Can I say W T F? Obviously something happened here, because on Jan 8th, Bowen only had 509,593 votes, and was ranked 7th among all Western Conference Forwards.
Vote Tally on January 8th:
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/01/08/010809allstarreturns/index.html
Forwards | |
Player | Votes |
Tim Duncan (SA) | 1,454,918 |
Carmelo Anthony (Den) | 905,121 |
Amare Stoudemire (Pho) | 894,690 |
Ron Artest (Hou) | 890,992 |
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) | 837,482 |
Pau Gasol (LAL) | 618,943 |
Bruce Bowen (SA) | 509,593 |
Shane Battier (Hou) | 482,724 |
Luis Scola (Hou) | 281,372 |
Josh Howard (Dal) | 255,698 |
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) | 212,651 |
Final Vote Tally:
Forwards | |
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 |