Dwyane Wade Says LeBron James Replaced Kobe Bryant as Favorite Opponent to Play

July 26th, 2014 by Adam Wells Leave a reply »

For the last four years, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were having fun playing basketball together for the Miami Heat and taking part in postgame photobombs. Now, with LeBron heading back to Cleveland, Wade will still have an affinity for his former teammate but in a different way. 

Speaking to reporters at Chicago's Dwyane Wade and Brandon Marshall Sports Academy, per Brandon Di Perno and Surya Fernandez of SB Nation, via Stephen Ronkowski of Windy City Gridiron, Wade was asked who his favorite opponent is to play against:

"Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant...the second best all time...now, I have a new favorite player to play against...my former teammate, LeBron James."

This shouldn't come as a shock, especially considering the competitive fire that drives every athlete in the world. The more surprising part of that quote is Wade called Kobe Bryant the second-best player of all time. 

Some analysts, like Charles Barkley during a June appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, will tell you that Bryant is still better than LeBron because of the number of championship rings he has, via Ryan Ward of A ...

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