A good idea in theory, but in practice, not a good idea to give out "awards". After all, it's a community of NBA Live players who share information, stories and patches, not a popularity contest. Nick and Scub have already summed most of it up.
I'd like to add that there have been patcher rankings/lists before, some people have set up sites in the past that rated patchers and whatnot. They caused more problems than made patchers feel appreciated, so it's not an idea I'm willing to implement.
But thanks for the suggestion - it's always good to know people care enough about the site to make suggestions.