Ima definetly have to say Wade, hes doing alot more than Peirce has done and hes still probably not at his best!
I'm going to say that Wade will is deifnately more athletic and is more explosive than Paul is. If you're going to pick Wade, don't say he lead his team to the NBA finals and Paul didn't. That is a dumb explaination for this comparison of players. Pierce has never been on a team that picks up a ridiculous amount of talented players for one season. Not to mention, Shaquille O'Neal. Wade is about 20 pounds lighter than Paul and a few inches smaller so he is clearly quicker and can be unstoppable with his quickness and ability to take off on people. Wade also has incredible leaping ability. As far as toughness goes, Pierce has the edge, he's definately more physical around the basket and can grab more rebounds. They both can score a ton, but I think Wade may have an edge because of his young age and incredible athleticism.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Jun 9 2006, 02:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Taking entire career into perspective, who is / has been the better basketball player?</div>Wade the dude is crazy good even with the few years that he played so far.