Who accomplished more as the “PRIMARY” player on their team, Dwyane Wade or Kobe Bryant?
They both became the "primary" player around the same time. Wade became the franchise as a rookie in 2004. Kobe became the franchise player as an "8 year vet" in 2005 after Shaq's departure. Well lets see how they done.
Dwyane Wade:
In 2004, Wade led The Heat to a 42-40 record and advanced to the 2nd Rd of the playoffs.
In 2005, Wade led The Heat to a 59-23 (1st Seed) record and advanced to the ECF.
In 2006, Wade led The Heat to a 52-30 record and handed The Heat their first NBA Championship. He was Finals MVP, he broke & set records in the NBA Finals, he became the 3rd guy under age 25 to have "multiple" 40 point games in The NBA Finals, he became the 5th NBA player in history to become Sports Illstrated Sportsman of the Year, and he achieved 2006 ESPY's Best NBA Player Honor.
In 2007, Wade suffered a shoulder injury causing him to miss 31 games. The Heat's record was 44-38 and they got put out the 1st Rd of the playoffs.
In 2008, Wade tried coming back but wasn't 100%. He realized it so he end up missing another 31 games. The Heat's record was 15-67.
Kobe Bryant:
In 2005, Kobe led a team with almost the same supporting cast (Odom, Butler, & Grant) that Wade had in 2004 to a 34-48 record and missed the playoffs.
In 2006, Kobe led The Lakers to a 45-37 record and got put out the 1st Rd of the playoffs.
In 2007, Kobe led The Lakers to a 42-40 record and got put out the 1st Rd of the playoffs.
In 2008, The Lakers made a "BIG TRADE". They acquired another "FRANCHISE PLAYER" (Pau Gasol) that once led his team to a 50 win season (in 2004). Gasol was able to lead The Grizzlies to the playoffs in 2005, 2005 is the same season that Kobe failed to lead The Lakers to the playoffs...and to get Gasol the Lakers gave up nothing (Kwame Brown). Anyways, after acquiring another franchise player that did better then Kobe when they were apart, The Lakers end up with a 57-25 record, Kobe was "given" his 1st League MVP after 12 seasons, they reached The NBA Finals but lost badly, & Kobe played a crappy serious.
Wade is "CLEARLY" better at leading a team. His down fall was a "SERIOUS INJURY". Kobe's down fall is that he's a "SHOT JACKER" and isn't really all that good. As the primary player Wade won a championship, Finals MVP, & etc. What has Kobe done as the primary player? "NOTHING"!
Wade > Kobe
MC
Kobe Bryant:
In 2005, Kobe led a team with almost the same supporting cast (Odom, Butler, & Grant) that Wade had in 2004 to a 34-48 record and missed the playoffs.
LMAO
Dwyane Wade:
In 2004, Wade led The Heat to a 42-40 record and advanced to the 2nd Rd of the playoffs.
Wade led the Heat to 10 wins in the 54 games he played in last season.
Kobe led Kwame Brown, Smush Parker, and Luke Walton to 45 wins in the West.
Kobe > Wade
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ugh..do you think im gonna read all that
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Kobe Jockers are idiots. They actually discredit Wade for last year. The guys was CLEARLY injured and didn’t play at the beginning or the end of the season….Just like how they discredit Jordan the season Jordan broke his foot in 1986 (MJ’s 2nd yr)…..I bet you if Kobe got injured and was out for the year, and the Lakers win without Kobe, they’ll somehow give Kobe credit for that! They think injuries isn’t an legit excuse! Kobe Jockers are delusional!
BTW, now that Wade is healthy look what he’s doing. He’s BACK!
this guy is the biggest trick of them all. he reports abuse, he deletes his own questions, and he blocks people after he gets owned.
he gets owned all the time too,hahahaha.
and if all those fake accounts is really under 1 IP, then this loser answers his own questions.
this Kobe hater researches Kobe more than any Kobe fan.
Btw d-wade played in the East Coast. There is a different level of difficulty out there.
Do we really care?
HAHA I DONT HAVE TO READ THAT EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOW ITS KOBE!
Paul Pierce will own both of those guys. Pierce is the best.
D-Wade has the finals MVP award that Kobe could never, and probably will never get. D-Wade truly knows what it takes to win on his own.
If you are gonna ask a question, let the people answer… don’t just share your opinion through a series of biased statistics without giving everyone else a chance to share theirs first.
DWADE AND KOBE BOTH NEED SHAQ!!! Kobe biggest hog in game dwade needs 3 more surgeries and 1 81 point game dwade 1 49 point game wilt chamberlain over 50 40 point games over 20 60 point games and 1 100 point game n KB 0 100 point game dwade 0 81 point game… the better primary player woul;d be dwade because he actually passes the ball with 2 on the shotclock
Dotn forget that waxde has been in the NBA less than Kobe. Kobe is just a good scorer, thats all. He has been wiht shaq too long, so it takes time for h im to mature
Kobe!
I understand debating over whos better between Kobe or Lebron but Kobe vs D-wade??? are you serious? Kobe’s better than wade!
The answer is easy…
D-Wade + Shaq or Marion = no Play-Offs.
Kobe + Walton & Kwame Brown = on the Play-Offs every year.
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