BRADENTON, Fla. -- Dwyane Wade thinks its "unrealistic" for the NBA to expect every team to be competitive every season, is bothered by the notion that player greed is fuelling the lockout, and sounds less than optimistic that mediation will end the impasse. And he suspects some owners are in no hurry to see a new labour deal because of lingering bitterness over what the Miami Heat did last summer. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, the All-Star Heat guard said hes growing increasingly concerned that more games -- maybe many more games -- might be cancelled before this lockout ends. "The longer it goes on, the more fans were going to lose," Wade said. That may be the one statement on which both sides can agree. On everything else, as commissioner David Stern said this week when he cancelled the first two weeks of regular-season games, theres a gulf between owners and players. The sides will try to get closer to a deal next week by meeting with a mediator. Stern has said that if progress isnt made by Tuesday, more trouble may loom. Wade said the NBA has done an "amazing" job in getting its message out to basketball fans during the lockout. Players, he said, have not wanted to take the same approach as the NBA on the battle of perception. "We havent done a great job of complaining," Wade said. "Thats what the NBA has done, theyve done a great job of complaining. We havent done a great job of that so no one sees our side. They more so see the owners side." And that side is this: Without more competitive balance, the league cant succeed. "Theres a real willingness of the high-grossing teams to pitch in and put in some dollars," Stern told NBA TV in an interview broadcast Thursday night. "And theres a real desire on the low-grossing teams to have the money to make them competitive." Wade and Stern discussed that point during a sometimes contentious meeting several top players attended in New York a couple weeks ago, and just as he did then, the star doesnt agree with the commissioner. "Lets just take the owners and the NBA saying we want every team to be competitive," Wade said. "We want every team to have the same chips to start with. You tell me that corporations and business around the world that every is equal one and Ill show you a lie. You have some up here, you have some down here. Thats the game. We have some huge markets. We have some small markets. "To me, its not about who has the most chips," Wade added. "I think its about who manages their chips the right way. Thats why I think we have a management problem. Small markets have won championships. San Antonio is a very small market and they have four championships in the last 10 years or whatever the case may be. So I dont know how you ever fix it unless you have realistic goals. It has to get a little more realistic and right now, its not." To be clear, Wade has not given up hope for the season. Far from it. He was at the IMG Academies in Florida, about a four-hour drive from Miami, on Friday for five hours of testing in Gatorades new sports science lab, getting poked and prodded with hopes that researchers can find some new way to help him on the court. Wade is a Gatorade spokesman, and the facility at IMG is one of at least four Gatorade plans to open worldwide for new research. That being said, he is realistic. He knows the Heat galvanized both their fans and their detractors -- including some NBA team owners -- in July 2010, when Miami found a way to not only keep Wade but sign LeBron James and Chris Bosh, among others. Wade took a contract that was worth $17 million less than what the Heat would have been allowed to offer to make those deals happen. Given that, Wade suspects theres some out there that would be thrilled if the Heat were not back on the floor anytime soon. "Im not going to say its all about the Miami Heat, but it makes it a little easier to sit on your hands. Im going to say that," Wade said. "It makes it a little easier for others to sit on their hands because I know, Im sure, teams that have an opportunity and feel like they can compete right now, theyre ready to go. If 20 other teams dont feel they have that opportunity, they sit on their hands. So it affects the Miami Heat, obviously." Wade makes an estimated US$25 million to $30 million annually in on- and off-court earnings. He knows why fans are upset that players and owners cant find a solution when the nations economy is struggling and unemployment is soaring. "Not at one point have we asked for more money," Wade said. "Ive heard people say The players are being greedy. How are we being greedy? ... 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