Dwyane Wade's agent, Henry Thomas, said on Sunday that he plans to appeal Wade's one-game suspension for the shot to the groin of Ramon Sessions.

Wade was forced to sit out Friday's game and lost in excess of $150,000 for the missed contest.

"We are doing it on the basis that I don't think the suspension was warranted," Thomas said.

"He felt that it wasn't warranted. I saw the play and I just don't think that it was."

Appeal hearings can take months, but Thomas is confident that lost wages will be reclaimed once it is held.

"Absolutely," he said. "The players' association will file the appeal. The money will go in escrow and then when the hearing's held, it's held."

MILWAUKEE – When Ray Allen retires from the NBA, he believes that working as a television analyst will appeal to him.

Any job, however, would have to ensure that Allen could stay close to his family, the 37-year-old said before Saturday’s game between the Miami Heat and Bucks.

The Bucks didn’t express interest in Allen last offseason, but he admitted he “can’t say” he would have considered his former team even if it had called.

The Miami Heat believe Dwyane Wade did not deserve a one-game suspension for his shot to the groin of Ramon Sessions in Wednesday's win over the Charlotte Bobcats.

“We accept it but we don’t agree with it,” Erik Spoelstra said. “As an organization, we have his back. That was a very physical game, there were a lot of hard hits in that game, and what we’re getting tired of as an organization are the hits in particular to Dwyane and LeBron (James) and Chris (Bosh) and that is the gameplan against us. Now our guys thrive on that type of gameplan, and they are physical players, but there is an excess of hard fouls against our guys.”

Wade has adamantly stated he didn't kick Sessions on purpose.

“It was a bang-bang play, man,” Wade said. “It was a play that you have to kind of be there. It was something that was looked at over video review, and it can be taken any kind of way.

“We’re just going to play the game that they allow us to play."

LeBron James is averaging 26.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists for December.

If James can sustain those numbers over the final three games of December, he will join Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to post such numbers in a month in the past 45 years.

Brid was the last to accomplish the feat in March of 1987.

“We don’t take LeBron’s talent for granted,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We never do. He gets it done on both ends. He takes a big workload for us and took over in the fourth quarter again [Wednesday] and made some big plays for us.”

Dwyane Wade has been suspended one game by the NBA for flailing his leg and making contact with the groin of Ramon Sessions during Wednesday's game.

Wade will lose his pay for one game.

Dexter Pittman has been assigned by the Miami Heat to the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League.

Pittman has appeared in four games with the Heat this season, totaling six points and seven rebounds in 12 minutes of action while shooting 3-of-5 from the field.

Pittman previously appeared in the D-League with Sioux Falls during the 2010-11 season appearing in 22 games (all starts) and averaged 14.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.73 blocks and 1.2 assists in 27.7 minutes while shooting 53.6 percent from the field. 

Erik Spoelstra expects Pittman to stay in the D-League for an extended period.

Mario Chalmers scored 20 points in the Miami Heat's 103-97 win on Christmas over the Thunder.

Chalmers entered the game averaging 6.5 points per game.

“No one ever doubts Rio in big games,” Erik Spoelstra said.

“You want him in your foxhole when the pressure is high.”

Chalmers helped the Heat extend their fourth quarter lead with five consecutive points.

“We’re clearly a better team when he is at his best,” Spoelstra said. “You have to have everyone as a live offensive threat. Everyone has to have balance.”

LeBron James committed his first foul since Dec. 8 in Miami's win over the Thunder.

James went 254 minutes and seven seconds without being called for a personal foul.

James was last called for a foul when backing into Lance Thomas.

James was whistled on Tuesday for trying to block a dunk attempt by Serge Ibaka.

The NBA announced on Monday that LeBron James and Chris Paul today have been named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 17, through Sunday, Dec. 23.

James led the Miami Heat to a 3-0 week behind averages of 25.3 points (third in the conference), 7.7 assists (fourth in the conference), 8.0 rebounds and 1.67 blocks (eighth in the conference). He led Miami in rebounding in all three games and has opened the season with 20-plus point efforts in the Heat's first 24 games, matching the longest streak since Karl Malone opened the 1989-90 season with 24 consecutive 20-plus point outings.

Paul helped the Los Angeles Clippers to a 4-0 week behind averages of 16.3 points, a conference-leading 11.3 assists, and 3.50 steals, which tied for the conference lead with the San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard. Paul posted three point-assist double-doubles and collected two five-steal games for the Clippers, who have won 13 consecutive games.

LeBron James has finally put to rest the possibility of participating in the Slam Dunk Contest.

"It's over with," said James. "I'm getting too old for that. ... There were times when I wanted to do it. But I came into All-Star Weekend a few times banged up and I didn't want to risk further injury."

James won the 2003 McDonald's All-American Game dunk contest.