Bowen

Bowen naysayers always claim he was a "dirty player," "cheap," etc. etc. Insert Bowen into another era--say, the 1980s--and in order to thrive he would've had to have been even dirtier. Of course I'm biased, but another reason Bowen is one of my favorites is because of how the economics of the NBA--which ultimately steer rule changes, enhancing the flow of the game and scoring--have made players like him (and Shane Battier, for another example) scarce.