First Annual Dong Awards Voting: Best Obsession
by Michael Levin on Feb 9, 2011 8:31 AM PST
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When you build a team-centric community, it's only natural that some of the townspeople will have a few biases and infatuations. The category of "Best Obsession" goes out to the users who harp on the same person over and over, to the delight of some and the chagrin of others. Obsessions can be hilarious, frustrating, or the basis for a bad movie with Beyonce and Ali Larter.
Here are your Dong nominees for Liberty Ballers' Best Obsession:
1. RickoT's undying love for Marreese Speights
Ricko has been spitting fire about the lack of playing time for Mo Speezy since last season. If you see a page long comment, you can be sure it's Ricko talking about Speights. It doesn't matter if the conversation is about Andre Iguodala as a point forward -- my man Ricko will be lambasting Collins for failing to play Mo. He'll go from claims like (paraphrasing) Speights would make this team a contender to Speights would average 20 and 10 and be a top 5 center in the league if he got the minutes. Whether Doug Collins is "an ass" or not, it's clear that Ricko is a frontrunner for the Dong for Best Obsession.
Hit the jump for a writeup on the other nominees.
2. LeQuan Glover's venomous hate for Andre Iguodala
While a majority of the nation of basketball fans believes Andre Iguodala is undeserving of his $80 million contract, no one embodies that belief like our own LeQuan Glover. LQG spits on Andre's versatility, scoffs at his defensive abilities, and sneers at his unselfishness. All that matters to him is the occasional fadeaway jumper and his tendency to complain to the officials. He doesn't score 20 points per game and he's only as good as Trevor Ariza, but he's another high-profile nominee for this Dong Award.
3. Mike Levin's abhorrent hatred for Louis Williams
Although it's strange to nominate myself for this award, I'm confident I can do this hatred justice. (cue third person) Levin puts winning on the back burner if it's at the expense of watching Lou make shots. He ignores the fact that Lou is the best pure scorer on the team and focuses instead on the myriad of iso opportunities, astronomically high usage rate, and bombs away early in the shot clock. He'd rather Doug Overton come out of retirement to back up Jrue Holiday. Levin's so flaunting with his animosity that he has created (with the help of dweebowitz) a color-coordinated Hate Index to gauge his disgust with The Boss on a game-by-game basis. There's no question this obsession is worthy of a Dong nomination.
4. LouWilliams4MVP's blind love for Louis Williams
On the flip side, there's nobody who has the Boss's back like LW4MVP. He exploded on the LB scene before the 2011 season claiming if Lou was a starter he would be the league's most valuable player. MVP boasts the Boss's proficiency for taking over the game, while conveniently forgetting how often his ill-advised shots disrupt the flow of the offense and slow down the development of Jrue Holiday. He'd rather Lou and Jrue be on the court at the same time because defense, frankly, is overrated. When the MVP is announced, we know his vote -- but will he win the Dong for Best Obsession?
5. NoceOne's NociLove for Andres Nocioni
The winner of the 2011 Liberty Ballers Dong Award for Best Obsession is.....
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I gotta go with Noce. He’s the original. Plus, NoceTurkey.
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this from earlier today
PS It doesn’t take much to make me happy. A supermodel in my bed (in my eyes, she is), a Porsche in my garage (by Porsche, I mean a 1993 Nissan Sentra), Nocioni playing…This is the life.
NoceOne for Best Obsession
got to love him
also voted for the Noceone
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by Tanner Steidel on Feb 9, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Gotta go with Ricko on this one.
As funny as Noce’s obsession is, it’s more comedy than anything else. Atleast Noceone knows who and what Noce is. Ricko’s obsession defies all logic as well as statistical evidence.
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"You can commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard
+1. The honest to goodness belief that Speezy can go 20 & 10 is solid gold, gold I tell ’ya.
by dp on Feb 9, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
I actually think, with time, Speights could average close to 20/10 (say, in the 17-18/10 range). I think it’s a hollow 20/10, but I don’t think it’s impossible he reaches those numbers (assuming he’s actually able to stay on the court long enough without fouling out to play 35-38 minutes).
