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Ryan Bowen

Ryan Bowen
Ryan Bowen 2008.jpg
Bowen in 2008.
Denver Nuggets
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1975-11-20) November 20, 1975 (age 41)
Fort Madison, Iowa
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Fort Madison (Fort Madison, Iowa)
College Iowa (1994–1998)
NBA draft 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 55th overall
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career 1998–2009
Position Power forward
Number 42, 32, 40
Coaching career 2011–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999 Oyak Renault
19992004 Denver Nuggets
20042006 Houston Rockets
2007 Tau Cerámica
2007 Ironi Nahariya
20072009 New Orleans Hornets
2009 Oklahoma City Thunder
As coach:
20112013 Denver Nuggets (assistant)
20132015 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2015–present Denver Nuggets (assistant)
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,319 (2.6 ppg)
Rebounds 1,060 (2.1 rpg)
Assists 250 (0.5 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Ryan Cleo Bowen (born November 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 6'7", 218 lb (99 kg) power forward.

Bowen played college basketball at the University of Iowa, where he finished in the top 10 of career blocks and rebounds, and continues to hold the record in career steals. In his senior year at Iowa, Bowen averaged 14.4 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.

Bowen was a second-round draft pick of the Denver Nuggets in the 1998 NBA Draft, but he played his rookie season at Oyak Renault in the Turkish Basketball League before joining the Nuggets in 1999.

In January 2007, after being released by the Rockets, he was signed by TAU Cerámica to a two-month deal in advance of the Euroleague top 16, in which they had already secured a top seed. The team has the option to extend the contract through the end of the European season. Because of an injury he left Spain and in March 2007, he signed with Ironi Naharia of the Israel Premier League. During his stay with the team, he kept a blog of his experiences in Israel. He was waived in May 2007 by Naharia.

After his stint on Turkey, he signed with the Nuggets in 1999. and played five seasons there before being picked up by the Houston Rockets. After two seasons with Houston, Bowen was released before the 2006–07 NBA season began.

In the 2007 NBA offseason, Bowen signed with the New Orleans Hornets as a free agent.

In the 2009 NBA offseason, Bowen was a non-roster invite with the Oklahoma City Thunder and after training camp was offered a one-year contract. He was waived on November 25, 2009.


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