Miami ? NBA finals MVP Dwyane Wade’s dislocated left shoulder is “healing and tightening up,” Miami coach Pat Riley said Saturday.

“Everything the doctors tell me is that they took another MRI, and things seem to be healing and tightening up,” Riley said. “From that standpoint, it’s good. But can he play basketball? I don’t know.”

Riley said he and Wade may “have a conversation” in the next couple of days to discuss the guard’s progress, but he quickly added that he doesn’t know any specifics about when Wade could return to the lineup. The Heat have 13 regular-season games remaining.

Wade has been working out regularly for about three weeks to see if the shoulder – which he dislocated at Houston on Feb. 21 – would respond to rehabilitation. He still will need surgery at some point to repair the damage, but may hold off on that until the offseason if he deems himself able to return this year.

“He’s the one that’s going to make the decision on this and how he feels,” Riley said. “He’s going to have to go through some contact and some stuff like that.”

Wade was averaging a team-best 28.8 points for the Heat when he got hurt in a collision with the Rockets’ Shane Battier. Part of his rehab regimen has included working out with a heavy ball.