"Well this certainly is an imposing combination, perhaps even more imposing than the Heat's Big Three:

A Saturday's New Year's Eve party on South Beach that also is doubling as LeBron James' birthday party, with the Heat forward turning 27 Friday.

According to the New York Post, James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and their significant others will be among the 50 or so at the Shelborne Hotel, with a post-dinner Lauryn Hill concert to follow.

But it's what follows New Year's Eve that could limit the revelry. The Heat not only have back-to-back home games on Sunday and Monday, against the Charlotte Bobcats and Atlanta Hawks, but then leave later in the week for a weeklong coast-to-coast trip that includes a New Jersey-San Francisco flight.

"They don't have a curfew," James said with a smile of his teammates at Saturday's dual celebration, "but we'll be ready come Sunday."

James, in fact, said he has cut back on the nightlife because of the compressed post-lockout schedule.

"I've already done that," he said. "There have been times when I may have wanted to go out and have dinner and I wound up on my couch, getting off my feet, instead."

Considering what he already has been through as a pro, James was asked before Friday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves if he felt 27 going on 47.

"Man, I've been around. I'm a vet now, a seasoned vet, honestly, my ninth year," he said. "I'm very humbled I'm able to be here. I'm very blessed.""