Congratulations, Manu!
Congrats to San Antonio Spurs guard, Manu Ginobili, for being named the NBA’s best sixth man for 2007-08 season.
Ginobili received 615 out of a possible 620 points, including 123 of a possible 124 first-place votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns finished second with 283 points and Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks finished third with 44 points.
In order to be eligible for this award, players had to have come off the bench in more games than they started. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.
Courtesy, AP
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What I want to know is who’s the clown that didn’t vote for Manu. Seriously? I mean…I don’t want to take anything away from Leandro Barbosa. The guy is definitely lights out. But Manu clearly had the strongest argument. His efforts are clearly missed on the court when he’s injured. And he led all Spurs scorers with a career-high 19.5 points per game.
So, I went searching through pages and pages on the Internet to see if I could find the culprit. All I could find is this page published on April 15, 2008 on ESPN.com of NBA award picks. ESPNmag writer, Chris Palmer, chose Leandro Barbosa. I thought graduating from Howard University implied intelligence. C’mon, CP. (Ok, I admit…I’m biased. But I think my contention is valid…right?) I definitely figured CP would pick Manu for his Xtreme Sports-like play on the court (Chris also covers extreme sports for ESPN).
Anyway congrats again, Manu!
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April 22nd, 2008 at 8:50 am
Manu Ginobili is the epitome of a winner. The man plays every possession as his last! I love this guy! He truly earned this award. Congrats to him!
And you’re right. How could someone NOT vote for him?? Seriously. Time to get that press pass revoked. What a retard.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Manu Ginobili is a great ball player - I’m just surprised they retained him as sixth man. When the Spurs were in trouble with the Hornets, who’d they call up to start against them (and they did end up winning the series 4-3)?
July 20th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I agree the man is pure game. He deserves what he got and I wish him the best of luck. I don’t really know who they called upto start.
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Spurs!! Baby!
August 16th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I really like Ginobili ! He is very magical, I believe he will lead the Argentina win all games to get the Champion!