Rumor: Dwyane Wade Interested in Los Angeles?

Dwyane Wade has reached a buyout- rumor has it that he will pick Cleveland, Miami or LA- though it is unclear which Los Angeles team he is interested in. What do you guys think about the prospect of D-Wade joining the Clippers? Would you like such a move?

I really don't see why he would come to the Clippers. He's going to be chasing a ring, but with that being said I would not mind the Clippers trying to lure him. Add him to our injury prone squad lol but definitely an upgrade at 2.

That would be awesome.

Dwyane Wade would be great on the team. And he is not a ring chaser! He got a ring all by himself..Before Lebron came to town.

He has nothing to prove, and a lot to gain by coming to L.A. He can be the veteran in the locker room, and help this team win a championship.

Nobody wants to be in Cleveland! Its miserable there!

I imagine the Lakers are a more realistic destination for him but I do think he'd look much better in a Clippers uniform. He could even take CP3's old number....

I have memories of Wade in the playoffs last season averaging like 15 PPG on 37% FG and looking old. I won't complain about cheap additions, but Wade will also be 36. How about we leave minutes for players that are younger and will be here longer as Wade is not going to make us a contender or anything like that.

No more players with one foot out of the league. Doc will get stuck playing them waiting for those moments of past glory.

No more please...

Second thoughts, it would mean having Gabrielle Union at our home games, which will offset the Kardashian presence, ok I am in!

The Lakers or Heat can give him his retirement tour, or he can go join Cleveland.

We aren't contenders now, so who better than to help develop the young guys than a HOFer in D Wade

He should go to Boston IMO...lol never going to happen though

Or just take their minutes in an already packed guard rotation. I like Wade, but I'm sure it will work out in just the most positive fashion. What exactly is he really going to teach them in one season?

Just say no to the over the hill Wade. WAS a great player back when but now he's been a below average player the last 3 years. Won't move the needle that much. Stay the course with what we have, we don't want or need Pierce part 2, lol.

let him join the Miami Heat, We don't want another Paul Pierce fiasco happening around here. Not that the Pierce situation was a fiasco, but it was totally unnecessary. Just like Dwayne Wade would be totally unnecessary. Probably 5 years too late.

I wouldn't pursue him, but if he wants to come here, it would be silly not to consider it. He's not at Pierce level yet, probably 2 more years. Also, while we shouldn't bank on Lebron ever, Wade certainly gives us a leg up on the Lakers as far as a Lebron destination. There are upsides.

Dwayne Wade is getting paid $23 million.

1. He's too expensive.

2. His performance is slightly declining

3. We have an excess of guards: PG Teodosic, Austin; SG Beverley, Williams

4. Some of these guards are under the assumption that they will have a starting role or larger role, which will cause conflict if wade is added to the mix

5. Trading for Wade will make us lose a lot of depth as well in order to make the salaries match

we need to move on from moves like this

Really don't want him, however I believe he's negotiating a buy out. No need to overreach and pay him much.

My thoughts exactly.

With any other coach I might warm to the idea of a skilled, experienced, champion vet in the locker room, but Doc would play him 20 minutes a night.

If Ballmer wants to sell tickets why not

I would not worry about Doc. He will be under a microscope this season by Jerry West and Ballmer. I am sure that they had a talk about his duties and his coaching and what they expect from him. Wade on a veterans minimum would be great!

I don't know, I like his playing style. He would be a great teacher for Sindarious in my opinion, outside of shooting. I also might be higher on Sindarious then others, I think we got a steal. I could see his off ball cuts working well with milos. Limited minutes and trade AUSTIN and Wes to get some quality depth or some more youth.

Maybe trade them for some young small forward on a down year Stanley Johnson, Hezonja or Winslow.

I think last year might have been down due to the build, Jimmy was the only shooter in that backcourt. You pair him with Beverly and Gallo and that shouldn't be as bad.

Of course all that is under the presumption that he is cool with the minimum,and that he is down with teaching Sindarious.

If Wade is bought out, we get him for a vet minimum. He averaged 18 points a game last year. He still has something left in the tank. In fact, he would be the best guard on this team.

People saying they don't want him under those conditions are crazy.

The NBA is a business. If players can't win playing time, too damn bad for them. If they cause dissention because they aren't playing, there are 29 other teams in the league and a whole bunch more around the world. The objective is to win.

Paul Pierce, Chauncey Billups, Grant Hill, Antwan Jamison

The only positive of having D-Wade on the team would be Gabrielle Union at the games to help wash the stench of Blakes Kardashian away.

Chauncey was solid til he tore his Achilles, he was the one player on the team that could check vhris paul.

