Anthony Bowie
Born: November 9, 1963
Position: Shooting Guard
Height: 6-6 (1.98 m)
In the NBA:
His Game:
Anthony Bowie has played 8 years in the NBA. During the biggest part of his career he was a bench player who provided help at the shooting guard or small forward position to his teams with his versatile game and his scoring ability.
His Career:
Bowie was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 66th place of the 1986 draft. He spent two years in the CBA. In 1988-'89 he was the league's MVP and he also played 18 games in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, scoring 8.6 points in 24.3 minutes per game. The next season he was traded to the Houston Rockets and averaged 4.3 points and 14 minutes in 66 games.
1991-'92 was Bowie's best year in the NBA. He played 52 games for the Orlando Magic (half of them as a starter) averaging 14.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists, all career-highs. He stayed in Orlando the next 4 years providing the team with energy and scoring off the bench (8 ppg in 1992-'93 and then 4.6, 5.5 and 4.2). In 1994-'95 the team made it to the NBA finals where they were "swept" by the Houston Rockets. In 1997-'98 Bowie made a short come-back in the NBA, scoring 2.8 ppg for the New York Knicks in 27 games.
Highlights:
He posted his first -and only- career "triple double" (20 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) on 19/3/96, in a 113-91 win against the Detroit Pistons. That game gained great attention because Bowie called a time-out in the final 3 seconds, in order to have a better chance to give his 10th assist. The Pistons reacted by refusing to play defense (coach Doug Collins called them off the court) as Bowie passed to a teammate for an uncontested basket.
Statistics:
| YEAR |
Team |
Games |
Pts |
FT % |
FG % |
3PM |
3-pt % |
Reb |
Trn |
Ast |
St |
Blk |
Min |
Star? |
| 1989 |
San Antonio |
18 |
8.6 |
.667 |
.500 |
1 |
.200 |
3.1 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
24.3 |
No |
| 1990 |
Houston |
66 |
4.3 |
.741 |
.406 |
6 |
.286 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
13.9 |
No |
| 1992 |
Orlando |
52 |
14.6 |
.860 |
.493 |
17 |
.386 |
4.7 |
2.1 |
3.1 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
33.1 |
YES |
| 1993 |
Orlando |
77 |
8.0 |
.798 |
.471 |
15 |
.313 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
22.9 |
No |
| 1994 |
Orlando |
70 |
4.6 |
.837 |
.481 |
1 |
.056 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
13.5 |
No |
| 1995 |
Orlando |
77 |
5.5 |
.824 |
.480 |
12 |
.300 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
16.4 |
No |
| 1996 |
Orlando |
74 |
4.2 |
.870 |
.471 |
12 |
.387 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
14.6 |
No |
| 1998 |
New York |
27 |
2.8 |
.889 |
.533 |
3 |
.600 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
8.3 |
No |
| Career |
Career |
461 |
6.4 |
.822 |
.474 |
67 |
.316 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
18.1 |
No |
In Europe:
Italy:
Bowie's first season in Europe was 1990-'91 when he played for Ranger Varese in Italy. The team fell into the second division but he had a great year averaging 21.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists. In 1996-'97 he had another good season with Stefanel Milano.
Lithuania:
In 1998-'99 he played for Lithuanian team Zalgiris Kaunas. He proved his leadership skills by leading the team into winning the 1999 European Championship. Zalgiris also won the Lithuanian Championship that year.
Greece:
The next season he played in Greece for AEK. His scoring numbers were low but his role was different now: he was a part of a well balanced offense and helped the team win many of games with his experience and key baskets. He was the lead scorer averaging 11.2 points in all 26 regular season games. He also had 3.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and he was shooting 43% behind the 3-point line. AEK won the Greek Cup and the European Saporta Cup 2000 and finished 4th in the Greek Championship. He also participated in the Greek All-Star Game.
Bowie started the 2000-'01 season with Aris from Thessaloniki but left the team (like most of its foreign players) because he wasn't paid. He played only 7 games in the Greek Championship averaging 15 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.4 steals while shooting 73% in free throws, 38% in field goals and 35% in 3-pointers.
Back to Italy:
In December 2000, Bowie signed with Paf (Fortitudo) Bologna. The team finished 3rd in the regular season and advanced to the Finals by sweeping Siena and Scavolini, then lost 3-0 to Kinder Bologna.
Back to Greece:
Bowie started the 2001-'02 season with Near East from Athens. After a 105-54 loss to Olympiakos, Bowie left the team. In 2 games he had 10.5 ppg and 5.5 TOs/G.
Russia:
After leaving Greece, Bowie found a job in Ural Great Perm for the remaining of the 2001-'02 season. The team had a spectacular regular season in its first ever participation in the Euroleague. Despite its deep and quality roster though, it failed to advance to the European Final Four.