D Wade vs Anthony Edwards

LaLover11 · Post #1 » by **LaLover11** » Wed May 22, 2024 3:30 am

Who will end up being the better SG?

Wagonband · Post #2 » by **Wagonband** » Wed May 22, 2024 6:23 am

D Wade is a top 5 SG of all time. Insanely high bar for Edwards to reach. So i would say D Wade

beeshake · Post #3 » by **beeshake** » Wed May 22, 2024 6:25 am

Anthony Edwards still has a huge hill to climb to be in this conversation.

D Wade carried Shaq up that hill in his time

SlimShady83 · Post #4 » by **SlimShady83** » Wed May 22, 2024 7:21 am

Googled Top 5 shooting guards out of curiosity lol - Yep D-wade actually ranked 3rd behind Jordan/Kobe

So yeh agree with top 5 part, as for Edwards way too early to say for Edwards ... If he continues and no massive Injury maybe.

SweaterBae · Post #5 » by **SweaterBae** » Wed May 22, 2024 7:27 am

Bloodbather · Post #6 » by **Bloodbather** » Wed May 22, 2024 7:40 am

Too early to say. Does Edwards have the potential to surpass Wade? Yes. Will he? Who knows, so many variables. It's not an easy task.

Is he better than or equal to Wade now? Nah. Not even in a parallel comparison of their careers. Wade had a monstrous title run in his third season. I know the whole free throws in the Finals thing, and I find it an unfair attempt to downplay Wade's relentless slashing ability, but even if you don't think as highly of the Finals performance, Wade's takedown of the Ben-Sheed-Tayshaun Pistons defense is still an enormous achievement. He shot 61% in that series, that's insane.

I do acknowledge that Edwards is still 23 and Wade was 24 in his third season.

Andri · Post #7 » by **Andri** » Wed May 22, 2024 7:49 am

A guy that in the last round had 3 games out of seven scoring less than 20 points. Let Ant keep developing, don't push narratives through people's throats

KyRo23 · Post #8 » by **KyRo23** » Wed May 22, 2024 7:50 am

NBA fans scrambling to compare players as soon as one becomes good

rand · Post #9 » by **rand** » Wed May 22, 2024 8:04 am

Wade is still the safe pick since he's a no-brainer top-5 all-time SG and might be as high as #2 but AE has a chance to get there which is of course a high tribute to the young gun.

MrBigShot · Post #10 » by **MrBigShot** » Wed May 22, 2024 8:13 am

Ant can potentially be better, but he's not there yet.

UglyBugBall · Post #11 » by **UglyBugBall** » Wed May 22, 2024 9:53 am

rand wrote:Wade is still the safe pick since he's a no-brainer top-5 all-time SG and might be as high as #2

No, he might not be. He is definitely not.

Wagonband · Post #12 » by **Wagonband** » Wed May 22, 2024 10:32 am

UglyBugBall wrote:
rand wrote:Wade is still the safe pick since he's a no-brainer top-5 all-time SG and might be as high as #2

No, he might not be. He is definitely not.

Yeah some guys need to go overboard. Clearly D Wade wasn't better than MJ, so he can't be no.2 under any circumstance :oops:

Ridicululz · Post #13 » by **Ridicululz** » Wed May 22, 2024 10:42 am

D-Wade is in a lot of people's top 3 SG, so ANT has a long way to go. I do like comparing him to D-Wade more than Jordan though.

dhsilv2 · Post #14 » by **dhsilv2** » Wed May 22, 2024 11:35 am

KyRo23 wrote:NBA fans scrambling to compare players as soon as one becomes good

They do this with high school ranking and NBA scouting reports. This stuff happens long before someone gets good.

dhsilv2 · Post #15 » by **dhsilv2** » Wed May 22, 2024 11:36 am

Peak, I don't see it but it's certainly not impossible. Career? Well if he can stay healthy and has a long career he certainly can pass Wade. It's a shame we didn't get a longer peak/prime wade.

Post #16 » by **tsherkin** » Wed May 22, 2024 12:44 pm

If he can stay healthy and figure out the regular season, then Ant has a chance.

Until then, we ARE talking about a very efficient scoring champion who was on the All-D team several times and led Miami to a title before he and Lebron got together. Wade was extremely good when he was healthy.

SelfishPlayer · Post #17 » by **SelfishPlayer** » Wed May 22, 2024 1:06 pm

beeshake wrote:Anthony Edwards still has a huge hill to climb to be in this conversation.

D Wade carried Shaq up that hill in his time

Lies! If that were true then Wade wouldn't have failed to carry LeBron.

dhsilv2 · Post #18 » by **dhsilv2** » Wed May 22, 2024 1:10 pm

tsherkin wrote:If he can stay healthy and figure out the regular season, then Ant has a chance.

Until then, we ARE talking about a very efficient scoring champion who was on the All-D team several times and led Miami to a title before he and Lebron got together. Wade was extremely good when he was healthy.

Not to mention for his era, Wade was an all time high assist shooting guard. Add in not just elite defense on ball, but he had that uncanny shot blocking! Peak Wade was really unique.

Post #19 » by **tsherkin** » Wed May 22, 2024 1:16 pm

dhsilv2 wrote:
tsherkin wrote:If he can stay healthy and figure out the regular season, then Ant has a chance.

Until then, we ARE talking about a very efficient scoring champion who was on the All-D team several times and led Miami to a title before he and Lebron got together. Wade was extremely good when he was healthy.

Not to mention for his era, Wade was an all time high assist shooting guard. Add in not just elite defense on ball, but he had that uncanny shot blocking! Peak Wade was really unique.

Yes, a good point.

Wade was extremely good, and he was adept at both scoring and creating for others (not merely generating assists, such as someone like Durant). He actively broke down defenses with his speed and his power, and his rim pressure, and carved them apart with his finishing and his passing. I think people may not remember how nasty his CLOSE game was, too. His middle game was generally shaky except at his peak, his long 2 was inconsistent, he never had a 3, but man.... you did NOT wanna let him get inside 10 feet.

dhsilv2 · Post #20 » by **dhsilv2** » Wed May 22, 2024 1:20 pm

tsherkin wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
tsherkin wrote:If he can stay healthy and figure out the regular season, then Ant has a chance.

Until then, we ARE talking about a very efficient scoring champion who was on the All-D team several times and led Miami to a title before he and Lebron got together. Wade was extremely good when he was healthy.

Not to mention for his era, Wade was an all time high assist shooting guard. Add in not just elite defense on ball, but he had that uncanny shot blocking! Peak Wade was really unique.

Yes, a good point.

Wade was extremely good, and he was adept at both scoring and creating for others (not merely generating assists, such as someone like Durant). He actively broke down defenses with his speed and his power, and his rim pressure, and carved them apart with his finishing and his passing. I think people may not remember how nasty his CLOSE game was, too. His middle game was generally shaky except at his peak, his long 2 was inconsistent, he never had a 3, but man.... you did NOT wanna let him get inside 10 feet.

He was able to offset that poor shooting with the nick name "flash" level speed cutting off ball. You had to guard him everywhere because if you let him get down hill on you, without the ball he was getting a layup on those cuts.

I always wished we'd get a good Wade vs Lebron in their prime playoff series. Sadly we never got to see that. Series could have just come down to hitting mid range jumpers between them. Obviously the teams around them would have been huge too. But I wanted a shootout between them.