Recently, Carmelo Anthony claimed he is the best Small Forward in the West, and nobody else is close. While I will concede, teeth clenched, that he is the best SF out West, I do so with an enormous for now. Kevin Durant is hot on his tails. Check out my breakdown of this battle over at Hoops Addict, it’s a good read, I think!
#1 by Samuel Cassady on February 12th, 2009
I’d take Durant over Carmelo any day – short and longterm.
#2 by Blake Murphy on February 12th, 2009
Me too, by a landslide. He is already (no exaggeration at all) my favorite player of all time. Melo gets the edge because of the Gold Medal/team success/longer tenure/2006-07, but I have no doubt Durant is The Guy. I have an article coming to that effect soon.