Comments on: Dime’s 2009 Sixth Man of the Year

By: doc

doc — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:56:26 +0000

Thats my pick too.

By: mavsgirl75

mavsgirl75 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:07:03 +0000

We call him the “Jet” around these parts!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:05:45 +0000

He’s playing mucho minutes, but so have most players that have won the 6th man award. Plus Ginobili started 23 games to win 6th man.

The award is effectively useless because of its subjectivity (along with most other awards, esp. MVP), so don’t take them TOO seriously.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:21:10 +0000

Kemp always gets real close, then something goes wrong. Last time he was about to play in Italy or Greece, but the team cut him after he flew back to the U.S. during training camp and didn’t come back fast enough. I’m pulling for him to make it, but I think he’s kinda done.

By: NYCBalla

NYCBalla — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:06:04 +0000

Speaking of comeback…. whatever happened to Shawn Kemp? Wasn’t he talking comeback this time last year?

By: Rico

Rico — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:20:37 +0000

@5……ya dude, you even know a comeback? don’t trip! fool probably can’t even spell comeback!

By: Diego

Diego — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:32:49 +0000

@5:

And there is no “Comeback” award anymore; there is a Most Improved award (which not every player really appreciates, e.g., Hedo, because it basically signals you were not all that the prior year). Another example, Diaw really didn’t improve that much when he went from Atlanta to Phoenix, he just got out of the coach’s doghouse, a lot more pt, and moved to a style of play and situation really suited to him.

By: Diego

Diego — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:27:40 +0000

Not a gimmick with the purpose of attaining a player the award–but a gimmick nonetheless. Although of course there is strategy in having a big scorer matching up against other team’s second team.

By: kevin k

kevin k — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:59:11 +0000

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By: aj

aj — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:50:35 +0000

@ 1-3

Y’all are messed up if you think coaches play their 3rd best player off the bench as a gimmick to get them votes for some crappy award. Almost every time it’s for the best interest of the team to win ballgames. I’m sure the players appreciate the award but that’s not what their playing for. The only awards that really mean something are MVP, DPOY, and Comeback.

Y’all need to watch basketball for more than just the stats and highlights.