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I don’t disagree that Mo could average close to what Ricko swears he can, it’s more about Ricko’s arguments and his supporting evidence that seals it for me.
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"You can commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard
Put me down as a doubter. I don’t think Mo can do 20 & 10 unless he were playing in an up-tempo system with a good PG, in which case everyone’s stats skew upwards anyhow.
by dp on Feb 9, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
I think he could average close to 20/10 to but a little under of both but does he do it here? I think most agree that he should be starting over Hawes but for whatever reason Collins doesn’t give him minutes, first thought would be because of defense but that can’t be it since Hawes doesn’t play much of it either.
It could be back to the whole work ethic deal. We don’t know what’s going on behind closed doors but Mo Speezy is in the doghouse for a reason.
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
LWHAI takes it for me for the public service it provides to us, and to those who will come after us.
For now, the LWHAI makes Sixers games more enjoyable. I get less upset knowing that others hate watching him play even more than I do.
Sadly, its true value will be for others. On the day LW suits up for a new team—and that day will come—those fans will come here and know by the LWHAI’s mere existence more than any stat line could ever tell them.
I find it very hard not to vote for RickoT on this question. Noce is clear and reasonable in many ways but discussions with RickoT seem futile (in a good way). I do love his loyality to Mo and hope he ends up being right.
Playing time is based upon how hard they work and do at practice. Collins has made it clear what he expects and they get playtime when they listen. Notice also how Noce has come in and out of the rotation?
Man, I thought this would be a slam-dunk, but much like Andre Iguodala the Liberty Ballers clanged it off the back iron. Ricko was robbed!!!
Had to go with Ricko’s love for Mo Speez. Other than Speezy’s family, close friends, and lady friends there may not be a bigger fan on Earth. That probably goes for Noceone too lol but there is a lot more to like about Nocioni because he is one of those crazy energy guys that is fun to watch.
I have a theory that Ricko is Mo Speezy, come on here to get some grass roots fan support for him getting more playing time.
Thank you. :-)
If Noce gets traded, watch out for Toastioni. Mike’s already got it and is just waiting for the opportunity to wreak havoc with it!
There can only be one Noce!
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by Michael Levin on Feb 9, 2011 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
I voted for myself, and am surprised that I didn’t win. No problem, I just want the kid to get minutes before he gets traded away and does the 20 and 10 thing for someone else.
John Hollinger thought he was a clone of Amare Stoudamire. Think about what adding Amare would do to the Sixers chances this season! Amare isn’t known for his defense either, is he?
The thing is there’s nothing to lose. Hawes isn’t performing so well that his absence would be a loss. No one else can play the Center spot any better. Whatever Collins reasons are, I think they’re self-destructive. He got fired by Michael Jordan you know, and there was a reason for that too!
This is my favorite.
I voted for myself, and am surprised that I didn’t win.
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by Michael Levin on Feb 9, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
John Hollinger thought he was a clone of Amare Stoudamire.
by dp on Feb 9, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Woops. Meant to say…the same Hollinger who called Jrue’s trip dub pathetic?
by dp on Feb 9, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
I actually voted for you. :-)
Keep fighting the good fight, my fellow obsessionist!
There can only be one Noce!
Voting against Ricko was so difficult, but Noce’s dedication to his craft was really the deal breaker for me. His fanpost on his birthday, the legendary NoceTurkey etc.
Gotta go for Noce on this one.
Ricko put up a strong fight, but NoceOne is legendary. When we made the trade with Sacto, we actually had guys from Ziller’s place dropping in here to tell us about him, and he’s come through, in a great way.
Levin puts winning on the back burner if it’s at the expense of watching Lou make shots. He ignores the fact that Lou is the best pure scorer on the team
I agree. He’s a hater, as most of you are, and you guys just need to realize the fact that Lou IS the Sixers and without him there is no Sixers… without Lou theres just Darius Songaila and the Brick Squad
"Shoutout to Lebron, d-Wade, Joe Johnson, and chris bosh for trying to create a NBA2k team. Lol. (they would win 80 games)" - Louis Williams
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by Michael Levin on Feb 13, 2011 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
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