Cavs’ Dwyane Wade sidelined with bruised knee

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dwyane Wade has a bruised left knee and won’t play Wednesday night against the Brooklyn Nets.

Wade came off the bench and scored 11 points in 19 minutes in Tuesday’s win over the Bulls.

It was Wade’s first game with Cleveland’s second unit, and the 35-year-old added four assists and three rebounds as the Cavs’ reserves cut into Chicago’s early 14-point lead.

Earlier this week, Wade asked coach Tyronn Lue to take him out of the starting lineup because he thought it would benefit the team. Lue has been juggling his lineups and rotations while trying to blend new players and deal with injuries.

Starting point guard Derrick Rose is expected to miss his third straight game with a sprained ankle.

LeBron James made a rare start at point guard and scored 34 points with 13 assists as the Cavs improved to 3-1. James also tweaked his right ankle.

Lockhart adds that the meeting probably will take place next week.

The players’ union and its Kaepernick members decide

who attends such gatherings; the league and players met last week in New York in the wake of backlash concerning player demonstrations during the national anthem.

Kaepernick, who began kneeling during the national anthem before the 2016 season and currently is out of the NFL, did not attend that meeting.

“My understanding is that Colin Kaepernick has been invited to the last two meetings,” Lockhart says Wednesday. “He has been in discussion with the players coalition. I expect that he will be invited to this meeting and we look forward to him joining the conversation ...

“I don’t have any confirmation that he is planning to attend.”

The NFL Players Association also did not have any such confirmation.

— The Associated Press