Draymond Green Says Prime Carmelo Anthony is Better Scorer Than Kevin Durant

Draymond Green won two championships with Kevin Durant and a gold medal with Carmelo Anthony, so few people in history are better suited than him to decide which one is the better scorer between the pair of future Hall of Famers.

While he admitted it was a "pick 'em" and you couldn't go wrong with either choice, he gave the nod to Anthony after some deliberation on his podcast.

"And the reason I'm going to go with Melo is I grew up watching Melo score the basketball," Green said. "... I grew up watching Melo get a bucket however he wanted. You wanted mid-post work? First step is crazy. You wanted straight block work? Fadeaway is tough, and Melo will bully the hell out of somebody. You want the trey ball? We all know he can do that."

He also pointed to an anecdote from a time he went up against Anthony at Madison Square Garden as further support for his choice.

Anthony apparently went straight through Green's chest on a play during the latter's first or second season in the league but did not get a foul call. However, he yelled at the official and pulled off the exact same move on the next trip down the floor and got to the free-throw line the second time.

Green pointed out the ability to get to the charity stripe is the best way to avoid slumps or snap out of them as a scorer.

From a total body of work standpoint, Durant's résumé is better than Anthony. KD has two championships, two NBA Finals MVPs, a league MVP, four scoring titles, 10 All-NBA selections and 12 All-Star nods.

By comparison, Anthony has one scoring title, six All-NBA selections and 10 All-Star nods.

Durant has also averaged 27.2 points per game in his career to Anthony's 22.5. What's more, the former has the advantage in free throw attempts per game at 7.6 to 6.2, which Green highlighted as a key for any go-to scorer.

It should be noted that the Michigan State product would seemingly be fine with either pick given how close he said it was between the pair. The seven-time All-Defensive selection is also one of the best defenders of his generation, so he is familiar with how difficult it is to stop elite scorers.

Perhaps there was some nostalgia at play in his selection considering he said he watched Anthony play growing up, and he gave the nod to the Syracuse product over his former Golden State Warriors teammate.