When Bruce Bowen peers down at USA Basketball from the stands of Carioca Arena 1 in Rio, he’ll do so from a unique vantage point. For a star-filled group like Team USA, playing championship basketball and sacrificing along the way is tantamount. Bowen, who played 14 NBA seasons, most notably with the Spurs, knows a lot about both.
Bowen is dishing his latest assist in Brazil, where he's donating time to the NBA House and its cause of spreading what has already become a global game. In between conversations with Manu Ginobili, Mike Krzyzewski and countless fans, Bowen found time to talk with SI.