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Dwyane Wade has already missed more games because of nagging knee issues than he would have liked.

With Dwyane Wade missing numerous games to manage knee issues, the Miami Heat have recently started trade talks looking for backcourt help, multiple league sources told ESPN.

Q: Do you think the Heat still need to make a trade to get a big guy since Greg Oden is not 100 percent and it seems he will not be? If I was the general manager, I would trade Joel Anthony, James Jones and Udonis Haslem.

Can Detroit beat the two-time defending champs? Not likely, but at least we get to watch Andre Drummond grow into a star.

Perhaps more so than they are for any other team in the NBA , minutes are hard to come by on the Miami Heat .

James moved on, leaving Beasley and James Jones in a serious intellectual argument about the origins of that chorus - it was actually the jingle for a Hasbro doll introduced in 1985, four years before Beasley was born, and reintroduced on a 50 Cent G-Unit record in 2003.

The eight in a row match the Heat's second-longest winning streak of last season, which came at the end of the season.

With the Nets, Knicks and Bulls struggling, some say a Heat-Pacers battle for the East title is inevitable - but fatigue could be a major factor.

Miami has the most efficient offense in the league. The Heat were scoring an absurd 114.2 points per 100 possessions before Monday's 107-92 win over the Phoenix Suns.

The Miami Heat are still streaking and playing good basketball. LeBron James seems to not be having back problems anymore, Dwyane Wade missed two games straight but he played very well last night, and Chris Bosh is being consistent.

Tonight at 7:30 pm, the Heat welcome the Orlando Magic into American Airlines Arena for the second half of a home and home.

Hey Ira, I think Erik Spoelstra needs to continue to embrace the depth his team has, unlike last year where he felt forced to minimize it to a nine-man rotation.

The NBA season is just a few weeks in, but is nonetheless very exciting. Games have included the drama of crazy scores and unexpected winners, freshman have been proving themselves worthy of their draft picks, and some teams are as good as everyone expected them to be, i.e. The Miami Heat.

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LeBron James scored 21 points and handed out seven assists, Chris Bosh scored 18 points and the Miami Heat beat the Orlando Magic 120-92 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.

If you just looked at their record or point differential, both of which are among the five best in the league through eleven games, it would appear that the Miami Heat are right where they want to be.

Coral Springs Christian basketball coach Steve Fitzgerald with his family. Front row Jackson, 14, Aiden, 10, Dublin, 7, mom Teri, and Mackenzie, 12. Back row, Steve, Abule, 15, Liam, 16, Austin, 18, and Alaaowei, 16. "> Coral Springs Christian basketball coach Steve Fitzgerald with his family.

Dwyane Wade sat out Miami's game against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, the second time this season that the Heat guard has been held out for rest purposes.

Two of the Eastern Conference's hottest teams will square off on Tuesday when the Atlanta Hawks travel to South Beach for a showdown with the Southeast Division-leading Miami Heat .

Q: A game like Saturday, with no Mario Chalmers, Ray Allen or Udonis Haslem, you have Dwyane Wade and even LeBron James needing to be spelled, and Chris Bosh in foul trouble.