MIAMI (AP) – Dwyane Wade will not play in Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game.
The Miami Heat guard and 11-time All-Star selection made the announcement Tuesday. His replacement for the game at Madison Square Garden will be selected by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
Wade has been recovering from a strained right hamstring. That injury has kept him out of Miami’s last six games, and will keep him sidelined when the Heat finish their pre-All-Star schedule in Cleveland on Wednesday night.
Wade has not played since Jan. 27. Miami’s first game after the All-Star break is Feb. 20, at New York.
Wade is a three-time NBA champion, had appeared in the last 10 All-Star Games and was the game’s MVP in 2010. He will still go to New York this weekend for some off-court events.