When reports started surfacing a week ago that the Clippers were fixing to fire Bruce Bowen after only one season as the game analyst on their Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket telecasts, a confusing array of semaphore red flag signals came with it.
Technically, as pointed out in the initial story by ESPN’s ever-reliable Adrian Wojnarowski, the Clippers were “withholding approval” over a contract extension for Bowen, a former San Antonio Spurs star who had been working on let’s-see-how-this-goes basis.
In vetting whether to bring Bowen back as Ralph Lawler’s broadcast partner, the Clippers were said to not be pleased by his stipulation to miss several games because of family commitments in San Antonio.