Athlon Sports. When it comes to debating the best pure shooters the NBA has ever seen, everyone’s got their go-to list, and it usually sparks some pretty heated arguments among fans and analysts alike.

Pierce, a 10-time All-Star who won Finals MVP with the Celtics in 2008, went on to praise Durant for how he “changed the game on the perimeter” as one of the first ultra-tall NBA players to come into the league with supreme guard skills.

LeBron James and Kevin Durant recently discussed the prospects of Durant being the best pure scorer in the NBA. Well, Paul Pierce disagrees, proclaiming himself as that person.