 3's, they want to see guys blazing a trail up and down the court, fans no longer pay their money to see things like defense and rebounding.
I still think that Warriors fans can't diss us about Bowen tho, because at least Bowen was a classy guy who knew how to behave on the court. He didn't yell at the officials 50 times a game at the top of his lungs, he didn't get a ton of technicals, and he didn't call other teams / players out. Draymond Green is much more obnoxious and easier to hate than Bruce Bowen ever was.