Reke for Wade

#1
Oskor and I are discussing a question we would like to pose to the remainder of the forum - would you trade Tyreke straight up for Dwayne Wade?

I say no due to age alone - Wade is 28, Reke is 20.

Any comments would be appreciated.
 
#2
If we were a team on the verge of competing for a championship...yes of course I would. As we are constructed now, however, we still wouldn't make a deep playoff run, so it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. However, if you get Wade, and can pair up other assets to trade for another star or two (Boston model), then yes, absolutely.
 
#4
D-Wade is a free agent to be and could just walk at the end of the season. The only way Petrie should consider a trade like this would be if he was resigned during the trade a la Kevin Garnett to Boston...
 
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#5
evans for wade, obviously i would take that.. but with our roster we still wouldnt win many if any playoff games if we made it. what would we do with martin? with wade on the team i would be all for trading for okafor.... that would be awesome. but since this would take more than one trade to make this work....

we would have to make a move for a big first.. if not we might as well keep evans and see what happens. wade as a rookie was 22, his numbers werent insane but he did lead his team to the playoffs with odom and butler as his 2nd and 3rd best players.... wade iws no more of a pg than evans, probably less now... he is in full sg mode. only passes when he is doubled, which is all of the time but it doesnt make him a pg. so pairing him with martin wouldnt be the best idea for 82 games of professional basketball. unless we have much better big men.
 
#6
I"m not suggesting a trade for real - I'm asking based on current talent/future potential overall. Obviously there are many reasons why this trade would never happen.

I'm just saying - starting a team right now - do you want Reke, or do you want Wade?
 
#7
wade was injury prone in his early years so... I am kind of hesitant about pulling the trigger, you have seen rekes rookie year almost 20ppg 5rpg 5apg almost same stat as lbj. not comparing them both but if you can do it in your rookie year what more in the years to come.. when you havent even learned to make a consistent jumpshot. when you havent even utilized the 3pt line often.
 
#9
I'm happy someone agrees with me. Wade is a great player, top 5 in the NBA, but with the glimmer of consistent NBA play we've seen from a 20 year old rookie makes me wonder what we actually have. Since Kevin's injury, the kid is averaging 23/5.5/5.5. Compare with Lebron's rookie stats....he's no Lebron, but really, is 28/7/6 out of the realms of possibilities?
 

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#10
I think we know what D. Wade will bring to the table. As you say, though, we've only caught a glimmer of what Tyreke might end up being capable of... As a long-suffering Kings fan, I'm almost afraid to hope but, much like watching a scary movie as a kid, keep peeking through slightly non-closed fingers because I can't bear to miss a thing.

:)
 
#11
I think we know what D. Wade will bring to the table. As you say, though, we've only caught a glimmer of what Tyreke might end up being capable of... As a long-suffering Kings fan, I'm almost afraid to hope but, much like watching a scary movie as a kid, keep peeking through slightly non-closed fingers because I can't bear to miss a thing.

:)
No kidding! As I watch him shred defenses I try to remember he's a frikkin' rookie! 10 games into his career and he's routinely double teamed and no-one can stay in front of him.

Here's to hoping what is to come from the kid!
 
#12
I posed the question to cfechter just to get his assessment for Tyreke's potential and not necessarily to help us as a team today.

So the question, for me, should be ... Who has the higher celling and who would you rather build your team around?
 

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#14
And the answer for me would still be the same. If I was "building" a team around a player, I'd go for youth and Tyreke ... and a decent front court.

:)

EDIT: And ditto on the goosebumps...and the peeking through slightly parted fingers.
 
#15
I say no due to age alone - Wade is 28, Reke is 20.
Tyreke mainly for the same reason. Wade has 4-5 years before declining and we might not have a better team together for the next 2. Tyreke can be here for the next 12 performing at his current level or higher.
 

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#16
Watching the game vs. Miami a few days ago I noticed that Tyreke held his own and while he did not deliver the win, did a pretty good DWade impression. No trade. To be doing what he is doing at this age is borderline scary. We'll see what happens when he hits the rookie wall and teams see him the 2nd time around.
 

pdxKingsFan

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#17
Besides the age difference factor, and that we're still a few years away from really competing, I like the idea of a guy we brought into the league blowing up and becoming a superstar rather than trading for an established guy.
 
#20
Wade is a superstar right now. Reke is on his way to maybe being one at some stage of his career. Wade is one of my favourite players but I would keep Tyreke and take my chance with him.

Since Martin has been out injured Tyreke has put up the following numbers:

23.3ppg (on 48.6 percent shooting), 5.8 rpg, 5.4 apg as a rookie.

Those are all-star level numbers which ever way you look at it and he is still only 20. I would like to hold on to this kid and see what comes off it. His potential is off the charts at both ends of the court.

If he can become a solid shooter with a consistent jumpshot he will be unguardable and his assits numbers will unquestionably go up.
 
#22
I think we know what D. Wade will bring to the table.
:)
Superstar capable of being the star of a championship team. Not sure if Tyreke's ceiling is higher then that. Not sure there is a higher ceiling outside of Kobe and Lebron out there.

Give me the sure thing.
 
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VF21

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#23
My point was that Wade isn't going to improve or add new dimensions to his game, as good as it is. We don't know what Evans is going to add to his game. And the future is so bright for this young man we should all be wearing shades.

Trade Evans? Not only no, but HELL NO.

:)
 

Bricklayer

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#24
Shocking as it is to say, I would not do that trade.

I have gradually upped the level of my hints, but its kind of pointless anymore -- Tyreke Evans not only WILL be a superstar, he's actually playing like one for us right now. And every game he looks a little more aggressive, a little surer. When we run into these Derons, Wades, CP3s there jsut isn't a huge gape there. And he's 8 years younger than Wade. This should be our guy around here for the next dozen years. So amazingly...no.
 

VF21

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#25
I don't think you're surprising anyone who knows you, Brickie. The giveaway was your "chewtoy" comment, which I've immortalized as part of my signature.

This is fun.

:D
 
#28
Watching the game vs. Miami a few days ago I noticed that Tyreke held his own and while he did not deliver the win, did a pretty good DWade impression. No trade. To be doing what he is doing at this age is borderline scary. We'll see what happens when he hits the rookie wall and teams see him the 2nd time around.
A good number of teams, including who we played tonight (NO), have played us twice and they do not seem to be able to guard him any better. He already seems to be improving at a pretty quick rate this season as his confidence has improved and he has gotten his feel for the NBA. I don't think it's an impossibility for Reke in the future to be able to average almost 30 ppg, 6apg, and 6 rpg.