It's the 8th Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - VOTING & CAMPAIGNING THREAD (voting closes SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2025, 11:59 PM CST)

greetings hoopheads,

it is JULY which means we are voting for ROLE PLAYERS in our illustrious hollafame

below are some nominees from last year's vote who never made all-star or all-nba teams but were still major contributors to the game PLUS some new guys. only players who have not played NBA basketball in the last 5 years are eligible, so ITT we need to list some role players who retired after the 2019-2020 season.

Tony Allen
PJ Brown
Matt Barnes
Johnny Moore
Derek Fisher
Hedo Turkoglu
Bruce Bowen
Kevin Martin
Dell Curry
Bobby Jackson
Kendall Gill
Mario Elie
Matt Bonner
Damon Stoudamire
Brent Barry
Vernon Maxwell
Michael Cage
Scott Skiles
Kurt Thomas
Michael Cooper
Avery Johnson
Jim Jackson
Ben Gordon
James Posey
Shawn Bradley
Rafer Alston
Darrell Armstrong
Isaac Austin
M.L. Carr
Rex Chapman
Ernie DiGregorio
Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
Pervis Ellison
Darrell Griffith
Alan Henderson
Fred Hoiberg
Larry Hughes
George Johnson
Jason Kapono
Ron Lee
Tim Legler
Jim Les
Don MacLean
Sarunas Marciulionis
Aaron McKie
Don Meineke
Gheorghe Muresan
Tracy Murray
Bo Outlaw
Anthony Peeler
Kevin Porter
Rodney Rogers
Tree Rollins
Rony Seikaly
Bobby Simmons
Elmore Smith
Larry Steele
Jon Sundvold
Roy Tarpley
Brian Taylor
Sedale Threatt
Trent Tucker
Loy Vaught
Sasha Vujacic
Donald “Slick” Watts 
John “Hot Rod” Williams
Walt Williams
Corliss Williamson
David Wesley
Grant Long
Luke Ridnour
Willie Green
Ryan Gomes
Chuck Hayes
Landry Fields
Melvin Ely
Ronny Turiaf
Andres Nocioni
James Jones
Nick Collison
Steve Blake
Monta Ellis
Cuttino Mobley
Raja Bell
Calbert Cheaney
Channing Frye
Jose Calderon
Aaron Brooks
Arron Afflalo
Emeka Okafur

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Your ballot should contain a list of 5 players. If you submit them ranked 1-5, 1st place will get 5 points, 2nd will get 4, etc. If you submit them unranked, each player will be awarded 3 pts.

staying hidden beneath my two aprons,
m bison

p.s. when you submit your ballot, indicate which ilx user you are

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we are so back, gonna have to think about this

2019-20 retirements to add to the list:

marcin gortat
ryan anderson
jj barea
marco belinelli
jamal crawford
wilson chandler
jr smith

i have a feeling one of this is a first ballot entry

some others from previous years i have neglected to nominate:

jeremy lin
nenê

also fun fact, the naismith got jealous of our hollafame and not one but TWO of our players in there now (kukoc, cooper)

ballot adds:

thabo sefolosha
marvin williams
demarre carroll
corey brewer
luc mbah a moute

don't think i'll be campaigning for any of these guys but nothing says role player like defense-first wing so they at least deserve to be on the ballot

demarre carrol being retired for 5 years already is kinda blowing my mind. feel like i just saw him in a game last year or something

he went almost straight into coaching so hes still hovering around the sidelines

also fun fact, the naismith got jealous of our hollafame and not one but TWO of our players in there now (kukoc, cooper)

― petey, pablo & mary (m bison), Monday, July 28, 2025 10:27 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

3! Arvidas!

fuuuuck

theyre trying to steal our swag

Al-Farouq Aminu is eligible now I believe

vote 4 him if you want!

i have 3 votes tallied (including mine) i need more votes, i just gotta have em

last day, i neeeed a tiebreaker theres like a 5-way tie for 5th

sent

rec'd, we now have a 7-way tie for 5th

so happy i made things worse

lmao

i do have a tiebreaker that will give us a solid 5 though

i can send tomorrow if you can wait another day

in before the deadline

spottie, rules are rules. and i hate rules, so you can submit them today.

submitttttted

in there...and now a 3-way tie for 4th. if anyone wants to submit something right about now...

my vote counts for more since ive voted in every one so far (i think)

incorrect

Damn ok

Role Player Hollafame Class of 2025 TIEBREAKER VOTE

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It's the 8th Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - Class of 2025 Inductees

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