thread for discussing ILH's first annual HOOPIES - the most important awards since the cable ace

discuss:
calling it string besides the HOOPIES
what awards u wanna do
who should be nominated

this is a fun thread, no ILM-style officialness plz

calling it SOMETHING else, rather

as a straight guy id hold his hand, maybe watch some Bourne with him, maybe kiss him all over his body, maybe never let him go

― Clay, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:54 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he does seem pretty cuddly tbh

― Clay, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:56 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jeremy and i own the same hoodie! or at least similar-looking hoodies

― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:59 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

man, ILH needs to have an annual alternawards
most cuddly player
favorite nba gif
sickest dunk
defensive flopper of the year
role player of the year
coach of the year (always popovich)
LVP

― 138 girlz for every 69 boyz (m bison), Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:00 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also consider
most depleted player (bizarro MIP)
12th man award (best towel waving, no playing benchwarmer, max 5 min per game)

Put on your imagination caps y'all

rejection of the year
pass of the year
strangest thing kobe did this year

alternate uni of the year

nba tweet of the year

cool imagination cap brah where did u get it

nba gif of the year

nbastore.com of course

most depleted player

lol

best actor (flops)

euro rookie of the year

best fineable offense (nba or team fines are eligible)

photo of the year (kevin garnett edition)

most likely to succeed (in a non-hoops capacity)

Matt bonner memorial award for non-ballerly behavior

most fucked organization

home announcer call of the year

hottest dude

best beef

best new tattoo

damn this is gonna rule hard

kobe quote of the year

rumor of the year

dagger of the year

buzzerbeater of the year

crossover of the year

ejection of the year: player
ejection of the year: ref

Best post-game interview
Best presser outfit
Best family moment (ie Matt Barnes gif, Chris Paul presser with son, etc)
Most touching moment (KG/Mchale)
Energy player of the year
Most awkward game winner (there were two last week)
Worst offseason contract signing
Worst lottery pick
Best new nickname
Most absurd contrarionistic stance taken by an ILHer
Best new rule idea

top nba gif: fan reaction division

best home crowd
most hilarious injury

most depressing team

least useful big man

Most absurd contrarionistic stance taken by an ILHer

c'mon this award has but one tru winner

yeah obv but WHICH stance is the question

so just the Matt Armstrong award

the david khan memorial trophy for who got suckered the most

best move of offseason
worst move of offseason

The mistress award (ILH's favorite other team besides their own)

David Robinson memorial award honoring finest hightop fade craftsmanship

best trade rumor

last two otm

least useful big man

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this has some potential

single of the year
album/mixtape of the year
(only ballers are eligible to enter)

wait, who? award (most anonymous player)

ha

nooooooooooooooooooooooo award (player that you always assume will make every jumper)

celebrity fan
rap namecheck

nooooooooooooooooooooooo award II (player that you always assume will miss every jumper)

Most Cuddly Player - Jared Sullinger
http://binaryapi.ap.org/313820db709c4597bbdd1ad786884bca/512x.jpg

Hottest Dude - Stephen Curry
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/multimedia/photo_gallery/1102/2011-All-Star-Game-Rookie-Sophomore-Portraits/images/021811-portrait-stephen-curry.jpg

Top NBA GIF: Bench-Reaction Division - Draymond Green/Bazemore leck kick
http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5177e23deab8eae410000005/warriors-bench-celebrates-harrison-barnes-dunk-gif.gif

Top NBA GIF: Bench-Reaction Division - Bazemore off Blake missed 3 pointer
http://minustwentytwo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/warriors-bench-blake-griffin-shot.gif

Curry cos eyes obv

The Dude with the Nicest 'Do - Ricky Rubio duh
http://rumorsandrants.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Ricky-Rubio.jpg

Most Likely to Succeed (In a Non-Hoops Capacity) - Grant Hill, Roy Hibbert
The "Noooooooooo!" Award I (player that you always assume will hit every jumper) - Tony Parker
The "Noooooooooo!" Award II (player that you always assume will miss every jumper) - Rajon Rondo, Tayshaun Prince, Ray Felton
12th Man Award (or: Towel-Waver of the Year) - Patty Mills
Player We'd Most Like to KIW - Kyrie Irving, Steve Nash, Dirk, Paul George, James Harden
Least Valuable Player - Andris Biedrins, Richard Jefferson, Michael Beasley

LVP: Austin Rivers

Overall Best-Dressed Player: Mike Conley, Tyson Chandler, Chris Paul
LVP: Andrew Bynum
Nicest 'Do: Kenneth Faried, Steve Nash, James Harden (Beard Div.)
Role-Player: JJ Redick, Jarrett Jack (will need a ruling on whether or not he's really a "role-player", though)
Cuddly Player: Jeremy Lin, Javale McGee
Best New Tattoo: Durant's possibly misspelled full-back ink
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pGsha7puOE6vtkOXPzm1JA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/All-done.-Photo-via-sniperjones35-on-Instagram.jpg

