Since the Heat are Obviously Trading Dwyane Wade, What Deals Might Make Sense?
And yes, the word “obviously” is in italics because we’re not being serious. Unless the Heat lose game four and Wade throws a punch at Spoelstra instead of just telling him to get the fuck out of his face! But in the event the Heat lose the series and decide it might be time to nuke the nucleus – probably an irrational decision, given the injury to Chris Bosh, which completely changed the series, but hey, this is what the internet does! – here are some decent ideas you came up with:
* D Wade to New Jersey in a sign-and-trade for Deron Williams.
Scary to think about what the pick-and-roll with LeBron and D-Will might look like. Williams is a career 35 percent 3-point shooter. Wade is only at 29 percent. Heat would have a top 3 point guard, top 3 small forward, top 10 big man (Bosh).
* D Wade to LA for Andrew Bynum.
If LeBron and Wade are duplicating efforts, wouldn’t Kobe and Wade? Don’t know that Bynum has done himself any favors this postseason – talent’s there, but all the other stuff doesn’t appear to be.
* D Wade, Mario Chalmers & Miami’s 1st round pick for Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson
The ESPN Trade Machine says Nelson can’t be dealt, but Wade & Chalmers for Howard works. Not sure why you’d want to pair Bosh and Howard and leave the Heat with no backcourt …
* D Wade, Norris Cole & Miami’s 1st round pick to Portland for Wesley Matthews, a sign & trade with Jamal Crawford, and a lottery pick (6 or 11, potentially)
Should this silly scenario actually play out (I can’t see the Heat trading Wade), Portland will definitely be in the mix. It has two lottery picks and a surfeit of shooters. Portland would have Aldridge, Wade, Batum and a lottery pick to build around. The Heat wouldn’t get a third star, but they’d get valuable role players, which might be a wise alternative.
* D Wade to the 76ers for Jrue Holiday, Thaddeus Young and two reserves (to make salaries come close)
Philly is an intriguing landing spot because the 76ers lack a closer. Wade’s a closer. How does a lineup of Evan Turner, Wade, Iggy, Brand and Hawes strike you? You still have Lou Williams coming off the bench. Not sure Miami would be that interested in Holiday/Young, though. Holiday is a very nice up-and-coming point guard, but they have Chalmers and just drafted Cole. Young would be a nice reserve.
* D Wade and Mike Miller to Houston for Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and Kyle Lowry
Houston loves to get in the mix for stars, but can they put together a package for Wade? Is Lowry that much of an upgrade over Chalmers? Scola plays power forward just like Bosh. Martin gets hurt every year, though he can score in bunches.

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May 18th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
D Wade for Stuckey and Prince.
May 18th, 2012 at 12:56 PM
An NBA post that includes trading for a major superstar and New York Knicks aren’t even mentioned?
It’s like I don’t even know this place anymore!!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:57 PM
yysa, can you guest post?
May 18th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
I definitely did a double take looking for the Wade for Carmello suggestion
May 18th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
All the heat need to do is sign Oden, once out of Portland he will be an all star.
// as likely to happen as the heat trading Wade this year.
May 18th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
LeBron playing with Howard would be fun to watch. They’d win the title.
May 18th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
How is that even close to equitable?
May 18th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
here are some decent ideas you came up with:
huh? no one asked me. i would have said wade for his younger self
May 18th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
The Knicks are loaded, don’t worry about them.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
If anything, this “3 headed monster” plan is showing is that once you get 3 superstars together one team, you can’t afford anyone else and so when one of them goes down, so does the team. I am personally loving this implosion by the Heat and am rooting for the Spurs right now. They are the anti-Heat in almost every way.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6nomp4e
May 18th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
I didn’t get the memo that feces could be slung against the wall and you’d make a post out of it.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
LeBron playing with Howard would be fun to watch. They’d win the title.
yes, if only they’d let lebron try on every other superstar
May 18th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
/2010′d
May 18th, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Wade for Timofey Mozgov and cash.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Except for the “three headed monster” part, of course.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Rubio, Darko, and change, for Wade.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Except for the “three headed monster” part, of course.
put together the old fashioned way. no comparison
May 18th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
put together the old fashioned way. no comparison
yeah I should have elaborated that part a little better.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:07 PM
it also gets the team an Uggs and camo short pant wearing douchebag courtside for every game.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
njensen, we all know that comment view is shared by 90% of hoops fans. but i couldn;t help feeling sorry, yes sorry, for the heat last night. they are pathetic, from bron’s laissez faire play to wade’s pouting and tantrums and shitty play to weak bench to a nutcut coach
May 18th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Which means absolutely nothing.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Wade has zero respect for Spo.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
A Spencer096 joint
May 18th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
Well, yes in the formation of the team. But the structure is mimicked by nearly every team that can win a championship this year, except the Pacers (who don’t have the three superstars, but many pieces above average and decent depth).
