A thread of Chinese internet nicknames for NBA players.China is crazy for the NBA, but official sources use boring phonetic transcriptions, failing to take advantage of Chinese characters having both sound and meaning. Chinese netizens have "improved" on these official names.— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) May 7, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
cold blooded (both of them)https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcnQfFHWAAo3gC8.jpg:large
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 7 May 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
source?
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/story-wrong-david-fizdale-memphis-article-1.3972298
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 7 May 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcnS1XKX0AAafUL.jpg
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
heh
― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
rude
Ex-Cavs GM says LeBron was telling Raptors how to run their own plays back in 2017 https://t.co/25IMNrkU5t pic.twitter.com/7BbAkcTE2t— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 10, 2018
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
well done herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ElE2xs48c&feature=youtu.be
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ElE2xs48c
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
BTW Nick Kapur is still adding NBA nicknames to the Twitter thread mookieproof posted and they're all so wonderful
Eric Gordon is the "Round Face Mamba" (π曼巴, literally "Pi Mamba") because his face is really, really round.They have memes that prove this: pic.twitter.com/lRXDGXImGp— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) May 8, 2018
― ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (CompuPost), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdQuEPmW0AAa8OY.jpg
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Mike Budenholzer always looks like he caught a glimpse of that thang at the club pic.twitter.com/nM8Eov0q9i— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) May 16, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
Congrats Coach! https://t.co/KG68c3Icu7— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) May 17, 2018
― 龜, Thursday, 17 May 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link
wow lol
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 17 May 2018 01:23 (five years ago) link
Kevin Love’s comment on Channing Frye’s pic 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/lENZaYNkMd— Ashley Nevel (@AshleyNevel) May 17, 2018
― 龜, Thursday, 17 May 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
My man is wearing a Durant jersey in a Houston church this morning. Groundbreaking trolling. pic.twitter.com/cCSkbWPQkY— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) May 20, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 21 May 2018 04:41 (five years ago) link
Charles Barkley: “is Draymond as annoying all day long as he is on TV?”Kevin Durant “He's just downstairs you can go ask him...”Barkley...... pic.twitter.com/U1xU2iNLfT— gifdsports (@gifdsports) May 21, 2018
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 21 May 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
chuck buddy you have the job you’ve had for 15 years bc you were draymond in 1994
― Clay, Monday, 21 May 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
chuck has like 1000x the charisma levels of draymond and was of course a much better basketball player but kd telling chuck to go check for him was p funny
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 21 May 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
yeah good response lol
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 21 May 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
total dick move by barkley trying to humiliate kd and dray in one go
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 21 May 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
KDs response to Shaq's early (super lame) jokes was so perfect, just an awkward courtesy smile like get me tfo of here please.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 21 May 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
didn't dray say chuck can go find him and punch him if he has a problem with him
― 龜, Monday, 21 May 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
yeah thats why the whole thing was funny
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 21 May 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
― Clay, Monday, May 21, 2018 12:13 PM (two hours ago)
THANK YOU
― k3vin k., Monday, 21 May 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
chuck is to jack nicholson as draymond is to jake paul
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
thank the lord there's only like another week of chuck shaq and the guys
― call all destroyer, Monday, 21 May 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
it's so weird tho, i do a poker night once a week and the guys i play with all universally love the show and think it got better w the addition of shaq...
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 21 May 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
that is very odd
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 21 May 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
(does a quick check) yes, clowns still are popular form of entertainment
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 21 May 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
people be liking drama
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 21 May 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
yeah it's popular with my friends too, idk people are simple
― k3vin k., Monday, 21 May 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
admittedly, i found it funny at first, but it's been years now
― Nhex, Monday, 21 May 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
pachulia's ig cracks me up
https://www.instagram.com/zazapachulia/
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 21 May 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
yeah hes very good.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 21 May 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
zazapachuliaWelcome back to US @jamiroquaihq. It was great concert.
― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 01:56 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Asdbc7Y.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd0VETCV0AA7-8H.jpg
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
IT otm. thats my least fav kind of social media post/presence
ruthless lol
― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
man like the lakers really fucking hate each other huh?
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
They’re jonezin
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
yeah they're just roasting each other
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 22 May 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
kuzma's still a rookie until next training camp, making him fair game when he tries to make himself the star of his own online fantasy life
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd6hG3lV0AEbMo2.jpg:large
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
mad melo
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Thursday, 24 May 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
Has JVG talked about this?https://t.co/P74pDL2eHbIts hilarious and would love to know what he thought of it.— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) May 28, 2018
uh hahaha
― k3vin k., Monday, 28 May 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
i posted that a week ago had me rolling
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
ah my bad spottie I have images off and usually skip youtubes unless someone describes them >.<
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
np! Game of zones, the idea of them was always super lame to me but they are actually kinda funny. That one in particular.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link