LeBron James believes the Miami Heat might have to alter their preparations if teammate Dwyane Wade continues to miss games as he deals with persistent knee soreness. Wade missed his third straight game, his longest consecutive stretch of the season, Tuesday night against Boston with what the team continues to say is general soreness and part of a proactive maintenance program. Wade has missed 12 of 42 games so far and has had issues with both knees in recent years. But Wade's current stretch of absences has been related to an ongoing recovery process from his offseason shock-wave therapy treatment on his right kneecap, which was bruised last spring and hampered him throughout the Heat's run to a second straight championship. Wade is one of several rotation players who missed time this season, and James said Tuesday that the lack of continuity has been weighing on the team more in recent weeks. "With some of the guys being in and out, and with the concern with D-Wade, it's been tough on all of us trying to fill that," James said. "We've just got to be able to do a little bit more consistently, and go in with the mindset sometimes that he's not playing instead of [he is] playing." Source: ESPN
