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USA -€œ Wade: "œToo early to decide about status with Team USA"

MIAMI (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Team USA's Dwyane Wade was at his best at the Olympics and has carried his outstanding form in Beijing into the NBA season.

Wade, who turns 27 on January 17, is in his prime. The explosive Miami Heat guard is leading the league in scoring at 29 points per contest 36 games into the campaign.

He says it's far too early to tell if he'll be in the United States squad for a third straight Olympics when the London 2012 Games are staged.

USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo told FIBA.com last week that he would soon be speaking to some of the gold-medal heroes from China when they show up for the NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix.

"It was an unbelievable experience," Wade said to the Florida SunSentinel.

"It was probably something, with the team we had, if you do it again now, you'll never get that experience of the guys that we had."

Wearing the red, white and blue isn't what Wade is focusing on.

"I'm not even thinking about that right now," he said.

"We just got done with Olympics."

When the hugely-successful Colangelo is involved with something, though, it can be hard to say no.

"Jerry's a pretty good recruiter," Wade said.

Colangelo spoke of the pipeline of players that now exists with USA Basketball.

There is no shortage of interest from players wanting to represent the country in international competition.

Wade's rookie teammate with the Miami Heat, Michael Beasley, is hoping he has a chance to play for the Americans.

"I would definitely like the chance, just for the simple fact of representing your country," Beasley said.

At some point, the baton will be passed from players like Wade, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James to a new generation of stars.

"There's a lot of young guys that are ready to step into this thing," Wade said.

"We'll have to see and judge it for the best of our careers, as well."

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