I have seen some bad trophies in my day. Like really bad. That's what happens when you play every sport imaginable as a young kid. But I have never, ever, seen a trophy as bad as the one the NBA awarded to Kevin Durant at the inaugural H-O-R-S-E competition in Phoenix yesterday. Just look at that thing. It's a plastic horse on a box, for God's sake. I also love the look on Durant's face, which clearly says "I'm sort of wishing I didn't win this contest anymore."
The trophy was so bad that it prompted TNT analyst Kenny Smith to say this:
"Are you kidding me? Are we that cheap?”
I guess you are. Even weirder, the event wasn't actually called H-O-R-S-E, but instead G-E-I-C-O because it was sponsored by the world's most annoying insurance company. So, in essence, the trophy really should have been a gecko, or a caveman.
Here's a close-up:
Kevin Durant wins H-O-R-S-E [The Oklahoman]
Pic courtesy of Deadspin
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