I read an article today talking about how the Miami Heat were considering trading Dwyane Wade AND the #2 pick to the Chicago Bulls for the #1 pick.
Are you serious?
This would be an even worse trade then Pau Gasol going to the Lakers. Wade was the Finals MVP two years ago, single-handedly carrying his team past the Dallas Mavericks. He’s a legitimate superstar in the League and a go to guy in every sense of the term. Dude is averaging 23.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 6.5 apg for his career. Fans come to watch him play and, when healthy, he wins you games. And he’s only 26! Now there have been some questions about his durability but I really don’t think it should be too much of a concern. That incident with Shane Battier pretty much took away two seasons for him but that was just a freak accident. True, he’s never played a full season but I am pretty sure he’ll give you at least 75 regular season games a year and he won’t miss any playoff games.
And you’re going to give him AND Michael Beasley up for Derrick Rose?????????????
Now Derrick Rose is a terrific player and will continue to get better but I don’t think he’ll be anywhere as good as D-Wade. Watching him play this year, it doesn’t look like Rose comes up big in big games. I watched him play in person against OJ Mayo at MSG and didn’t look like someone who was going to be the #1 pick in the draft. And he was equally unimpressive in the National Championship game against Kansas. Wade on the other hand, is a 4th quarter killer (just ask Dirk Nowitzki) and like I said before, single-handedly carried the Heat to a championship (again, just ask Dirk).
Trade him? Really?
I don’t think the Heat could just get the #1 pick back because of salary cap reasons, but who else would they get…Larry Hughes? Ben Gordon? Luol Deng? All nice players but none of them are Dwyane Wade. If this trade happens it would be one of the all-time sports travesties and Pat Riley should be stricken from NBA history.
As a final thought, just hearing about this rumor makes me think that Wade is gone after the 2009-2010 season, probably to Chicago anyway. But better yet he should join his buddy LeBron in New York!
A nice little spot about Bron and Wade…
i don’t think it’s just the #1 pick for wade and #2, that’s gonna be pretty dumb. I think its #1 + combo of players for Wade and #2.
NBA TRADE RUMORS: Wade and No. 2 Pick to Bulls For No. 1 Pick
You’re probably right but they’d have to give up a lot of players in order to get equal value. Back when Gasol was still on the Grizz, the Bulls were willing to part with Nocioni, Tyrus Thomas, Sefolosha, Joakim, Adrian Griffin AND draft picks for Gasol and Hakim Warrick. I doubt the Bulls would be willing to give up that much.