<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Bruce Bowen isn't merely in Ray Allen's head. Bowen has checked into a non-smoking king there, with breakfast included. Bowen has become such a frequent guest ? the front desk knows him ? that Allen's head is filled to capacity. Allen, for example, imagines something now he admits he never saw. The Spurs don't mind. They witnessed firsthand earlier this season what happened when Bowen got in Vince Carter's head. Carter lost his. But not everyone has reacted this way to Bowen, and this player isn't a role model to anyone else today. Kobe Bryant. Even before Bryant started his commute to Eagle County, Colo., he was never as engaging as Allen. Allen has starred with Denzel Washington in a movie, and in real life Allen acts even better. He's smart, funny, opinionated, polite and available. That's the reason he got more votes than anyone last season for the NBA's all-interview team. But it's also clear he hung around with George Karl too much in Milwaukee. Just as Karl couldn't stop talking about the officiating in the previous series, Allen can't in this one. Allen started before the series did, which might be a playoff record. And Sunday night Allen went further. After he suffered a sprained ankle, Allen told a Seattle newspaper: "Same old Bruce. I got caught on his foot and it just turned. He's good for that. He's done that before." Bowen has quick feet, all right, and he's been known to put them in the way of other feet. But while chasing someone on a drive to the basket? Where contact is always waiting anyway? This is possible only in Allen's head. Allen believed in the worst on Monday. He said this kind of injury has happened before with Bowen around. And when asked if Bowen helped cause this one, Allen nodded. "Yeah, because that was the second time I went to the hole, and he was grabbing and holding on to me. And he flops out of bounds like I pushed him into the backstop." </div> Source
Funny to see anyone writing positive press on Kobe, but good to see. Like i always said, bowen is like a nat in your face all night...and if your not carefull...he will hurt ya and keep you frustraited. Kobes played under way tougher circumstances then having bowen try and get in his head, as you can tell by the game kobe had against the spurs in the playoffs.
I think Kobe and Bowen get the best of each other. I see great matches between them. Bown usually holds Kobe down to a lower field goal percentage but Kobe gets alot of free throws against him.
