Surrounded by a couple hundred people, Dwyane Wade made a formal free throw at an official opening of a refurbished basketball court at a city park. According to Miami Heat’s guard that was his first shot made after he had surgery on his left shoulder May 15.

Despite this sign of slight progress it will take a while before Wade fanes will witness the Miami’s crafty shooting guard attempting another shot.

Although the knee and shoulder rehabilitation is going well according to Wade, the 2006 NBA finals MVP may not be ready to begin practice when Miami opens training camp in early October. Taking this fact into consideration you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that Miami’s top scorer might even miss the season opener, and with a high degree of probability.

"I'm a fast healer, but my doctor really wants to make sure I'm well and I'm healthy and we don't have to go through this process again," Wade said after helping Staples executives present a $25,000 check to refurbish the basketball courts at City Hall Park. . "He'd rather for me not to rush back to get in training camp and maybe aggravate something early in the season."

The surgery which took place on May 15 corrected Wade’s dislocated shoulder of which he suffered for about 53 games into the season and the knee tendinitis that troubled him almost the entire season.

The medical prognosis of three month of rehab for his knee operation and six months for his shoulder hasn’t changed since the doctors issued it.

"I want to make sure I'm as healthy as possible and play the most games I can play without going in and out of the lineup," Wade said. "I'd rather take it slow now and really hit it toward the end."

"It's a long process," Wade added. "It's not an overnight thing. So I'm taking it a day at a time and I'm coming along. ... It's tough to rehab the whole left side of your body at one time, but I'm making it work."