Gordon wins 6th man award...

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2052202

[iG®]

Well deserved reward. for Ben!

[3th]

dam i hate this wheres rickys award

[beau_boy04]

I saw it coming! Congrats to my man Ben. Now please get the Rookie of the year award as well

[Guest]

but he didnt win rookie of the year, too bad......

[air gordon]

hard to consider ricky davis a 6th man when he's averaging over 32 minutes per game

congrats to ben and to paxson for drafting him and to skiles for a findng a way to best utilize his skills

[fgrep15]

Good stuff, Ben really did his thing in the 4th quarter this year, and he deserved it.

2004-05 NBA SIXTH MAN VOTING

Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
Ben Gordon, Chicago 88 22 7 513
Ricky Davis, Boston 17 49 25 257
Earl Boykins, Denver 11 22 34 155
Jerry Stackhouse, Dallas 6 14 23 95
Vladimir Radmanovic, Seattle 2 8 7 41
Wally Szczerbiak, Minnesota 1 2 11 22
Antonio McDyess, Detroit - 2 5 11
Antonio Daniels, Seattle - 2 4 10
Donyell Marshall, Toronto - 1 4 7
Jim Jackson, Phoenix - 1 1 4
Kyle Korver, Philadelphia - 1 - 3
Mehmet Okur, Utah - 1 - 3
Tyson Chandler, Chicago - - 3 3
Hedo Turkoglu, Orlando - - 1 1

[Indy]

Hedo Turkoglu over Fred Jones?

[fgrep15]

Turkoglu was doing quite good before he got injured, and would've been a Top 5 pick for 6th man if he didn't get injured.

[Drex]

Korver??

[Jona]

He deserved it, great news!!

He's the first rookie to win this award, right?

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

He's the first rookie to win this award, right?

Yes, he is.

[[Q]]

WTF Ricky should have won the award... he's been consistent all year, and Ben Gordon hasn't done much until the end of the season

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

WTF Ricky should have won the award

It's already been said... when you average 32 minutes per game you're not really a 6th man. You're more like a 3rd man that comes off the bench. Now until they instate the "3rd man who comes off the bench" award, Ricky is never going to win 6th man.

[GloveGuy]

When you come off the bench, you're a sixth man. It's not like he comes in at the 11 minute mark in the first quarter and plays the rest of the game. His job is to give the offense a spark. Yes, he carries more weight than more sixth men, nevertheless, he's a sixth man.

Oh, HE PLAYS BETTER OFF THE BENCH. Don't give me this 32 minute crap.

[T-Comm55]

I dont know why he didnt start this season. He is arguably one of the best players in the team and yet the bulls didnt start him. Anyway he deserved the award. Good Job Ben.

[fgrep15]

Korver??

...is a starter

[maes]

Let's see what NBA.com says.

Gordon:
Ranks #18 in the NBA in Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage(0.405)
Ranks #16 in the NBA in Free-Throw Percentage(0.863)
Ranks #15 in the NBA in Field Goals Per 48 Minutes(10.41)
Ranks #4 in the NBA in Field-Goal Attempts Per 48 Minutes(25.32)
Ranks #8 in the NBA in Three-Point Field Goals Per 48 Minutes(3.21)
Ranks #11 in the NBA in Points Per 48 Minutes(29.6)
Ranks #6 in the NBA in Turnovers Per 48 Minutes(4.46)

Davis:
Ranks #16 in the NBA in Total Turnovers(205.0)

[Indy]

When you come off the bench, you're a sixth man. It's not like he comes in at the 11 minute mark in the first quarter and plays the rest of the game. His job is to give the offense a spark. Yes, he carries more weight than more sixth men, nevertheless, he's a sixth man.

Oh, HE PLAYS BETTER OFF THE BENCH. Don't give me this 32 minute crap.

I agree, I actually think Ricky deserved this award, but, he got beat tonight and thats ALL THAT MATTERS!!

[Colin]

Well deserved. And who cares if Ricky averages 32 minutes. It's not like the idiot columnists that vote for these awards would even think about that.

[Andrew]

I didn't think he'd actually win it, but there you go. Can't say I'm too unhappy with the decision. As far as Ricky Davis is concerned, in my view he's a legitimate Sixth Man candidate without question, but Chicago's susprising season and Gordon's huge impact combined with a roster that doesn't suggest 47 wins surely swayed voters. It's not often a rookie has such an impact coming off the bench playing around half a game.

[DipSetVC]

Ricky Davis deserved this award, no doubt about it but they had to give Gordon something.

[J@3]

Why did he deserve it? He was just a scorer who happened to come off the bench and play starter minutes. Wasn't there some stat that had Gordon as #1 for points scored in the 4th quarter? Isn't that exactly what you want an offensive "spark" off the bench to do?

[air gordon]

When you come off the bench, you're a sixth man. It's not like he comes in at the 11 minute mark in the first quarter and plays the rest of the game. His job is to give the offense a spark. Yes, he carries more weight than more sixth men, nevertheless, he's a sixth man.

Oh, HE PLAYS BETTER OFF THE BENCH. Don't give me this 32 minute crap.

i guess the voters are pulling a fast one on us again. maybe we should let boston fans/media decide on all the awards involving a boston player

i thought ricky davis was one of the leading candidates for this award, heck, i've even mentioned i thought he would win it.

lol eddy curry made a 3pter but that doesn't make him a 3pt shooter....by definition, davis is a sixth man. but c'mon- the guy is getting just as many minutes as starters. but that probably wasn't the only factor as to why gordon received 88 first place votes to davis' 17. whatever, i don't see you complaining on who won it....

Qballer: if anything, after that big game vs charlotte, gordon went in a slump the last few games heading into the playoffs

DipSetVC: the nba didn't have to give gordon anything. any individual accolade he happens to win, he's earned... hater

[Ataraxia]

stop hating on Ben Gordon...if it wasnt for him the Bulls wouldnt be in the playoffs cause hes practically won them around 15 to 20 games this season...

Ricky Davis has done well but he hasnt helped the Celtics "win" that games if at all....heck the Celtics were struggling until Toine cameback....

D-Marsh averaged 11 pts and 6 rpg in 25 minutes........
Wally World averaged almost identical stats to Ricky Davis in 31 mins....

yet their not on the same level as ricky?....why not?....

Gordon deserves the award just like Simmons deserved the MIP and Emeka deserved the ROY....the only award thats gone to the wrong guy is prolly Ben Wallace....Imo at least Shawn Marion deserved it.