Bruce Bowen Jr. (b. June 14 1971 in Merced, California) is an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player. The 6'7", . Bowen plays small forward for the San Antonio Spurs. He is an alumnus of Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton and also a former member of the NBA Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers, the CBA Rockford Lightning and the French clubs Le Havre, Evreux and Besançon. Regarded as one of the best defenders in the NBA, Bowen has been elected seven times to the NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams, and was a member of the Spurs teams that won the NBA championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. In private life, he is an ambassador for raising child obesity awareness.
