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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.
I voted Bruce and other Spurs players every day
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.
I always vote for Bruce. I regret not voting more this year though
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.
Bowen is better on offense than Amare Stoudemire is on defense.
Just saying.
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
"[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
fantasy producers of the 1980s. He wasn't winning you any roto les 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?
I've always voted for all Spurs that have been on the ballot.
Guilty as charged.
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 )
all star voting is a joke, I would have loved to have seen bowen get in
I voted every ing day for Bruce,Tim,Tony,and Manu.
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...
I did, like 15 times !
Yep. Multiple times.
Yeah, I voted for him.
I did
yeah I voted for Bruce. So what?
I did.And asked my friends to vote too.
I voted for him ONE MILLION times.
Oh yeah, I did.
I did
yep...
voted for all spurs players but made extra effort to get bruce in every day.
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