Doesn't mean they're equal. Also what about this. Zone Aomine was completely shutting down Wild Jason. PC Kise was incapable of that. Zone Aomine was able to easily score on Wild Jason. PC Kise was incapable of that. Kise had to get in the Zone in order to dunk on Jason.The manga said that they are on the same level so therefore you're wrong. Reread chapter 5. And stop living in the past. Part 1 and 2 are completely irrelevant. But if you want to, how about Kise being both injured and exhausted in his match against Seirin? How about Kuroko calling him the best player?
Also the fact that in Kagami and Kise's one on one in base, Kagami was completely overwhelming him when he knew he was injured. Kise wasn't by any extent exhausted.
He didn't do anything impressive? He was able to steal the ball from Nash's magic pass and even ankle broke him. We know Nash is something. Base Akashi also was able to ankle break Zone Kagami, although that Kagami lost his cool and lost his concentration.Current Akashi is not even close to their level. He didn't do anything impressive "yet". He probably will in the next chapter, but I doubt that he will solo Silver while taking care of the rest of the team like Kise did.
He did. You ask me why and how? I'll ask you this. How does he know about the second gate of the Zone? How does he know about the gatekeeper? Using the most straightforward logic, we'll have to assume he was there before, therefore, he was in the Deep Zone.Deep Zone Aomine? He never used that. Btw. this thread is about who's the best player, not team. Direct Drive Zone doesn't make you better in a one on one. It only synchronises you with your team members. Neither the manga, anime nor wiki say that it boosts your stats unless you can prove me wrong, which would still be irrelevant because you can't access it by yourself. Kise>Akashi>Kagami in Zone by feats.
Zone Akashi > Zone PC Kise > Deep Zone Kagami ~ Deep Zone Aomine > Zone Kagami ~ Zone Aomine ~ Zone Murasakibara > Base Akashi > PC Kise > Base Kagami ~ Base Aomine ~ Base Murasakibara > Midorima > Base Kise