2001 Kobe Bryant vs. 2006 Dwyane Wade..

[HarlemHeat37]

Who do you take, for just one season?..

[BanditHiro]

2006 Dwayne Wade...

He carried Shaq

while Shaq carried 2001 Kobe.

[Ace]

Wade tbh...

[ezau]

Wade and it's not even close.

[mystargtr34]

Cant go past Wade for being the main dog on a championship team.. but what Kobe did to the Spurs that year in the sweep was quite Jordanesque tbh.

Game 1: 45-10-3 on 19-35 FG
Game 2: 28-7-6 on 11-24 FG
Game 3: 36-9-8 on 14-27 FG
Game 4: 24-2-11 on 10-19 FG

[Ashy Larry]

2006 Dwayne Wade...

He carried Shaq

while Shaq carried 2001 Kobe.

Ask the Spurs if Shaquille carried Kobe in 2001

[Ashy Larry]

Cant go past Wade for being the main dog on a championship team.. but what Kobe did to the Spurs that year in the sweep was quite Jordanesque tbh.

Game 1: 45-10-3 on 19-35 FG
Game 2: 28-7-6 on 11-24 FG
Game 3: 36-9-8 on 14-27 FG
Game 4: 24-2-11 on 10-19 FG

great series ..... dude was crazy that series .... that was the real NBA Finals because the Western Conference was a beast and whomever was winning that series was gonna curbstomp the Sixers.

[lefty]

Both overrated

[NewcastleKEG]

Neither

(Unless Shaq comes too)

[Pelicans78]

Kobe

[Killakobe81]

2006 Dwayne Wade...

He carried Shaq

while Shaq carried 2001 Kobe.

Even I would take Wade. that season Wade was amazing ... I would take Kobe pretty much every other year since though ...

[JamStone]

Actually a great comparison. Pretty much a toss-up as that might have been the best all-around Kobe had played in his career, especially in the playoffs. Scoring at a high clip despite having to share with Shaq. Still young and super athletic and still quite the demon defensively. Was rebounding at a high rate. And was sharing the ball a lot. And while he wanted to get his share of the limelight, I don't think he played quite as desperately to be "the guy" as he did in 2002 and certainly in 2004. That Spurs series simply cannot be denied.

And Wade, well he was just off the chains for that 2006 playoff run too. I remember watching the series against the Pistons and he was doing 360 lay-ups flipping the ball over his head without even looking at the rim and making them. He wouldn't miss for the first couple games of that series. I think there's a small taint to his playoff performance with the 40+ free throws in the last two Finals games, but just a small taint. He was still unbelievable.

I'm a little more biased towards Kobe since I'm a Kobe fan, and I do think that was about as good Kobe was in his career in terms of overall game. In the playoffs, he didn't dominate the Finals like Wade did. But in a lot of ways, the WCF series against the Spurs was essentially the "Finals" and Kobe destroyed in that series.

I'll go Kobe, but it's really a toss-up.

[Killakobe81]

Actually a great comparison. Pretty much a toss-up as that might have been the best all-around Kobe had played in his career, especially in the playoffs. Scoring at a high clip despite having to share with Shaq. Still young and super athletic and still quite the demon defensively. Was rebounding at a high rate. And was sharing the ball a lot. And while he wanted to get his share of the limelight, I don't think he played quite as desperately to be "the guy" as he did in 2002 and certainly in 2004. That Spurs series simply cannot be denied.

And Wade, well he was just off the chains for that 2006 playoff run too. I remember watching the series against the Pistons and he was doing 360 lay-ups flipping the ball over his head without even looking at the rim and making them. He wouldn't miss for the first couple games of that series. I think there's a small taint to his playoff performance with the 40+ free throws in the last two Finals games, but just a small taint. He was still unbelievable.

I'm a little more biased towards Kobe since I'm a Kobe fan, and I do think that was about as good Kobe was in his career in terms of overall game. In the playoffs, he didn't dominate the Finals like Wade did. But in a lot of ways, the WCF series against the Spurs was essentially the "Finals" and Kobe destroyed in that series.I'll go Kobe, but it's really a toss-up.

Great point. and spurs defense was much better than Mavs ...

So I may have to reconsider ...

[mavs>spurs]

wade kills that fraud

[ChrisRichards]

Kobe had an amazing year in 2001 but Wade's 2006 post season was one for the ages. Wade was just truly spectacular and I'm not even talking about against the Mavs.

