2006-09-16 16:51:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
Too early to say but for now, no. They're both great players but I don't consider them even close to Magic and Bird yet. Remember that both the Celtics and Lakers as teams dominated during that era. The Heat won one championship, but they didn't dominate the Eastern Conference all season. If Wade and the Heat get to the Finals again next season and the Cavaliers make the playoffs into to the conference finals the next two years then it would be a great rivalry especially if they face the Heat in the Playoffs consistently. Right now I consider the rivalry closer to 1992 Michael Jordan vs. Clyde Drexler. Two great players but on totally different teams that never developed a rivalry year-after-year.
2006-09-16 17:07:38 · answer #1 · answered by anonfuture 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, since it would be a rivalry built on media hype. For it to be a real rivalry, they can't just play against each other, they would have to both lead championship level-teams that can legitimately fight for supremacy. That's what made Magic-Bird such a good rivalry, it wasn't just one versus the other, it was one versus the other to get to their team to the title. If one of them isn't part of a team that can legitimately compete for the championship, then it's not a true rivalry.
2006-09-17 00:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by ccmonty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow human beings are bugging in case you assert its Wades group.. look whos guarding Lebron and plus they prefer doubling him each and every play. Then look whos guarding Wade. nevertheless Lebron nevertheless manages to get merely approximately as plenty factors.
2016-10-15 02:04:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bron and melo is an even better rivalry because they are the same position and they came out of the same draft!
2006-09-17 06:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by ukfansc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think Wade proved that hes the man by winning the championship until james get to that point that they have to fight for the Eastern title there wont be a rivalry but i think once it gets to that point it will be fun to watch.
2006-09-16 17:03:33 · answer #5 · answered by IA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seems fine, but they have different games, and different styles to be compared in this way. Lebron is a marketed player, and D-Wade is more coached and more of a point guard.
2006-09-16 16:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by !{¤©¤}! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
d-wade VS lebron will get 2 much hype from da media, since both are celebs on & off da court. a better one would be dirk nowitzki (strength) VS steve nash (speed)
2006-09-16 18:39:20 · answer #7 · answered by shadow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Melo and Lebron will be a much closer match up. Position, size and playing style wise.
2006-09-19 23:36:23 · answer #8 · answered by Saffren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
magic and bird rivalry started in college...
2006-09-16 17:33:16 · answer #9 · answered by clifton_woodruff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carmello and Le Bron
2006-09-17 05:10:00 · answer #10 · answered by C live 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