KLove Award: Ryan Anderson (not that Lee doesn't win this hands-down obv but for the sake of competition.)
Most Likely to Succeed (In a Non-Hoops Capacity): Jason Collins, Kenneth Faried (I feel like this dude is going to win the citizenship award year after year when he's a little older)
Best Performance in a Contract Year: Chris Paul, J.J. Hickson
12 Man Award: Kent Bazemore, Luke Babbitt
Player We'd Most Like to KIW: Marc Gasol
Bench Reaction .Gifs:

Joakim Noah Finger Guns
http://www.businessinsider.com/image/5188f3926bb3f7b525000019/joakim-noah-finger-guns.gif

Gallinari/Nuggets Pull Out "The Italian"
http://www.businessinsider.com/image/515d85386bb3f7451800000e/nuggets-italian-celebration.gif

Rubio Happy Dance
http://www.businessinsider.com/image/5188f31c6bb3f70828000017/ricky-rubio-bench-dance.gif

Wade Very Chill w/ Birdman Wings
http://www.businessinsider.com/image/5188f3ff69bedd1f6d000002/dwyane-wade-bird.gif

omg the italian should winnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

lol that ricky rubio one!

hadnt seen the Rubio one!

Nicest 'do - Dirk

anyone who votes against the gallo reaction gif gives aid and comfort to terrorists

nicest do - norris cole

I'm not into the flat tops at all.

shumpert > cole do

Most Cuddly Player
chandler parsons in a walk

The Dude with the Nicest 'Do
the last award steve nash will ever win

The Kevin Love Award for Best White American Player
reg season david lee playoffs birdman birdman

Most Likely to Succeed (In a Non-Hoops Capacity)
can i cheat and put j kidd on here

Best Performance in a Contract Year
PEKOVIC MAD IF YOU VOTE ANYONE ELSE

Overall Best-Dressed Player
russ

Least Valuable Player
austin rivers

Top NBA GIF: Bench-Reaction Division
does demonkobe.gif count because he was sitting on the bench when it happened, i say yes

Kidd excluded cos "(In a Non-Hoops Capacity)"

lol reading is gud

Most Likely to Succeed (In a Non-Hoops Capacity)

grant hill (who i bet will become a politician or something if he doesn't go into broadcasting...please to into broadcasting and replace reggie please)

haha already nommed!

haha oops i thought these were actual votes, i was rushing to get in before our game 4 deadline

will learn from my mistakes

nah voting will be after the finals at some point. double nominations are fine though, will help me cull the nominations to three or four per award.

i don't really know what's going on but i like all of this very much

just nominate!

1 hour to go if anyone sees any glaring omissions!

okay this time around we have two smaller categories, awards that are sorta team-oriented, and awards that are sorta media-oriented? (I'm not sure how much interest there'll be in the latter group, but i'm throwing them out there anyways, b/c what the heck.)

Teams:
The David Khan Memorial Trophy for Most Suckered Executive
Home Announcer Call of the Year
Alternate Uni of the Year
Best Off-Season Move
Worst Celebrity Fan
Most Fucked Organization
Most Depressing Organization
The Mistress Award (ILH's favorite team besides their own)
Top NBA GIF: Fan-Reaction Division

Media:
Best Rap Namecheck
Rumor of the Year
Best Baller Commercial: National
Best Baller Commercial: Local
Top NBA GIF: Blooper Division

Fan Reaction gif nom:
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/185wsu7f62b33gif/ku-xlarge.gif

deal with it cheer?

Most Fucked Organization - NEW YORK KNICKS

eh, they've been worse

who has a more bleak future though?

well nobody seems to care about this set of awards (they're the most boring anyways) so i'll just skip on to the next set when game 7 starts in half an hour or so.

I'll still submit Some for this set of questions later

The "Noooooooooo!" Award II (player that you always assume will miss every jumper)

^ manu

The David Khan Memorial Trophy for Most Suckered Executive
76ers cos Bynum

Alternate Uni of the Year
I liked those all duotone Christmas jerseys
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/30/article-2241072-164A3337000005DC-357_634x376.jpg
And the all white Heat ones
http://the305.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/miami-heat-white-hot-jerseys-380x270.jpg

Best Off-Season Move
Warriors signing Jarret Jack and Carl Landry
Rockets nabbing Harden
JEFF GREEN FTH

Worst Celebrity Fan
Spike

Most Depressing Organization
Hawks
Bobcats
Suns
Pistons

The Mistress Award (ILH's favorite team besides their own)
Nuggets
Warriors
Grizzlies
Spurs
Lakers (love to hate)

Top NBA GIF: Fan-Reaction Division
Lakers bros

xp ugh i hated those jerseys except for the Heat one which looks all right. the Knicks orange... nooooooo

The David Khan Memorial Trophy for Most Suckered Executive
sam presti for not amnestying kenrick p

