Bruce Bowen, 3rd in voting behind Amare???

by Aluminum Foyle on Jan 23, 2009 6:30 PM MST

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

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even more interesting

is how chris paul got 1.1 million votes in 2 weeks and t-mac got only a couple of hundred thousand. thanks mr stern!

by ryansunsfan on Jan 23, 2009 9:49 PM MST reply actions

or how...

brandon roy got less votes than rafer alston. really?

by Trevor Paxton on Jan 24, 2009 12:31 AM MST up reply actions

rafer alston would get voted on by lots of chinese fans. the system is stupid yes, but i would understand that this would be possible. check out my fanpost on why i think stern screwed the ballots with chris paul.

by ryansunsfan on Jan 24, 2009 2:04 AM MST up reply actions

is how chris paul got 1.1 million votes in 2 weeks and t-mac

I can pass on this, as T-mac is no more as he was couple of years ago.

by spoiled on Jan 26, 2009 5:12 AM MST reply actions

if you dont believe me

read my fanpost on why the numbers dont add up. be enlightened. :)

by ryansunsfan on Jan 26, 2009 6:33 AM MST up reply actions

Bruce is only getting better. He's got mad skillz, yo!

The Amare Initiative

by ZonaFlash on Jan 26, 2009 5:30 AM MST reply actions

He also

has been doing tons of basketball clinics and other “stuff” in China…courting the China vote clearly is the key to all star voting. A great system we have.

Blogging Suns Basketball

by Seth Pollack on Jan 26, 2009 8:30 AM MST up reply actions