Leandro Voted Sixth Man

Sportswriters voted the preternaturally quick Leandro Barbosa the NBA's best sixth man in 2007. Used primarily off the bench, the Brazilian guard served to propel the Phoenix Suns to a higher gear, after the team had already established its fast-paced, high-scoring brand of play; he achieved over 18 points per game.

Barbosa has already achieved the dream of every Brazilian athlete:  his very own mononymic nickname, Leandrino. This is inarguably superior to his American sobriquet, "The Brazilian Blur." Lakers coach Phil Jackson opines, "That's a really weak nickname ... Blur doesn't even designate how fast this guy is. He's even faster than that." (More Leandro Barbosa stories.)