Draymond Green thinks Kyrie Irving is a better scorer than Kevin Durant / News - Basketnews.com

"Kyrie Irving is the scorer that everyone in the world thinks of Kevin Durant," Draymond Green said.

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Kevin Durant is widely considered one of the greatest scorers in NBA history. The legendary player has played 16 seasons for 4 teams, including the Thunder and Nets. He has averaged 27.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 1,047 regular-season games. He was selected to play in 13 All-Star games.

Kyrie Irving

Team:Dallas MavericksPosition:PG, SGAge:31Height:191 cmWeight:87 kgBirth place:Melbourne, AustraliaProfileNewsStatistics

On the other hand, Kyrie Irving has played 13 seasons for 4 teams, including the Cavaliers and Nets. He has averaged 23.5 points, 5.7 assists and 4.0 rebounds in 717 regular-season games. He was selected to play in 8 All-Star games. He has won the Rookie of the Year award and an NBA championship.

On his podcast, the 'Draymond Green Show,' Draymond Green explained why he prefers Irving to Durant as a pure scorer, after the former's game-winning buzzer-beater against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.

"Kyrie Irving is the scorer that everyone in the world thinks of Kevin Durant," Green said.

"What I meant by that was, there are some things, at times, that you can do to Kevin to make it a little tougher on him. Why? Because he's seven feet and he handles the ball a lot, and if you know there's times where, because he's seven feet, if you time it right, you can pressure up and press up into Kevin and make things a little bit tougher," the 4-time All-Star mentioned.

Green, who has played 12 seasons for the Warriors, has averaged 8.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists in 799 regular-season games. He has won one Defensive Player of the Year award and 4 NBA championships.

"Kyrie Irving, you can't do anything to make it hard on him. You can't make the game tough for Kyrie. He's one of the best three-point shooters, he's one of the best mid-rangers arguably, if not the best," Green holds.

"He's arguably the best finisher in the NBA. He has floaters with either hand as you can see by that. He can finish with either hand at the rim. Kyrie can also switch and shoot a mid-range jump shot with his left hand. If you get him in a bad way, he can actually just shoot it. There’s actually nothing you can do to stop Kyrie from scoring," Green concluded.

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