Dwyane Wade still expects to play for the United States in the Beijing Olympics, according to the Associated Press.

He reiterated on Thursday that he expects to be physically ready to be in training camp with the national team heading into the competition in August despite numerous injuries this season.

"I really want to stress to them that I really want to be a part of this team, badly," Wade said. "I've been waiting four years for this opportunity. So I'll do everything I can to make sure that I'm hopefully ready enough to go out there and play. And if I'm not, they should move on and get somebody else. But I'm not looking at that as being the case."