Mario Chalmers

[DaKCMan AP]

Thought some of you would enjoy this excerpt from a Dwayne Wade Olympic article:

Even half a world away, Wade has remained in touch with Spoelstra, Heat President Pat Riley and teammates such as first-round pick Michael Beasley.

"I think they're all pumped," he said. "I've talked to Coach Spo'. I talked to Coach Riles. Of course I've talked to my teammates all the time. I talked to Beasley the other night. He was probably on his way to work out. It was at night here; I was on my way to work out. I talked to him a while. He feels he has stuff to prove.

"I think everybody is excited. Of course, there's still question marks out there about our team and of course we have a rookie point guard and we haven't found a five-man and things like that, but we're going to let Coach Riley do his job at the top and with what we've got, we're going to make the best of it."

Wade raved about the potential of second-round pick Mario Chalmers, speaking as if the rookie out of Kansas already had been told he would be a starter.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/b...,1312102.story