No one thought the Heat would dismantle the Pistons but Wade really torched one of the best defensive teams that year. I think he averaged around 29.5 ppg while shooting 59% from the field!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playof...?series=miadet#


No one thought he could top that from what I recall but his Finals performance was even better. His performance in 2006 was ranked as the best finals performance in NBA history by ESPN.

34.7 PPG 7.8 RPG 3.8 APG 2.7 SPG
47% FG 33.8 PER


"Overall, Wade's 33.8 PER is easily the best of any Finals performer since the merger. While it seems strange to have somebody besides Michael Jordan in the top spot, the truth is Jordan never dominated a Finals to this extent. At the time, many called Wade's performance Jordanesque. It turns out they might have been selling him short"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playof...Performances-1

Wade was a beast that year.

[NewcastleKEG]

Actually a great comparison. Pretty much a toss-up as that might have been the best all-around Kobe had played in his career, especially in the playoffs. Scoring at a high clip despite having to share with Shaq. Still young and super athletic and still quite the demon defensively. Was rebounding at a high rate. And was sharing the ball a lot. And while he wanted to get his share of the limelight, I don't think he played quite as desperately to be "the guy" as he did in 2002 and certainly in 2004. That Spurs series simply cannot be denied.

And Wade, well he was just off the chains for that 2006 playoff run too. I remember watching the series against the Pistons and he was doing 360 lay-ups flipping the ball over his head without even looking at the rim and making them. He wouldn't miss for the first couple games of that series. I think there's a small taint to his playoff performance with the 40+ free throws in the last two Finals games, but just a small taint. He was still unbelievable.

I'm a little more biased towards Kobe since I'm a Kobe fan, and I do think that was about as good Kobe was in his career in terms of overall game. In the playoffs, he didn't dominate the Finals like Wade did. But in a lot of ways, the WCF series against the Spurs was essentially the "Finals" and Kobe destroyed in that series.

I'll go Kobe, but it's really a toss-up.

So Shaq > Kobe & Wade

[Koolaid_Man]

Who do you take, for just one season?..

Kobe over Dwhistler all day ere day

some additional facts ..

Kobe - 16 seasons - 28,689 points at age 33
Wade - 8 seasons - 14,329 points at age 30

how in the at 30 will Wade catch Kobe....

let's carry on:

Rings without Shaq

Kobe 2
Wade 0

Wade injury prone doesn't play through injuries like Kobe does.

watch how Kobe shuts these niggras down:

[ChrisRichards]

A bit OT, but I never thought Kobe had a great NBA Finals performance. Came to find out his 2009 NBA Finals was excellent.

FINALS STATS
Points per game: 32.4
Boards per game: 5.6
Assists per game: 7.4
PER: 28.3


Certainly better than MJ's 96, Dirks 2011 and any of Birds Finals appearance.


Also worth noting is his 2010 series against Boston would've ranked Top 12 if he didn't had that 6/24 game in Game 7. Had Kobe continued his outstanding play, Kobe wouldve hit that 28 PER again in the Finals for the second time.

[JamStone]

Kobe had an amazing year in 2001 but Wade's 2006 post season was one for the ages. Wade was just truly spectacular and I'm not even talking about against the Mavs.

No one thought the Heat would dismantle the Pistons but Wade really torched one of the best defensive teams that year. I think he averaged around 29.5 ppg while shooting 59% from the field!

Wade really crushed the Pistons the first couple games in that series. But to be fair, as great as Wade was, the difference were a couple of surprising performances from Antoine Walker and Jason Williams going bananas in the series clinching game. Wade was actually just so-so in that clinching game, although he got a bunch of assists because Jason Williams wouldn't miss.

[NewcastleKEG]

A bit OT, but I never thought Kobe had a great NBA Finals performance. Came to find out his 2009 NBA Finals was excellent.

FINALS STATS
Points per game: 32.4
Boards per game: 5.6
Assists per game: 7.4
PER: 28.3


Certainly better than MJ's 96, Dirks 2011 and any of Birds Finals appearance.

That Magic team was crap. Turk as the 2nd best player?

[mavs>spurs]

i have wade above kobe in my all time list FWIW

[Deuce Bigalow]

Kobe - 29.4 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 6.1 APG, 46.9 FG%
Wade - 28.4 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 5.7 APG, 49.7 FG%

Wade raped the Mavs for 35/8/4 on 47%
Kobe raped the Spurs for 33/7/7 on 51%

toss me up a coin, I don't really know

[Koolaid_Man]

2006 Dwayne Wade...

He carried Shaq

while Shaq carried 2001 Kobe.

[Koolaid_Man]

[Koolaid_Man]

Wade who?