Dwyane Wade still believes that he will be ready to play for the United States at the Beijing Olympics, according to The Associated Press.

He missed the final 21 games of the regular season for the Miami Heat because of chronic soreness in his surgically-repaired knee. He has been playing 5-on-5 games without pain for roughly a week.

"Just trying to get my timing back because I haven't played since March," Wade said. "But 5-on-5 went well, and I'm looking forward to next week, going back to my second week of 5-on-5 and the competition picking up more. I'm doing my job of trying to bring more competition down to Chicago."