Dwyane Wade has been fighting injuries for the entire season and since the team is well out of the playoff hunt, Pat Riley has decided to shut his star down for the remainder of the season.
Riley said Wade would undergo a specialized treatment on the knee that would keep the All-Star shooting guard off the court for at least a month.
Despite now missing 31 games each of the last two seasons, Wade has said he plans to play in this summer’s Beijing Olympics, a grueling two-month schedule that includes more than a month in China.
Wade has been scheduled for Ossatron treatments.
“The knee will be hit with shockwaves, electrical shock waves,” Riley explained of the procedure that also has been utilized by Heat center Alonzo Mourning. “It’s actually a pretty painful procedure.”
Wade said last week he does not plan to undergo additional surgery on the knee.
This is interesting from a Team USA perspective. Usually, players with knee problems have surgery and are out three months or more, but it looks like Wade will be ready to play in China this summer. One wonders what the powers-that-be in Miami think about their superstar playing in the Olympics when he can’t finish the season for the Heat.
