After reading today's article that Stephon Marbury wants to eye that 6th man of the year award, does anyone else think this award is kind of unfair to the true bench players? Does anyone seem rather disturbed that a true starter like Manu Ginobili comes off the bench, pretty much play over Michael Finley the rest of the game, but gets credited as a 6th man? Ginobili this year averages 6 more minutes than Finley has and same deal with Jason Terry and Brandon Bass where Terry comes off the bench and averages 9 more minutes than Bass. Not just that, it's more that Ginobili actually gets recognition as if he does a lot off the bench, when he just starts the game off the bench.</p> Think about it this way, if Kobe Bryant or LeBron James started the game off the bench and the Lakers or Cavaliers took a timeout 5 seconds into the game, put Kobe and LeBron in for the rest of the game and average 30/5/5 the entire year, would you consider them for the 6th man of the year award? I just think it's similar in Ginobili's case, but that's just my thought.</p>
I think a lot of NBA awards are flawed. The MVP award is way too ambiguous, and nobody really knows if its meant for the best player in the league, the best player on the best team, or the player that makes/breaks his team. The MIP award basically rewards some 2nd or 3rd year player for progressing like he was expected to do. The COY award hardly considers coaching at all and really only rewards the team that makes the biggest jump in the standings over one offseason. And yea, the 6th man award should compare the overall minutes between the "starter" and "bench player."</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> I think a lot of NBA awards are flawed. The MVP award is way too ambiguous, and nobody really knows if its meant for the best player in the league, the best player on the best team, or the player that makes/breaks his team. The MIP award basically rewards some 2nd or 3rd year player for progressing like he was expected to do. The COY award hardly considers coaching at all and really only rewards the team that makes the biggest jump in the standings over one offseason. And yea, the 6th man award should compare the overall minutes between the "starter" and "bench player."</p> </div></p> Agreed.</p> The same can be said for the fan ballots in the All-Star game. You can protest that and say that it's the "fan's game" all you want, but if you truly believe that, then don't referrence a player's All-Star nominations when talking about their talent or achievements. For example, if Shaq is an All-Star this season, he's a 12-time All-Star. In actuality though, only about ten of those seasons were legitimate All-Star caliber seasons. Still, in the future, when people talk about Shaq, he'll be Shaq, the "12-time All-Star," not Shaq "the guy who had 10 great seasons." It's really flawed.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Voodoo Child)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> I think a lot of NBA awards are flawed. The MVP award is way too ambiguous, and nobody really knows if its meant for the best player in the league, the best player on the best team, or the player that makes/breaks his team. The MIP award basically rewards some 2nd or 3rd year player for progressing like he was expected to do. The COY award hardly considers coaching at all and really only rewards the team that makes the biggest jump in the standings over one offseason. And yea, the 6th man award should compare the overall minutes between the "starter" and "bench player."</p> </div></p> Agreed.</p> The same can be said for the fan ballots in the All-Star game. You can protest that and say that it's the "fan's game" all you want, but if you truly believe that, then don't referrence a player's All-Star nominations when talking about their talent or achievements. For example, if Shaq is an All-Star this season, he's a 12-time All-Star. In actuality though, only about ten of those seasons were legitimate All-Star caliber seasons. Still, in the future, when people talk about Shaq, he'll be Shaq, the "12-time All-Star," not Shaq "the guy who had 10 great seasons." It's really flawed.</p> </div></p> </p> A big flaw is the Yao flaw. How the hell does this guy get voted into the all-star game after being injured most of the first half of the season...? All the Chinese people vote him in. He's got a billion people in Asia voting for him, and that's pretty unfair, since all the American players have to split the vote between mostly American fans. This especially pisses me off when seeing a player like Camby or Amare in the west coast, both of whom seem like they deserve it over Yao at times.</p>
I think the 6th man of the year award does have some qualifying maximum minutes...</p> Also peg182 I think you'd be surprised how many Americans vote Yao in...China has an estimated 162 million internet users...not quite a billion.</p>
