On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Bruce Bowen signed as a free agent with the team. A native of Merced, California, the contract would be Bowen’s first real shot in the NBA (he had turned a pair of 10-day deals with the Miami Heat into a rest-of-season contract the season before but only played in a single game) after going undrafted out of Cal State Fullerton in the 1993 NBA draft.
After stints overseas and in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA – a predecessor to the G League), Bowen would latch on to the Heat and then Celtics, for whom he would play two seasons.
