Honestly, who here voted for Bruce Bowen for the all-star game?

[Austin_Toros]

Just curious, did anybody that posts here select Bruce Bowen on the all-star ballot and how many times did they vote for him?

He is having his worst seasons in a long time and has never been a dominant offensive player. Although he was invaluable to the spurs' title runs in recent history, I don't see him as one who should play in the all-star game.

All-defensive team/defensive player of the year is another story...

So to the original question, did you vote for him and how many times???

ALL HIS VOTES HAD TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE!


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[Brazil]

I voted for him 10000 times

[HarlemHeat37]

I voted for him on every ballot, and I don't regret it..the all-star game is about entertainment and it's a popularity contest..who would I vote for ahead of Bruce? I hate every non-Duncan forward that would "deserve" it..

[vander]

I voted against him

[exstatic]

You don't read very much here, do you? There was a thread on the day the starters (and final vote #s) were announced. The Spurs had a contest in the local schools. Highest vote count school got a visit from the Coyote. The kids love Bowen, with his HEBuddy fitness campaign. The fact that the kids were filling out paper ballots, and they were all collected at the end accounts for the sudden Spur vote count jumps at the end.

[urunobili]

I voted him 4, 5 times... the rest of the time.... Scola... :depressed

[timtonymanu]

i voted for him a few times when i saw how high he was. then i saw artest rising and i switched to melo so artest wouldnt make it. boy did i make a mistake.

[cnyc3]

i voted once... then the rest of the time i voted for cp3 so he can overtake tmac

[Hemotivo]

me

[shelshor]

yo

[rasho8]

I did.

[G-Nob]

I voted for him for all the times he got screwed out of defensive player of the year.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I have voted for Bruce Bowen since I was in high school.

[Ditty]

bruce deserved the start he was +10 tonite comapre to stoudemire -9

[Kori Ellis]

milkyway21 mentioned the other day that in the Philippines (which has a large contingent of Spurs fans), they were voting for Bowen thousands of times. :lol

[Thompson]

I did (on days I remembered to vote, around 7 or 8 in total), and I agree, it's a travesty that Bowen never won Defensive Player of the Year.

[sammy]

I voted for him everyday! BRRRUUUUCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE!

[dav4463]

I voted for him. He deserves it because he never got enough respect all the previous years.

[timvp]

He is having his worst seasons in a long timePer minute, I haven't seen much drop off. Especially recently.

But yeah, we never have to worry about a Spurs player getting overrated these days because Spurs fans are always first in line to take a hatchet to their own players.

[HarlemHeat37]

+1 on timvp's post..it's only one of his "worst seasons" because he isn't playing..I actually think he might be better than he was the last 2 years, since he's added a little more offense this year..he has a runner that he's added(especially with the left hand), he makes 3s at the same rate, and hopefully his FT shooting has improved..

[Yorae]

I abstain.

[Rogue]

i voted for him a few times when i saw how high he was. then i saw artest rising and i switched to melo so artest wouldnt make it. boy did i make a mistake.
you should have directly switched to dirk the moment you noticed the sign that artest might make it.

You rejected a devil at the expense of acquiring a bigger devil to the all-star line-ups.

I voted for Dirk and Josh Howard on the forward ballot. :lol

[Duncanoypi]

milkyway21 mentioned the other day that in the Philippines (which has a large contingent of Spurs fans), they were voting for Bowen thousands of times. :lol

We love Bowen! We love Bowen!

Bowen vs. d Pacman! :lol

:flag: from the Philippines

[BruceBowenFan]

Im not gonna lie i voted for him

[timtonymanu]

you should have directly switched to dirk the moment you noticed the sign that artest might make it.

You rejected a devil at the expense of acquiring a bigger devil to the all-star line-ups.

I voted for Dirk and Josh Howard on the forward ballot. :lol

i wanted to but melo was 3rd in voting and i didnt think Dirk would make a tremendous increase in votes.

[Spurs Brazil]

I voted Bruce and other Spurs players every day

[EricB]

I've voted for Bruce Bowen every year he's been eligable and with the spurs.

I'm pissed I didn't spend hours online voting for him clearing cookies and doing it again.

[sonic21]

i voted once... then the rest of the time i voted for cp3 so he can overtake tmac

???

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I always vote for Bruce. I regret not voting more this year though :depressed

[rascal]

Come on now. Bowen should be no where near an all star game.

You need to be able to play offense to make the all star team.

[timvp]

Come on now. Bowen should be no where near an all star game.

You need to be able to play offense to make the all star team.

Ben Wallace thanks you for the compliment.

[Spurminator]

Bowen is better on offense than Amare Stoudemire is on defense.

Just saying.

