bruce bowen...all-star?

by sleep research facility on Jan 22, 2009 8:12 PM CST

has anyone seen the all-star voting returns? how on earth did bruce bowen finish third in western forward voting? beating melo and dirk? something is rotten in the state of denmark...though it would have been hilarious if he had beaten out a'm'a'r'e'.

Player	Votes
Tim Duncan (SA)	2,578,168
Amare Stoudemire (Pho)	1,460,429
Bruce Bowen (SA)	1,392,398
Ron Artest (Hou)	1,362,565
Carmelo Anthony (Den)	1,337,519
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal)	1,107,926

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If he had made it, you know for damn sure there would have been changes.

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 22, 2009 8:41 PM CST reply actions

Atta boy Bruce!!!

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by Linix129 on Jan 22, 2009 8:44 PM CST reply actions

If Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson can START for each conference, I think it’s ok that Bruce finishes third. It is kinda funny, though. :)

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by Ed (dfjmed) on Jan 22, 2009 8:51 PM CST reply actions

I guess that the Spurs are the most popular team outside of USA. Seriously bowen? I mean….. WTF. Maybe in china they like old people

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by Chilai on Jan 22, 2009 11:33 PM CST reply actions

And the funny part is he doesn’t even start for the Spurs anymore. In fact when he did start for six straight years I don’t think he even finished top 5 in All-Star voting.

by r21x on Jan 23, 2009 1:53 AM CST reply actions

Haha yeah, Bowen starting might’ve finally messed up Amare for good. I think American Idol’s enemy, votefortheworst.com has branched out into basketball and they’ve been voting religiously for totally awesome players like bruce and yi jianlian

by silverandblack_davis on Jan 23, 2009 2:31 AM CST reply actions

what’s funny is that amare only beat out bruce by less than 70,000.

by znimrod on Jan 23, 2009 4:05 PM CST reply actions

We need a recount...

by LasEspuelas on Jan 24, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions

I still dont get it. Argentinians and french are not like the chinese. We are only like 100 million combined, and I dont sense that a lot of people here vote for the all star. This Bruce Bowen thing is a big enigma, and after searching the web for answers it seems no one has a clue what happened. Does Bruce Bowen mean something we dont know in chinese?

"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what."

by Chilai on Jan 23, 2009 4:30 PM CST reply actions

This will be ten times funnier when Bruce is called to defend Artest and Ro punches him right in the kisser!

by LatinD on Jan 23, 2009 6:49 PM CST reply actions

Disclaimer: I like Bruce.

by LatinD on Jan 23, 2009 6:50 PM CST up reply actions

THis article should clear things up

I can’t believe this isn’t getting more talk on a Spurs forum. Apparently, Bowen helped his PR with appears with Obama and several goodwill tours to China.

As a lifetime achievement sort of thing, he does deserve it. He’s been the premier perimeter defender in the 2000’s…..with QRoss coming in a close second. Yet he’s never been a defensive player of the year. Its good to see the Spurs getting some recognition.

I love LAC.

by oasisman on Jan 24, 2009 3:37 PM CST reply actions