Best Off-Season Move
#maxharden

Worst Celebrity Fan
drake, heat fan

Most Fucked Organization
is it the lakers? theyre fucked next year anyway

Most Depressing Organization
sacramento...cant decide on a home, bunch of dysfunctional "future stars", will never get out of the basement at this rate

The Mistress Award (ILH's favorite team besides their own)
PACERS aka bizarro spurs

i keep forgetting about this! next round is for Bad Behavior Awards:

Best Beef
Best Scuffle / Fight / Brawl
The Russell Westbrook Award for Most Frustrating Player
Most Hilarious Injury
Best Fineable Offense (team and/or league fines)
And the Benevolent Dictator Award goes to David Stern for: Best David Stern Moment
Best Actor (Flopping Division)
Least Useful Big Man
Lamar Odom's Edible Trophy for Player Most Likely to Get Fat This Off-Season
Just the Strangest Thing Kobe Did
Favorite Javale McGee Moment
The Kevin Garnett Memorial Award for Most Insane Player
The Saddest Superstar :( Award for the Best Player in the Worst Situation
"Funniest" Dwight Howard Antic
Top NBA GIF: Referee Division

Best Beef - Lee/Hibbert, KG/RayRay, Lakers/Zenmaster
Best Scuffle / Fight / Brawl - Griffin/Zbo, Lee/Hibbert, NateNate/CJWatson, Hansbrough/Birdman
The Russell Westbrook Award for Most Frustrating Player - Bargnani, JR

i will get my noms in at some point !!

KIP Award 2012-2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Goh-nW0dA

i think there's a "most uplifiting moment" award or something in the last batch, will keep this 'change your face' in mind for that for sure!

The Russell Westbrook Award for Most Frustrating Player -- Rajon Rondo

Most Hilarious Injury -- can I just nominate like the rolling schadenfreude dreamscape that was the lakers this year?

Best Fineable Offense (team and/or league fines) --
http://i.imgur.com/8mWGE7q.gif
Larry Sanders, 03/17/13 - $50,000 for "cursing", Demarcus Cousins, 11/11/12, 2 game suspension for "confronting Spurs announcer Sean Elliott in a hostile manner."

Best Actor (Flopping Division) -
http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/double-flop-1.gif
These two Thunder dudes, I can't remember who, for "The Double Flop"

http://sportsgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Chris-Paul-Flop-GIF.gif
Chris Paul for "The Pirouette"

Least Useful Big Man -- Kendrick Perkins

Lamar Odom's Edible Trophy for Player Most Likely to Get Fat This Off-Season -- A'mare Stoudemire

Just the Strangest Thing Kobe Did -- "Vino"

The Saddest Superstar :( Award for the Best Player in the Worst Situation -- Kyrie Irving, Dirk Nowitzki

"Funniest" Dwight Howard Antic
Howard then closed out the speech by bellowing, “This is Sparta!” which was the cry of Leonidas, King of Sparta, when he declined peace with the Persians in the epic movie., Coach Gregg Popovich dropped a few f-bombs in Dwight Howard’s direction, during All-Star break. Now, why is that, guys? Because, during the timeout, Gregg Popovich drew up a play for Dwight Howard in the game…except when it was time to run the play, Dwight Howard wasn’t in the game, wasn’t paying attention, was on the bench in his warm ups chillin' out, socializing with folks.

Top NBA GIF: Referee Division

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/NBA-Ref-Blocks-Kris-Humphries.gif
Ref blocks Kris Humphries' free-throw.

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/joey-crawford-dancing-again-nba-gifs-2012-2013.gif
Joey Crawford dances.

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1327583/JOEY-CRAWFORD.gif
Joey Crawford prances.

Strong list, HAD NOT SEEN THAT JOEY C DANCING ONE!

i've seen it but i don't understand at all; someone explain to me what the heck happened there besides Joey having a seizure of some kind

Hinrich giving him the WTF eyes is priceless

what about boozer punching that ref in the balls

Best Beef:
Nat Rob and Steve Novak
http://www.sbnation.com/2013/1/14/3877796/nate-robinson-steve-novak-feud-interview-nbatv

hey guys let's finish this junk off before the season starts, huh? Sorry I dropped the ball but my life sort of went boom there for awhile! But now things are pretty sweet and I'm getting amped about basketball. I think we just had our final group of awards left so nominate away:

The Single Most Ridiculous Outfit of the Year
The Ejection of the Year
The Best Post-Game Interview of the Year
The Crossover of the Year
The Rejection of the Year
The Dish of the Year
The Buzzer-Beater of the Year
The Sickest Dunk of the Year
The NBA .GIF of the Year

And Finally:
The Most Absurd Contrarian Stance Taken By a ILH Poster

[when applicable, please present your nomination in the form of a jpg, gif, or youtube embed]

The Single Most Ridiculous Outfit of the Year
http://i.imgur.com/nzcq2p8.jpg

The Ejection of the Year
ZBOOOOOOOOOOO skipping out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzrSUcLEqFA

The Crossover of the Year
Came to post #5 on here (Curry) but all of them are pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9n-UEOcXL0