/Lakers, Thunder, Celtic, Heat
May 18th, 2012 at 1:11 PM
All the stars are now chokers. This league blows
May 18th, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Wade has zero respect for Spo.
To be fair to Wade, so does most of the NBA universe.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:12 PM
but the heat three were suprstars before they got together. the spurs three were not
May 18th, 2012 at 1:12 PM
lollercoaster
May 18th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
THAT’D BE AWESOME, are you kidding? lebron is all the backcourt they need…get JR smith and a shooter, and nobody’s matching up with that.
it’s like saying about the old vikes with randy moss, carter, jake reed and robert smith or the greatest show on turf, “not sure why you’d want all those playmakers with no guards.” lebron and bosh on pick and rolls, howard there for putbacks, rebounding and thunderdunks, shooters on the outside stretching things out.
DEADLY.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Yes.
Also it would be great if they could trade Mike Miller/Udonis Haslem for something useful.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
I don’t think we disagree…I am not denying that. I am just pointing out that the “three headed monster” is quite common, and seemingly the current model for NBA success.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Dwyane Wade for Joe Johnson.
Johnson’s game is more complimentary to LeBron’s. And we all know the Hawks don’t want him on the team.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
no comparison between pops and spo or riley and slocum.
no comparison between one-dimensional tony parker and wade or jerky manu and bronny. then again…the only comparison between duncan and bosh is their position (and even then, duncan’s a C, not a PF).
/dollar
//long live irishmafia
May 18th, 2012 at 1:20 PM
This is true, but Joe’s deal makes it impossible I think.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Well, yes in the formation of the team. But the structure is mimicked by nearly every team that can win a championship this year, except the Pacers (who don’t have the three superstars, but many pieces above average and decent depth).
I don’t think we disagree…I am not denying that. I am just pointing out that the “three headed monster” is quite common, and seemingly the current model for NBA success.
My point of this was that when the 3 of them got together, nobody accounted for the fact that they had to get some people to help support them. They basically just gave Beasley to the Wolves.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:21 PM
no comparison between pops and spo or riley and slocum.
no comparison between one-dimensional tony parker and wade or jerky manu and bronny. then again…the only comparison between duncan and bosh is their position (and even then, duncan’s a C, not a PF).
/dollar
//long live irishmafia
not sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me. i was only pointing out that the heat three was crassly/cynically assembled while the spurs were organic
May 18th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Also it would be great if they could trade Mike Miller/Udonis Haslem for something useful.
like a swiss army knife?
May 18th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Not true. They spent like $90M on Battier, Haslem, Miller, Joel Anthony, & Chalmers. If they had gotten actual good players, Miami would be tough to beat. Amazing how teflon Pat the rat is. No media person will ever say anything.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
For what it’s worth, Johnson and Wade made almost the same salary. And both signed those max contracts before last season. Both have five years left after this season. NBA Trade Machine says it works. Hell, you can add Teague with Johnson and Chalmers with Wade and it’s almost identical for dollars.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
the heat were hardly crassly/cynically assembled. anytime you have the legit opportunity add lebron and chris bosh in the same offseason, you do it. the spurs would’ve done it too if they could’ve.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
heard this before.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7q29zss
May 18th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=d76vrjf
Here is what they should do if they want to trade Wade.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:25 PM
No way I give up Teague for Chalmers.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
The only problem with Johnson’s deal is that it escalates much more than Wade’s in each of the final two seasons. Wade is roughly $21 million those final two years (with a player option). Johnson is locked it with $22-24 million.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Then it’s agreed! We are all in disagreement.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Sure. But isn’t that the price you pay for getting rid of Johnson’s contract?
May 18th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
the heat were hardly crassly/cynically assembled. anytime you have the legit opportunity add lebron and chris bosh in the same offseason, you do it. the spurs would’ve done it too if they could’ve.
ok, let me try again. the decision, the three playing slap and tickle with each other before heading to miami, the show they put on with the pyrotechnics. i’m not saying guys shouldn;t be able to collaborate and form a plan before making a choice, i’m saying that is not comparabe to how the spurs three were assembled
May 18th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
How does a lineup of Evan Turner, Wade, Iggy, Brand and Hawes strike you?
