When you turn on your television and Kevin Durant or Carmelo Anthony shows up, you know that you're going to be in for an explosion of points.
Though LeBron James, Kevin Love, Stephen Curry and a few others are close, the aforementioned duo is lighting up the scoreboard better than anyone else in the league. They're No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the race for the scoring crown, and that's exactly how it should be.
After all, it was 'Melo who wrested the crown away from Durant during the 2012-13 season, even though the Oklahoma City Thunder forward had worn it each of the three seasons prior.
But that's the past. We're talking about 2013-14 now.
There's no doubt Durant is the key figure on the Thunder, and Anthony's offense gets the New York Knicks going, but which one of the two is the superior pure scorer?
Does Doing Other Things Matter?
What exactly does it mean to be a "pure scorer," and does it mean that a player must only be a scoring specialist?
The first question is slightly more complicated, ...
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Is Kevin Durant or Carmelo Anthony the Better Pure Scorer?
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