Bruce Flowers

Bruce Flowers
Personal information
Born	June 13, 1957 (age 67); Rochester, New York
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Berkley (Berkley, Michigan)
College	Notre Dame (1975–1979)
NBA draft	1979: 2nd round, 26th overall pick
	Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career	1979–1987
Position	Power forward
Number	23
Career history
1979–1982	Gabetti / Squibb Cantù
1982–1983	Cleveland Cavaliers
1984–1986	Virtus Banco di Roma
1986–1987	Filanto Desio
Career highlights and awards
	Euroleague champion (1982); 2× Intercontinental Cup champion (1982, 1985); Korać Cup champion (1986);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Bruce Flowers (born June 13, 1957) is a former American basketball player. At a height of 2.04 m (6 ft 8½ in) tall, he played as a power forward. Flowers is one of the few American players to have won all three of the different major European titles during his playing era, meaning the Euroleague, as well as the now defunct Saporta Cup and Korać Cup competitions.

Professional career

NBA

Flowers was drafted 26th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1979 NBA Draft, but only appeared in one NBA season.^[1]

Europe

Starting his European pro career in Cantù, he helped them win both the Italian League championship and the 1980–81 Saporta Cup. Flowers would add the Euroleague title with Cantù in 1981–82, scoring 21 points in the Euroleague Final against Maccabi, and he later captured the Korać Cup trophy with Virtus Roma in 1985–86.

On February 3, 2008, Flowers was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors list, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the competition.

References

^ [1]. basketball-reference

External links

[1] [1]. basketball-reference

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