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Raymond Felton "Carmelo Anthony is a better scorer than Kevin Durant"

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New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton, when discussing the League’s best scorers, puts Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony at the top of the list. Felton feels that his teammate Melo is a better, more versatile scorer of the two (while defending Anthony’s shot selection.) Per NBA.com: “What’s it like playing with Carmelo Anthony? Because he’s such a great player, and he kind of gets overshadowed a bit by guys like LeBron or Kevin Durant. Even though he might be the best scorer in the NBA …’ FELTON: ‘Without a doubt. Without a doubt. Because he scores in so many ways. There’s a lot of guys who can score the basketball in this league. Kevin Durant, by far, is one of the top ones. Him and Melo could be neck-and-neck — those guys can score in a lot of ways. But Melo can score in more ways than KD, because Melo can post up, he can score off the dribble, he can score in the mid-range, he can score finishing at the rim, and he can shoot threes. You’re talking about a guy who has a total, complete game, and he’s big and strong — 6-8, big body, strong body. A lot of people like to talk about how he takes a lot of shots, this and that. Listen man: We need him to score. It gets maximized because if you’re having an off night and you take thirty-something shots, it’s like, ‘Aw man, he’s shooting too much.’ If you’re having a great night, he’s got 40-something points and he took thirty-something shots, ain’t nobody saying nothing. I just tell him, ‘You do what we need you to do. As a team, we know what you’re going to do every night.’ So we gotta adjust our games to that. Me as a point guard, I have to adjust my game to that. I hate when people say about him, ‘He takes too many shots.’ People try to compare him and LeBron — two different games. Melo is who he is, LeBron is who he is. So I hate when they try to make those comparisons. You can’t say Larry Bird and Michael Jordan had the same game. They’re different, but they both got chips. Add Magic Johnson in there. Those guys all had totally, completely different games. But they all got rings. That’s all it is. I support Melo 100 percent. He knows that. We all do. And we want to continue to keep working and get better.’”
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#1 mr. 13 in 33, Aug 21, 2013

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Raymond Felton fat.

#2 bratna8, Aug 21, 2013
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I'll have whatever he's drinking

#3 J Sizzle, Aug 21, 2013
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I disagree but it's not that big of a deal to say that, especially as a teammate.

#4 Patterned919, Aug 21, 2013
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One thing for sure, Carmelo can post up and score and KD is not really effective or perfected his post up game.

#5 Gimmmethemike, Aug 21, 2013
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I'll slightly agree with this only because Carmelo can post up unlike KD. But KD is by far the most efficient scorer.

#6 Scolandry, Aug 21, 2013
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This is by far the most outrageous statement anyone has ever made.

#7 The Hunted, Aug 21, 2013

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I'll slightly agree with this because Carmelo has a post game which KD doesn't have at all. But KD is by far a more efficient scorer than Carmelo.

#8 Scolandry, Aug 21, 2013
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Someone should introduce Mr. Felton to more advanced stats than points per game.

#9 BigBenito, Aug 21, 2013
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I guess he has to settle for calling him a better scorer, since everyone would laugh him out of the room if he tried to say better player.

#10 smr6, Aug 21, 2013
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Kevin Durant is the best scorer in the league since Iverson and MJ.

#11 cjtaylorpt, Aug 21, 2013
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Scolandry said: ↑

I'll slightly agree with this because Carmelo has a post game which KD doesn't have at all. But KD is by far a more efficient scorer than Carmelo.
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So Iverson was not a great scorer?

#12 cjtaylorpt, Aug 21, 2013
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Kd has more brain cells though.

#13 cheke64, Aug 21, 2013

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This dude needs to stfu.

#14 sammy, Aug 21, 2013
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Meh... When they're both on it's probably a wash. Personally I'd take KD.

#15 HR Dept, Aug 21, 2013
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Debatable.

#16 JLOBABYDADDY, Aug 21, 2013
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I hate the argument that being well rounded makes you a better scorer. Being a better scorer makes you a better scorer. A 4'10" 100 lb player who shoots 100% from 3 and take 15 of those a game doing literally nothing would be the greatest scorer in NBA history (for an extreme example).

#17 kevC, Aug 21, 2013
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I'd say the same. Carmelo is a better scorer but his basketball IQ isn't that high, hence the reason he takes dumb shots). KD doesn't have all the things Carmelo has scoring wise but has a great basketball IQ and knows when to take the shot and when not to take a shot.

It's better scorer not efficient scorer.

Another thing, Did KDs efficiency go down in the playoffs this year without Westbrook?

#18 SK34, Aug 21, 2013

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Hmm...really a toss up. They're both so damn good when they're on fire.

#19 mrm32, Aug 21, 2013
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Also is Kobe a better scorer or Lebron?
The answer is Kobe although he isn't as edficient as Lebron get his buckets.

For another example..

Is Olajuwom a better scorer or Shaq? Shaq has more points overall but Hakeem can get buckets in variety of ways.

#20 SK34, Aug 21, 2013

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