*yawns*
May 18th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Yea but nobody wants to go to Cleveland tho…
May 18th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
This post is /wanking
May 18th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
My god, the Trade Machine is blocked in this office, might have to tender my resignation
May 18th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
agree with this…tho, not to continue the argument, one could argue that the spurs tanking for duncan was equally as insidious as the three’s collaboration.
regarding the pyrotechnics and shit…yea, that’s a miami thing tho. if the three were in san antonio, you can guarantee they’d have come out on stage shooting guns and castrating bulls.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
No. That’s you with kiddie porn on your computer.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Mine used to be blocked, too, but then I got a new job. Also, you’re employed again? Congrats.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
This post is /wanking
meh. It provided me with the longest NBA conversation I’ve had in a while.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
No. That’s you with kiddie porn on your computer.
you don’t care what i think but that’s fucking mean
May 18th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
hey, at least they’d have a crowd that appreciates em. hard to feel like a rock star when nobody shows up to watch you play.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
if the three were in san antonio, you can guarantee they’d have come out on stage shooting guns and castrating bulls.
with the bullets? must see
May 18th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cb7dk6h
May 18th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
the heat have no need to break it up. i think spolestra is probably a decent coach, but these guys think he is a Riley stooge.
shit, they should hire Phil.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Spencer, are you talking about Cleveland or Atlanta?
May 18th, 2012 at 1:35 PM
No chance Phil and Riley would work together
May 18th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
i think spolestra
is that on purpose? because…anal leakage
May 18th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=77a79kq
Who says no?
Trade Bosh to Wiz for 2 big men and 1 shooter and Lewis’ expiring deal.
Wiz buyout Miller. Draft Beal. Amnesty Blatche. Starting 5 Wall/Beal/Singleton/Bosh/Nene.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Do you think Memphis would break up that core?
May 18th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Ha I’m kidding Spencer
May 18th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Have you put out the word that you’re no longer rooting for the team? That could help assuage some of the public fears.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
im talking about the cleve vs. miami.
/always hated miami
May 18th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
You mean the year David Robinson hurt his back and broke his foot ending his season after 6 games?
May 18th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
yes.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:38 PM
God. That would be awesome.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Miami could never hope to replicate the legendary crowd support of Loudville USA.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Ndub, if anything, Memphis will get rid of either Mayo or Rudy Gay
May 18th, 2012 at 1:40 PM
yes…that’s as insidious as lebron exercising his rights as a free agent.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
i know you’re a cocksucker about all things ohio, but the Q was fucking exploding every night when lebron was there. it was awesome.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Yeah and the Hornets once had fan support too bfd.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
link?
starter jackets and grandma-ma posters don’t count as fan support when the team’s in nawlins a week later.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
The Palace was rocking every night until LeBron went off for 28 straight points in the 2007 ECF.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:46 PM
/memories
//I’M CUTTING ONIONS, I SWEAR
May 18th, 2012 at 1:46 PM
actually, for some reason I remember the Hornets breaking a decibel record.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:46 PM
Uh the Charlotte Hornets led the league in attendance eight times before they moved and had over 350 consecutive sellouts.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
He murdered two franchises in two years!
May 18th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
i asked for a link, not facts, dick.
/probably should’ve stayed away…everyone seems angry
May 18th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Oh ya, I don’t begrudge Lebron/ the Heatles for the way they put their team together. Merely pointing out the Spurs “tanked” because their best player essentially missed the season. They still had to get lucky in the Lottery (I think they were 3 worst record.)
May 18th, 2012 at 1:52 PM
i could care less what happens to wade/bosh/spo etc as long as lebron does not win a title.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:54 PM
…
May 18th, 2012 at 1:55 PM
HOW MUCH LESS?!?!?!
May 18th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Lol @ 87 and 88
May 18th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
1 more: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=clf9plf
May 18th, 2012 at 2:17 PM
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May 18th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
DeWayne Wade for Detlef Schrempf and Gary Payton
May 18th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
You’re on serious amounts of crack if you think D-Will is a top 3 PG
May 18th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
This is easy
May 18th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cmpgg5m
May 18th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Really? Rose (prob an off-guard), Rondo, Westbrook, Chris Paul and DWill are likely a sensible person’s top 5. The order is mostly subjective other than Paul being no lower than #2. Is this ranking mean you’re on a serious amount of crack:
1. Paul
2. Rose
3. DWill
4. Westbrook
5. Rondo
I don’t think so.
May 18th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
JT, in my opinon Williams is a clear 5th on that list
May 18th, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Yes, just what the Lakers need; another shooting guard who’s body is failing him.
Clippers is a smarter idea.
May 18th, 2012 at 7:33 PM
Wade to Milwaukee for draft picks, and a couple players to be named later. Then he can go home to finish his career – sort of.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:32 PM
Trade Dwayne Wade,UD & James Jones to the Sac Kings for Marcus Thorthon, role players and draft picks.
May 19th, 2012 at 7:33 PM
Miami Heat Get: SG-Marcus Thornton
C-Jason Thompson
SF-Donte Greene
1st Round(2013)
2nd Round(2014)
2nd Round(2015)
Cash Conderations
Sacramento Kings Get: SG-Dwyane Wade
PF-Udonis Haslem
SF-James Jones