A: Except I have, when pertinent. And it also is a case of having to consider the alternatives, with minus man-to-man defenders such as Kelly Olynyk, Dion Waiters, Derrick Jones and even Dwyane Wade and Goran Dragic on the floor. Yes, there have been times when the Heat zone has been punctured and abused. But the question then becomes whether the result would have been better in allowing the opposition to set up their defender of choice in pick-and-rolls. We all saw how that turned out with Wayne Ellington in last season's playoffs. The zone has allowed the Heat to play a greater variety of players in a greater variety of situations. Has it become a crutch at times? Certainly. But it also has been limited in effectiveness when lacking critical zone-defense components such as Jones and Richardson at the top of the alignment.