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urunobili
03-07-2008, 07:22 AM
i have been thinking about this a lot... i think the 6th man could be sort of disrespectful for him... i think MIP would be more appropriate for the season he is having.... he is averaging career highs on every stat... your take? :hungry:
Texas_Ranger
03-07-2008, 07:27 AM
Beno will ge it.:rollin
Obstructed_View
03-07-2008, 07:55 AM
No.
m33p0
03-07-2008, 07:59 AM
he won't be in the running. only scrub-turned-role player are noticed for this award.
hsxvvd
03-07-2008, 08:13 AM
He's starting quite a few games now too, he's probably out of the 6th man running too.
Obstructed_View
03-07-2008, 08:16 AM
I think you only have to start fewer than half the games you play in to qualify.
MaNuMaNiAc
03-07-2008, 08:21 AM
Anybody else notice that even with as good as Manu has been playing lately, he really doesn't seem to qualify for any existing award? I mean, he ain't really a sixth man, and he won't be considered for most improved... he's not MVP of the league that's for sure and when he could have gotten finals MVP, Duncan deserved it too. Seems like they should come up with a new award for people like Manu...
Obstructed_View
03-07-2008, 08:24 AM
Anybody else notice that even with as good as Manu has been playing lately, he really doesn't seem to qualify for any existing award? I mean, he ain't really a sixth man, and he won't be considered for most improved... he's not MVP of the league that's for sure and when he could have gotten finals MVP, Duncan deserved it too. Seems like they should come up with a new award for people like Manu...
They should also name it after a former NBA commissioner and shape the trophy like a big gold basketball. :tu
MaNuMaNiAc
03-07-2008, 08:27 AM
They should also name it after a former NBA commissioner and shape the trophy like a big gold basketball. :tuI don't know, kind of sounds like that one is already taken...
Obstructed_View
03-07-2008, 08:33 AM
I don't know, kind of sounds like that one is already taken...
And it's made for people like Manu.
MaNuMaNiAc
03-07-2008, 08:37 AM
And it's made for people like Manu.http://www.uncov.com/assets/2007/6/29/fry-see-what-you-did-there-scaled.jpg


I'm not usually this slow :lol
Obstructed_View
03-07-2008, 08:38 AM
http://www.uncov.com/assets/2007/6/29/fry-see-what-you-did-there-scaled.jpg


I'm not usually this slow :lol
:lmao
urunobili
03-07-2008, 08:46 AM
well i think they missed on what he actually deserves to be... an All Star... all coaches that didn't select him will pay for their poor selection come playoff time... and i like him not getting any award but the Larry O'Brien Trophy!
CPspursfan
03-07-2008, 10:06 AM
Manu doesn't want that little trophy
ploto
03-07-2008, 10:24 AM
Hedo or Kaman
CubanMustGo
03-07-2008, 11:01 AM
Sad to say Beno should get some votes:

Udrih:
07/08: 45.8% FGA. 39.7% 3FG, 3.4 RPG, 4.3 APG, 12.7 PPG, 0.20 TcPG**
06/07: 36.9% FGA, 28.7% 3FG, 1.1 RPG, 1.7 APG, 4.7 PPG, 2.85 TcPG**

** - Tacos Per Game
Sec24Row7
03-07-2008, 12:36 PM
Whatever they do,i hope it pisses him off.

I <3 mad Manu.
Brutalis
03-07-2008, 01:10 PM
Nay sir, everybody already knew he was damn good.
hater
03-07-2008, 01:12 PM
he can't even win Flopper of the year this year either
tmtcsc
03-07-2008, 01:44 PM
zero chance. He will get 6th man of the year award because of the all star snub and quickly toss the trophy into the stack of trophies he won as a child. It means nothing to him. All about the Ring.
manubili
03-07-2008, 01:58 PM
Manu couldn't care less about those individual prizes.

Actually he has already stated he preferes to win another gold medal rather than another NBA ring. And it's much more probable to the spurs to win another ring than to Argentina to achieve gold again.
timvp
03-07-2008, 06:04 PM
If the Spurs had relocated to New York or LA prior to the season, Manu would probably be in the running for MVP, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player and maybe even Rookie of the Year because people would be hearing about him during the regular season for the first time. But I guess Manu will just have to settle for championship number four and Spurs championship number five.
ShoogarBear
03-07-2008, 06:05 PM
You forgot Defensive Player of the Year.
Spurminator
03-07-2008, 06:17 PM
If Manu qualifies for 6th Man, he's a lock.

Say what you want about whether he's a true 6th Man, but there are guidelines for a reason and if Manu meets those guidelines, anyone who doesn't vote for him on the grounds that he's "not a true 6th Man" should be stripped of their voting rights and perhaps shot in the knees.
timvp
03-07-2008, 06:24 PM
If Manu qualifies for 6th Man, he's a lock.

Say what you want about whether he's a true 6th Man, but there are guidelines for a reason and if Manu meets those guidelines, anyone who doesn't vote for him on the grounds that he's "not a true 6th Man" should be stripped of their voting rights and perhaps shot in the knees.I agree and that was what I said last season. For some reason the rest of the colonized world was fine with Leandro Barbosa winning the award over Manu.
spurschick
03-07-2008, 06:29 PM
But I guess Manu will just have to settle for championship number four and Spurs championship number five.


:smokin
T Park
03-07-2008, 06:29 PM
anyone who doesn't vote for him on the grounds that he's "not a true 6th Man" should be stripped of their voting rights and perhaps shot in the knees

Get your gun cleaned and on the ready.
m33p0
03-07-2008, 07:42 PM
Get your gun cleaned and on the ready.
i recommend an AK-47 and go Jackie Brown on the whole board.
"AK-47. When you absolutely positively have to kill every mothafucka in the room."
manufor3
03-07-2008, 07:47 PM
no

kaman vs.beno book it!
ShoogarBear
03-07-2008, 11:00 PM
Manu is a lock for Sixth Man. He's getting the pub this year.
LocosPorJuana
03-07-2008, 11:44 PM
Improved player award? what the heck? Manu has been playing at an all star lever for 3 years now. The most improved should go to pepe calderon, considering that he and manu were both snubbed from the all star game.
freemeat
03-07-2008, 11:53 PM
Hedo or Kaman

Like both guys to at least get some votes...but I'm going with Rajon Rondo!!!
urunobili
03-07-2008, 11:54 PM
Improved player award? what the heck? Manu has been playing at an all star lever for 3 years now. The most improved should go to pepe calderon, considering that he and manu were both snubbed from the all star game.
so was turkoglu and he should be a runner up for this award as well
TDMVPDPOY
03-07-2008, 11:56 PM
beno for MIP, that kings team are tryin to win games, while kaman and the clippers continue to slide
WalterBenitez
03-07-2008, 11:57 PM
Nop, thath bald spot will affect that nomination
TMTTRIO
03-08-2008, 01:19 PM
No. Besides Manu only cares about are Championships and Olympic medas :) more than any of those individual awards even though it would be nice to see him get a little bit of recognition. Whatever it is so far this year Manu seems really motivated to win this year.
Bianconera
03-09-2008, 02:53 AM
He's starting quite a few games now too, he's probably out of the 6th man running too.

He just doesn't care those little trophies. He only cares about the ring!!!
That's the most important thing to him. Without those personal titles, he is still Manu Ginobili, one of the best shooting guards in the League. No one can deny this, nor the God.