How did Bruce Bowen get so many votes?

[Manufan909]

Bowen was voted in front of everyone in the first half of your sentence barring Stoudemore, as well as the others. That's what so crazy.

Bowen also beat Tony Parker, Steve Nash, Brandon Roy, and Andrew Bynum in total votes to name a few in the West. Just for fun, out East he also beat Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Vince Carter, and Devin Harris, along with every center but Dwight Howard by miles.

How the does Bowen get more votes than these stars??? The straight ticket must be the explanation, or maybe the public likes dirty players now more than they used to.

[ohmwrecker]

Bowen was voted in front of everyone in the first half of your sentence barring Stoudemore, as well as the others. That's what so crazy.

Bowen also beat Tony Parker, Steve Nash, Brandon Roy, and Andrew Bynum in total votes to name a few in the West. Just for fun, out East he also beat Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Vince Carter, and Devin Harris, along with every center but Dwight Howard by miles.

Your information is wrong. Bowen received 509,593 votes. Ginobili (669,837) and Parker (614,939) both have more.

Here are 2 different sources:
http://www.insidehoops.com/all-star-...-results.shtml
http://www.lebasketbawl.com/2009-nba...-fourth-round/

Where are you guys finding info that says Bowen finished 3rd amongst west forwards?

[DMX7]

Where are you guys finding info that says Bowen finished 3rd amongst west forwards?

http://www.nba.com/2009/allstar2009/...122/index.html

Ok what's really crazy is if Spurs fans didn't vote for him.... then who the did? I guess it has to be an error.

[TDMVPDPOY]

http://www.nba.com/2009/allstar2009/...122/index.html

Ok what's really crazy is if Spurs fans didn't vote for him.... then who the did? I guess it has to be an error.

simple with millions of chinese fans either voting for him, or

someone at home loading stacks of bots and voting bowen in....

so simple

[DMX7]

simple with millions of chinese fans either voting for him, or

someone at home loading stacks of bots and voting bowen in....

so simple

they have measures to prevent that.

[ohmwrecker]

There is something funky going on. Why would the Chinese vote for Bowen? I don't get that part of the conspiracy.

[senorglory]

Just goes to prove my old theory: Germans Love David Hasselhoff... and bruce bowen..

[z0sa]

There is something funky going on. Why would the Chinese vote for Bowen? I don't get that part of the conspiracy.

maybe Bonzi Wells averaging 40/9/5 a game all over China's CBA has them valuing perimeter defenders.

[Manudona]

Darn! I wanted to vote Oberto in for the slam dunk contest, but didn't for I thought it would have been a lost cause, but now that I see this... We should do it for next year!

[Behrooz24]

There are a lot of weird things about the ballot results. The amount of votes Bowen received is not that strange by comparison. Bowen was voted behind Duncan, Anthony, Stoudemire, Artest, Nowitzki & Gasol, but in front of Battier, Scola, Howard & Aldridge. Maybe a little strange, but not that far fetched.
Dwight Howard got more vote than Kobe or LeBron, which is infinitely more interesting.
Of course, Howard didn't have much compe ion at his position in the east.
I think that a huge swing in international voting would account for the amount of votes that Ginobili & Parker received, but they are actually better than everyone they were voted ahead of.
There are a lot of people in China and Yao is probably the best center in the west, but
Jianlian should not have even been on the ballot. Third best forward in the east? That is ridiculous. C'mon China! Jianlian is beter than Pierce? Bosh? Anybody else on the ballot? I don't think so.
Allen Iverson is great, but he doesn't deserve to start. Not this year. Devin Harris got robbed. Joe Johnson & Jameer Nelson were last? Criminal.
Samuel Dalembert only beat Rasheed Wallace by less than 2k votes, but seriously, how does that happen?
And how did Greg Oden get more votes than Chandler, Jefferson & Camby. Is anyone paying attention?

He's Chinese, I'm Chinese, I'm gonna vote for him!! Sound familiar?



*cough* 50% of Obama supporters

[ohmwrecker]

I don't vote for white dudes because I'm a white dude.

[milkyway21]

I used to vote for who I think deserve to get invites in the ASG

I'm kind of tired seeing Phoenix having 3 players each yr.

This yr I voted only for the Spurs. 35x incl Bowen. different line each time

[crc21209]

I voted a San Antonio straight ticket everyone else! haha It wouldve been hilarious if he wouldve started!

