Has Durant passed Carmelo all time?

[AVXL]

I'd take Melo as a player over Durant without hesitation. Melo's just had bad luck while Durant has literally been gifted the best roster in the NBA for the last 3 years.

This is how you earned that WOAT title breh

@ any idiot who would take Melo over KD

 

[Swagnificent]

I question whether dudes watch basketball to hate or to enjoy the game. No other way to explain anyone who would take Melo over KD by watching them play.

more like the other way around. stats and accomplishments favor KD. on the court watching them favors Melo. I've seen Melo eat Durant up too many times when they're matched up mano y mano for me to think otherwise.

check their head to head numbers. Melo has owned him (even moreso than LeBron) whenever they play.

 

[Swagnificent]

This is how you earned that WOAT title breh

@ any idiot who would take Melo over KD

I don't come here to appease ya'll or go along with common perception. If I needed to win one game and both squads are equivalent and my life depended on it, I'd take Melo over KD.

 

[Swagnificent]

Carmelo was horrible in the Lakers series except for game 1. Dude flat out stunk it up for 4 straight games. I credit the Nuggets' defense and Chancey's floor game for their success that season more than Melo's individual volume scoring.

KD is a much better player than Melo. Dude is a better scorer, ball handler, shooter, passer and defender. Its not even close.

I don't exactly remember each of those games, and you might be right from a fg% point of view. all i know is i was in absolute fear everytime melo touched the ball. I judge players primarily by how they play in the playoffs and especially when they face the Lakers. Melo put more fear in me that year than anyone else. he was destorying our guys down low forcing doubles. he made kobe look like a little kid trying to guard him. we had no one. all we could do was pray he missed. he may have missed shots, but there was no denying he was the best player on that team and second best player on the floor.

if it wasn't for a superhuman effort by Kobe, i think he averaged 35/5/5 that series, we woulda lost.

 

[GreatestLaker]

I don't exactly remember each of those games, and you might be right from a fg% point of view. all i know is i was in absolute fear everytime melo touched the ball. I judge players primarily by how they play in the playoffs and especially when they face the Lakers. Melo put more fear in me that year than anyone else. he was destorying our guys down low forcing doubles. he made kobe look like a little kid trying to guard him. we had no one. all we could do was pray he missed. he may have missed shots, but there was no denying he was the best player on that team and second best player on the floor.

if it wasn't for a superhuman effort by Kobe, i think he averaged 35/5/5 that series, we woulda lost.

Melo was unstoppable for the first game and scared me too, but that was the only good game that he had.

Game 1 - 39 points on 70%
Game 2 - 34 points on 41%
Game 3 - 21 points on 30%
Game 4 - 15 points on 18%
Game 5 - 31 points on 39%
Game 6 - 25 points on 35%

Replace Melo with KD they win that series in 6.

 

[gho3st]

Of course,

0 ring, 0 MVP, 0 FMVP, 0 ROY, 0 DPOY, 0 All NBA 1st Team, 1 Scoring Title

isn't very hard to pass

neg/dap/undap for making an OBVIOUS THREAD

 

[Ritzy Sharon]

Billups was good enough to eviscerate the "best point guard in the nba by far" in 2009. Why couldnt Melo lead his team over a Deron Williams led Utah team?

can't put that L on Melo breh. Karl was dying of cancer and Adrian Dantley was in way over his head. Sloan coached circles around him.

 

[Draje]

I don't exactly remember each of those games, and you might be right from a fg% point of view. all i know is i was in absolute fear everytime melo touched the ball. I judge players primarily by how they play in the playoffs and especially when they face the Lakers. Melo put more fear in me that year than anyone else. he was destorying our guys down low forcing doubles. he made kobe look like a little kid trying to guard him. we had no one. all we could do was pray he missed. he may have missed shots, but there was no denying he was the best player on that team and second best player on the floor.

if it wasn't for a superhuman effort by Kobe, i think he averaged 35/5/5 that series, we woulda lost.

Nikka, did you watch that series or not?

Melo had a GREAT opening game and proceeded to play fukking awfully every game after. He was below average defensively and he shot horribly. Like numbers that would make Kobe cringe.

Melo is like a homeless man's version of Kobe with more size and less talent.

 

[Thegospel]

I hate when nikkas go against the grain just to be different/cool. You can tell thats what the homie Swagnificient did since he had to highlight the fact that "i dont come in here to appease yall".

 

[GunRanger]

Carmelo was horrible in the Lakers series except for game 1. Dude flat out stunk it up for 4 straight games. I credit the Nuggets' defense and Chancey's floor game for their success that season more than Melo's individual volume scoring.

Melo vs Hornets:

24 ppg
6rebs
5 asts
46%FG

Melo vs Mavs:
30ppg
6rebs
3asts
49%FG
including game winner in game 3



I'm sure they get to the WCF with any ole SF there.

 

[yseJ]

I don't come here to appease ya'll or go along with common perception. If I needed to win one game and both squads are equivalent and my life depended on it, I'd take Melo over KD.

this is what the game would look for Melo AND you

 

[Juven]

id like to see kd play with a crappy roster before I make any decision. Westbrook and harden were like top 5 picks

 

[Wiirdo]

Melo on the Thunder would already have a ring. tell me whose the second best player Melo has ever played with? a finished Iverson?.

26/7/3 while being finished

 

[jfkennedy]

OKC fans are really obsessed with Melo, kind of how Heat fans were last year.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Yes, dummy