Heat Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Heat Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Dwyane Wade continues to insist he’s 100 percent recovered from the left knee and left shoulder problems that have slowed him the past two seasons, and pre-Olympic evidence supports his case.

Wade has sliced and diced international opponents in the pre-Olympic games. His explosion is there. The first step is back. The crossover is lethal once again. And the step-back jumper he perfected during the Heat’s championship season of 2006 is an offensive weapon once again.

“I look forward to every day to see how it’s going to respond,” Wade said, “and it’s been responding well so I’m just trying to get in the best shape I can.”

Wade, who comes off the bench for Team USA, has averaged about 15 points per game per game and has been a shining star in the American Olympic…

Hornets’ Pargo signs with Moscow Dynamo
New Orleans Hornets guard Jannero Pargo is the latest player to turn his back on the NBA for Europe. Pargo signed a one-year deal with Dynamo Moscow of the Russian League, agent Mark Bartelstein told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday. The one-year deal is worth nearly $4 million and is about twice what Pargo made for the Hornets last season, Bartelstein said. Pargo joins a growing defection of NBA players lured overseas by higher salaries.NBA/~4/366066539″ height=”1″ width=”1″/>