I don't know where to put this, but Tony Allen is signing with Pelicans. Too bad.

http://hoopshype.com/rumor/1134867/

Yeah, that is bad news. I would have loved Tony Allen, but he is listed as a guard, so we may have had problems finding time for him either way. That's going to be a real interesting team to watch this year. I'm not saying they will be great but they could potentially be on the outer perimeter of playoff teams, and if something happens to one of the lower seeds they could have a shot to sneak into the playoffs.

That's fine. We'll have a chance to give our young guys some PT. I'd really like to see what these guys have to offer.

It seems like one of the main complaints on this board over the last few years has been too many old guys coming in at the end of the career and not being able to produce like they were supposed to, but then every time one of these names pops up, half the board is eager as hell to sign em up and go through the same cycle over and over.

No to Tony Allen. No to Wade. No to any of these ex stars getting pushed out of their teams and looking for one last run.

Thanks. I didn't want to say it, but yes, I don't get it. How can people complain so much about old players and not giving young guys minutes and then want to sign all these 35+ year old guys?

One old guy who was a role player who comes off of the bench. He should have one talent not be an all around star like D Wade.Unfortunately defensive players lose a step as they age. Look at MWP. He could guard two guys at a time-once. A three point shooter or a guy who can be a Manu.

It all depends on what is going on with salary. If all you have left are minimum level contracts, then guys like Tony Allen are fine. But what you shouldn't do is sign them for any more than what they are worth, or promise them a starters role, which they are not well suited for anymore. When we signed Pierce I was not pleased with it, but at least financially he didn't hurt us. What made that a bad signing is that Doc gave him an enormous amount of undeserved time. Doc plays favorites, and yes Tony Allen on this squad would see some heavy minutes go his way, which is why I like the idea of having another defensive grinder on this team, but fear that Doc would repeat the mistakes he made with having Pierce on the team. So yes, we do need to stay away from Allen given what Doc has the tendency to do.

Speaking of dinosaurs, can you all believe Starbury wanting to finish his career in the NBA? The only teams I could see signing him are Philly to get a mentor and vet for Fultz or the Knicks for Ntilikina and a homecoming for Marbury.

Exactly! We have potential young, long term pieces to test out this season. The beauty of the CP3 trade was that we got young pieces and what's the point in getting that, when we're just going to resort back to the same thing and expect different results? That's called insanity. This season is about what we want to keep (BG, DJ) , and the future. We're not winning anything so as long as we're competitive, I want to see the new guys more with BG and DJ.

Also with past teams, part of the reason those moves could be justified even if they were still questionable is that the team truly was a move or two away from being a WCF team and possible finals team in our two year healthy / no super GS window. That's how little the difference can be, so sure we can somewhat get it.

Right now, the team is in a different place and we should be developing the chemistry and the talents of players who will still be here in 2-3 years. A guy like Allen who the Grizzlies another retooling team themselves are going younger and let go of and who didn't get signed until a desperate Pelicans who lost Solomon Hill for the whole season needed to get fill in players; that's not a guy to add to this situation.

We can't both complain about lack of playing time for young players and then want to get so many vets that you barely have enough minutes for all the vets, let alone the young guys. We all know we will have complaints about Thornwell's minutes even if they are reasonable compared to similar players and team situations, so we can't want to add another vet guard or G/F who isn't like an Alan Anderson that will sit on the bench all year and still expect to have more than garbage time minutes for Thornwell when we won't even have suitable minutes for all the vet players who as of right now are better than him.

we are an interesting mix tbh. The signing of Gallinari, Teodosic, and the decision to hold on to Beverley, have essentially signaled that the front office wants to keep this team in the playoff picture. However, we have to he honest and accept that these signings aren't going to put us over the top teams like Golden State or the Spurs. We also got back some young projects in Dekker, Harrell, plus our own draft picks in Johnson, and this years recent picks. Essentially, it looks like Jerry has his eyes on the present while still thinking about a few years down the line.

I prefer to have the young players take on a larger role, which is why Tony Allen would be a bad fit here. Being that he once played under Doc, he would be getting some heavy minutes and guys like Dekker, Johnson, and Harrell would all be impacted by these decisions. Under other circumstances Tony would be a good addition for the minimum, but here he would fit the same role that Pierce did...so yes, it would be a bad move for us to get him because of Doc

Wade practicing at our facility recently

https://clipperholics.com/2017/09/12/speculation-dwyane-wade-adds-fuel-la-clippers-fire/

This is the most important part of that link:

Does this mean Wade is testing out the place he may be working out this season? Probably not. It’s pretty common for practice facilities to be opened up for players, especially ones of Wade’s stature.

So hopefully there's nothing to see here and he moves to a different pasture to finish off his career.

Wade has been bought out. Is there still interest? I don't think it's a good fit.