A: While the Heat have added a few veterans, there is a difference between "proven" veterans, and veterans who have been around for a while. It is one thing to grow to emulate David Robinson, it is another to walk in the footsteps of a journeyman. That's not to say that the veterans the Heat have added can't ease the adjustment for the Heat's younger players, but this is a team that often talks about the "Heat way," and that makes someone like Udonis Haslem a far more likely mentor than any of the recent arrivals. All of that said, it is not as if any of the Heat's younger players, including Richardson and Johnson, stand in the way of veterans currently more capable of providing playoff success. So you play the young players, with their mentorship best provided on the practice court. This is a team, save for players such as Haslem and perhaps Goran Dragic, where the leadership will have to come from the coaching staff. I believe Juwan Howard will be a significant part of that process.