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Old 04-21-2008, 11:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Ginobili is the Sixth Man of the Year

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NEW YORK, April 21, 2008 – Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs is the winner of the NBA Sixth Man Award presented by Kia Motors as the league’s best player in a reserve role for the 2007-08 season, the NBA announced today.

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.

As part of its support of the Sixth Man Award, Kia Motors will donate a brand-new 2009 Kia Borrego seven-passenger SUV on behalf of Ginobili to Roy Maas’ Youth Alternatives of San Antonio which is committed to caring for children in crisis. Each winner of the four year-end awards presented by Kia Motors will receive a Borrego on behalf of the player’s charity of choice.

A sixth man in 51-of-74 games played this season, Ginobili led the Spurs in scoring with a career-high average of 19.5 points to go along with 4.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.47 steals. He increased his scoring nearly 6.0 points over his career average entering this season (13.7 ppg). He is also the only player in the NBA to average at least 17 points in under 32.0 minutes per game.

Ginobili is the only player in the NBA ranked in the top 31 for points per game (31st), steals (16th), assists (28th), three-point field goals made (156, 16th), three-point field goal percentage (.401, 28th), free throws made (380, 16th) and free throw percentage (.860, 16th).
http://www.nba.com/news/sixthman_080421.html

Congrats to Manu. Absolutely well-deserved.
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Old 04-21-2008, 12:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 04-22-2008, 04:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Haha, well deserved. I think Greg Popovich helped him win that though because of the way he uses Ginobili. Manu is an all-star level player, using him as sixth man wouldn't be possible on other team IMO.
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Old 04-23-2008, 04:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I think they should rethink the way the 6th man award works. Guys like Manu and Barbosa shouldn't be able to recieve it. They should probably put some sort of game time restriction on it.
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I think they should rethink the way the 6th man award works. Guys like Manu and Barbosa shouldn't be able to recieve it. They should probably put some sort of game time restriction on it.
Why shouldn't Barbosa receive it? He's a legit sixth man and isn't used like Ginobli.
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Why shouldn't Barbosa receive it? He's a legit sixth man and isn't used like Ginobli.
I mainly meant because he's also good enough to be a starter on a lot of teams, but you're right. He doesn't get the play time Ginobili does.
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Old 04-24-2008, 02:21 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Ahhh...I see what you mean...but Barbosa sure has been playing like **** this series , but yeah JVG was talking about how stupid the 6th man award was anyway, he's saying give it to the best 10th man or something like that, he's ****ing weird.
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