"Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

[Po Pimp]

Why did ESPN just report that? Watching Stuart Scott translate it was embarrassing.

[stewaat]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

I hate the new generation of being lazy.

[ELDoro]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

when did it become cool to not know how to spell?

[55]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

when did it become cool to not know how to spell?

Hip hop culture is the biggest stain on society that we have.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

How's the view from your high horse?

[Po Pimp]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

My issue wasn't what he said on his Twitter, I mean, people spell in slang on their phones and things like that.

I just hated that ESPN brought attention to it, and Stuart Scott felt like he had to translate it for the slow people. It reminded me of the movie "Airplane!" when the two brothas were talking and no one knew what they were saying, then the old lady goes "I speak jive" and proceeded to talk to them.

[CWSapp757]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

Somehow I have the feeling that the majority of the posts in this thread aren't going to have anything to do with Durant or basketball smh.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

I'll be the first to be on topic: With the way he's playing right now, it wouldn't surprise me if he does win it. Has Melo won it before in the past or would this be his first one?

[jnofx]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

I'm pretty sure he hasn't won it before (but he's come close I think, feel free to correct me on this...) , and I don't think he's gonna start this year..... There are 2 guys in his draft class that will score more than him, let alone the rest of the league.

[Stumbleweed]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

Going well so far... a full 6+ points ahead of Kobe. And no, he's never done it before... those twin 40-point games were the first time in his career he's scored 40 back-to-back, which is kinda crazy considering his reputation... especially when he was chucking up nearly 30 shots per game in 04-05 and 05-06. But now he's got legit 3PT range, is attacking more via the dribble instead of just waiting for the entry in the post (more FT attempts that way and his speed/size combo is a problem for EVERY elite wing defender), is making about 85% from the line while getting there almost 14 times a game thus far, and is passing out of double teams like a killer.

I think it's very possible... he'll cool down and won't be averaging 32+ all season, but he's absolutely dialed in right now and is just doing everything for the Nuggets. I'll go ahead and predict 30/7/5 out of him this year... whether that's enough to be scoring champ, I don't know... depends on how much the Cavs not named "LeBron" suck and whether D-Wade continues carrying the load nearly on his own (O'Neal or Beasley coming alive will keep him out of the 30 PPG level IMO because of their slow system).

[dossier]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

Going well so far... a full 6+ points ahead of Kobe. And no, he's never done it before... those twin 40-point games were the first time in his career he's scored 40 back-to-back, which is kinda crazy considering his reputation... especially when he was chucking up nearly 30 shots per game in 04-05 and 05-06. But now he's got legit 3PT range, is attacking more via the dribble instead of just waiting for the entry in the post (more FT attempts that way and his speed/size combo is a problem for EVERY elite wing defender), is making about 85% from the line while getting there almost 14 times a game thus far, and is passing out of double teams like a killer.

I think it's very possible... he'll cool down and won't be averaging 32+ all season, but he's absolutely dialed in right now and is just doing everything for the Nuggets. I'll go ahead and predict 30/7/5 out of him this year... whether that's enough to be scoring champ, I don't know... depends on how much the Cavs not named "LeBron" suck and whether D-Wade continues carrying the load nearly on his own (O'Neal or Beasley coming alive will keep him out of the 30 PPG level IMO because of their slow system).

With these numbers screw scoring champ, he might be MVP of the league.

[Stumbleweed]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

Yeah, if the Nuggets do as well as they did last year and he puts up those kind of numbers, he would probably be MVP. But yeah, that all of course depends on LeBron, Wade, Kobe, Dwight, and the rest of the candidates as well as their team's success. I wouldn't count on it unless the Nuggets are the #1 seed in the conference or he's heads-and-shoulders production-wise above LeBron, neither of which I think is very likely given LeBron's (and Wade's) total package of stat craziness.

[Jonesy]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

I wonder how much have Smith back in the lineup will effect his scoring?

Melo paying 6:1 for MVP right now is good value for money imo.

[LtGen]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

Hip hop culture is the biggest stain on society that we have.

And here's the ignorance.

[DC]

Re: "Melo is gon be da scoring champ...balee dat!" - Kevin Durant

Hip hop culture is the biggest stain on society that we have.

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