[Showtime24 LAKERS]

bruce bowen got more votes than carmelo, dirk and Pau?! shows what a joke the vote has become!!

[024]

i voted for bowen a few times. i sometimes did a straight spurs ticket with parker, ginobili, bowen, duncan + yao. the rest of the time i voted for dirk. i stopped voting for ginobili when tmac was about to win and switched to paul.

[Slydragon]

Bowen paid me to vote for him daily, I would wake up and hit up the libraries.

[DAF86]

Just noticed Manu got more votes than Amare...

A Paul, Kobe, Manu, Tim, Yao line-up makes a lot more sense as a basketball team than a Paul, Kobe, Amare, Tim, Yao one.

[DAF86]

I bet Bruce spent all season with a laptop in the bench voting for him, is not like he had something else to do.
But it doesn't matter, do you actually think that if Bowen would've been selected as a starter in the All-star game, the NBA would've reckoned it?

[phyzik]

Can you imagine Gary Payton's rant on TNT last night if Bruce freaking Bowen was voted as a starter?

I think his head would explode.

[TheDarkSide.]

cause spurs fans want to see players from their team in the all star game?, i voted almost every day for Tim, Bruce, Manu, and Tony. Could care less about other teams players making it

[Spurs Brazil]

I always vote for the 4 Spurs

[ClingingMars]

I always vote for the 4 Spurs

[doldrums]

Here it is for those too lazy to go to the link

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
Pau Gasol (LAL) 948,301
Shane Battier (Hou) 694,112
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 497,550
Luis Scola (Hou) 405,851
Josh Howard (Dal) 298,810

Guards
Player Votes
Kobe Bryant (LAL) 2,805,397
Chris Paul (NO) 2,134,798
Tracy McGrady (Hou) 1,678,516
Manu Ginobili (SA) 1,642,350
Tony Parker (SA) 1,084,361
Steve Nash (Pho) 677,211
Jamal Crawford (GS) 665,038
Rafer Alston (Hou) 550,199
Jason Kidd (Dal) 477,792
Brandon Roy (Por) 468,688
Chauncey Billups (Den) 466,073.

Centers
Player Votes
Yao Ming (Hou) 2,532,958
Shaquille ONeal (Pho) 1,850,018
Andrew Bynum (LAL) 549,131
Mehmet Okur (Utah) 437,106
Greg Oden (Por) 359,318
Andris Biedrins (GS) 357,984
Al Jefferson (Minn) 310,643
Tyson Chandler (NO) 242,356
Chris Kaman (LAC) 231,928
Marcus Camby (LAC) 158,491
Nick Collison (OKC) 154,309

2009 NBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING
The final results of balloting in the Eastern Conference for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix.
Forwards
Player Votes
LeBron James (Clev) 2,940,823
Kevin Garnett (Bos) 2,066,833
Yi Jianlian (NJ) 1,813,829
Paul Pierce (Bos) 1,238,763
Chris Bosh (Tor) 1,101,052
Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) 632,051
Shawn Marion (Mia) 405,573
Danny Granger (Ind) 365,810
Josh Smith (Atl) 321,129
Tayshaun Prince (Det) 274,540
Michael Beasley (Mia) 273,471

Guards
Player Votes
Dwyane Wade (Mia) 2,741,413
Allen Iverson (Det) 1,804,649
Vince Carter (NJ) 1,239,613
Devin Harris (NJ) 1,182,406
Luke Ridnour (Mil) 1,039,902
Ray Allen (Bos) 851,205
Gilbert Arenas (Wash) 635,540
Derrick Rose (Chi) 474,384
Jose Calderon (Tor) 445,584
Joe Johnson (Atl) 420,210
Jameer Nelson (Orl) 354,773

Centers
Player Votes
Dwight Howard (Orl) 3,150,181
Kendrick Perkins (Bos) 621,709
Rasheed Wallace (Det) 402,991
Samuel Dalembert (Phi) 396,119
Andrew Bogut (Mil) 357,997
Jermaine ONeal (Tor) 342,723
Al Horford (Atl) 323,302
Brendan Haywood (Wash) 291,490
Ben Wallace (Clev) 263,862
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) 219,697
Emeka Okafor (Char) 212,539

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[MacGyver]

Crazy s

[JamStone]

Simple explanation.

Ninjas.

Voting ninjas.