Manu 6th man of 2nd trimester

[lefty]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-070303-04

[exstatic]

Ben Jordan of the large market Bulls will probably get the nod. Manu is better, but it isn't all about better.

[Kori Ellis]

Hasn't Manu started too many games to get it? What's the rule on that?

[lefty]

Hasn't Manu started too many games to get it? What's the rule on that?

My bad; those are second trimester awards :oops :oops

[Kori Ellis]

My bad; those are second trimester awards :oops :oops

Well I don't know the rule. Maybe he can get it.

[whottt]

Hasn't Manu started too many games to get it? What's the rule on that?


The rule is that you have to come off the bench more games than you start.

Manu has come off the bench in 16 of 52 games(started 36) with 25 more games to play.

He can still win it.

[timvp]

Hasn't Manu started too many games to get it? What's the rule on that?

In the remaining 25 games, Manu would have to come off the bench for 23 of those games to qualify.

[wildbill2u]

Many really isn't a '6th Man". :wakeup

He's a first team player who just gives everyone else a head start so he won't show them up. :elephant

It takes Manu six minutes into the game to find a telephone booth and change into his SuperManu outfit and cape. :ihit

[LilMissSPURfect]

Many really isn't a '6th Man". :wakeup

He's a first team player who just gives everyone else a head start so he won't show them up. :elephant

It takes Manu six minutes into the game to find a telephone booth and change into his SuperManu outfit and cape. :ihit

thats what im talking about! :clap

[Nero]

6th man is the most meaningless award in the game and that's saying a lot. this is so dumb.

[Pugglekicker_21]

On the filp side, it shows that you have good depth behind your starters, and whose to say that 6th man award winners have faded away. Look at Gordon in Chicago, who won it as a rookie, and i think last year mike miller won it, and he's starting now for memphis.

[Borosai]

Is the 6th man in the NBA like the 6th man in a gangbang? When he finally gets his turn, its like fucking that hole that contained the lever that opened the stone doors in The Temple of Doom full of bugs? Because if that's what it's like, then it sucks.

[nkdlunch]

6th man is the most meaningless award in the game and that's saying a lot. this is so dumb.

WTF? what logic did u use to conclude this?

[SequSpur]

Manu is kicking ass, but the Spurs are also more effective when Bowen is sitting down.

[aaronstampler]

Duncan 71% +489 99.3 87.4 +11.9 40 15 72.7
Ginobili 52% +378 101.8 89.2 +12.6 38 11 77.6
Bowen 64% +370 97.3 87.2 +10.1 41 15 73.2
Parker 67% +353 98.6 89.4 +9.2 38 15 71.7

It would seem that both Manu and Bruce are more effective than Tony. As long as he's playing with two bigs behind him, Bruce is a plus for us. In small ball he doesn't work.

[SpursFanFirst]

From that same link...

You don't have to like them as much as Professor Hollinger, but here's a good reason -- on top of their championship know-how -- to presume that the Spurs will be more formidable in the playoffs than they've appeared in the regular season.

For all the concerns about the creaky (and thin) supporting cast around them, none of San Antonio's three stars has taken on a bigger minutes load in response to Dallas' widening division lead.

Reason being: Gregg Popovich won't let them.

Knowing that the Spurs' postseason hopes depend more than ever on his Big Three, Pop stopped worrying about the runaway Mavericks weeks ago and held firm to his plans to keep Tim Duncan under 35 minutes nightly, Tony Parker in the 32-33 minute range and Manu Ginobili below the 30-minute barrier for the fifth successive season.

"I had a conversation with Pop about that," Parker shared recently. "I said, 'Pop, I'm just 24. I can play a lot of minutes. … Play me more minutes, I'm ready.' "

We probably can't print what Parker was told. :lol