Miami Heat trainers creating plan to monitor minutes for Dwyane Wade?
By Bryan Rose
Fall down eight times, only to stand up nine? It’s a motto that Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade lives by, but falling down those eight times really puts a punishment on your body – something Wade knows all too well.
It’s also something the Miami Heat training staff is aware of as they’re potentially crafting a ‘plan’ to monitor the health of Wade this season, which could include the former Marquette product sitting out on many back-to-back games.
Per the South Florida Sun:
"If you think the Heat medical, training and coaching staffs aren’t coming up with a course of action for next season, you’re fooling yourself. Plenty is being discussed this offseason to make sure that Dwyane’s health doesn’t create doubts with the rest of the roster (as 2014 free agency looms). Will Dwyane embrace sitting out the second nights of back-to-backs or even a set number of games? I doubt it. And it would be a difficult spot to put Erik Spoelstra in, having him issue such edicts. Ultimately, I think it becomes a Pat Riley issue, with Riley to establish a course of action through consultation with Wade and the coaching staff."