[bishopospurs]

I wasn't a member then, but I found this article and figured it fit in this thread. This site is hilarious, I really love this thread and I am all for playing the popularity game.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=11322

Fantasy: Bowen Nearly the Worst All-Star Ever


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"[Amare] Stoudemire's spot turned out to be the most vulnerable; he nipped San Antonio's Bruce Bowen – who isn't even starting for the now – in the starters' balloting by 68,031 votes."
- Tim Reynolds, Associated Press, 1/22/09

Everyone read it, many questioned it, but few contemplated the big-picture ramifications. By almost compiling enough fan votes to start in the 2009 All-Star Game, Bruce Bowen nearly became the worst fantasy player to play in the modern version of the midseason classic.

Bowen isn't starting for San Antonio with good reason: at 37, he's putting up 2.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, making no discernible statistical impact on the game. It's hard to conceive of how he nearly swayed the fans into sending him out there alongside Kobe, CP3, Yao, and Duncan. Here's a list of some of the other legends he could've joined in the pantheon of Worst Fantasy Players to Play in an All-Star Game.

Lonnie Shelton, Seattle, 1981-82: 14.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.3 spg, 48.6% FG, 78.3% FT
Lonnie was a rugged intimidator who once beat up a would-be mugger in downtown Cleveland. He was no threat to put up nightly double-doubles, though.

James Donaldson, Dallas, 1987-88: 7.0 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 0.8 apg, 1.3 bpg, 55.8% FG, 77.8% FT
James had some nice fantasy seasons, but this year he was a clear beneficiary of the "two centers per conference" rule.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers, 1988-89: 10.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.0 apg, 0.5 spg, 1.1 bpg, 47.5% FG, 73.9% FT
It's a little unfair to harp on a legend in the final year of his career, but look at those numbers again. At least when Yao Ming gets millions of fan votes, his stats do some of the talking for him.

Mark Eaton, Utah, 1988-89: 6.0 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.0 apg, 4.0 bpg, 46.2% FG, 66.0% FT
Actually, this season wasn't that bad, but Eaton was one of the more
(http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=11322#) fantasy producers of the 1980s. He wasn't winning you any roto titles as your starting center this season.

Dennis Rodman, Detroit, 1989-90: 8.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.8 bpg, 58.1% FG, 65.4% FT
The Worm's best fantasy seasons were ahead of him, though he was already earning a reputation as an all-world defender. This is the closest comparison to what almost happened with Bowen this year – and Rodman quadrupled Bowen's 2008-09 numbers.

A.C. Green, LA Lakers, 1989-90: 12.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.1 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.6 bpg, 47.8% FG, 75.1% FT
Before he became known as the real-life version of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," not to mention losing two teeth to J.R. Reid's elbow, A.C. had major pull with the legions of fans. He would have gone down as the least justified starter in All-Star Game history, if not for . . .

B.J. Armstrong, Chicago, 1993-94: 14.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 3.9 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.75 3PM/g, 47.6% FG, 85.5% FT
If the league was ever going to take some of the voting power away from the fans, it should have happened here. Armstrong wasn't even one of the Association's top five point guards this season, and his selection inspired Phil Jackson's famous comment about seeing All-Star ballots in teen magazines.

The amazing part? None of these players was a worse fantasy contributor than Bruce Bowen. They all would have gone no later than the 10th round of any reasonable roto draft. Bowen, meanwhile, is owned in exactly 2.0% of ESPN.com.

Unfortunately, Amare Stoudemire's fans denied Bowen his shot at a dubious form of immortality. The Spurs cult will have to just try again next season. They could even kick things into a higher gear. Matt Bonner, anyone?

[bigdog]

I've always voted for all Spurs that have been on the ballot.

[GooberNuts]

Guilty as charged.

[spursfan1000]

I voted for him like 5 times, I knew he wouldent win so why not show some love to him for all the thing he did for the Spurs over the years (NO HOMO)

[bishopospurs]

all star voting is a joke, I would have loved to have seen bowen get in

[TIMMYD!]

I voted every fucking day for Bruce,Tim,Tony,and Manu.

[pad300]

Come on now. Bowen should be no where near an all star game.

You need to be able to play offense to make the all star team.


Can you seriously think of anything that could possibly be more awesome than Bruce Bowen vs. Wince Carter or Gay Allen at the allstar game. It would be the best all-star matchup since the ABA days...

[Macca76]

I did, like 15 times !

[ohmwrecker]

Yep. Multiple times.

[Spurs_9_20_21]

Yeah, I voted for him.

[mathbzh]

I did

[cornbread]

Hell yeah I voted for Bruce. So what?

[Riverwalkman]

I did.And asked my friends to vote too.

[DMX7]

I voted for him 10000 times

I voted for him ONE MILLION times.

[silverblackfan]

Oh yeah, I did.

[urunobili]

I did

[easy7]

yep...

[WildcardManu]

voted for all spurs players but made extra effort to get bruce in every day.

[bus driver]

i vote for all spurs on the ballot

[jag]

To pass some time at work...i think i voted for him at least 5 times.

I'll probably vote for him again...regardless of what team he's on.

[jay014]

I didn't. Voted for the rest of the Spurs once.