Hassan Whiteside was asked about what he might think of the opportunity to become the franchise player of a team.

Whiteside has emerged as one of the NBA's most productive big men with the Miami Heat and he'll become a free agent this offseason.

"That'd be nice," Whiteside said when asked. "I feel like a lot of people want to be that. But I want to win more than anything. I don't really want to be the face of a losing franchise. You want to be a face of a winning program. And it's always easier to get people to come to Miami."

Whiteside has moved to the bench to accommodate Joe Johnson.

Whiteside's free agency is a difficult one to predict due to how he fits with the team and the fact Miami will have to use cap space to re-sign him.

"It's going to be interesting," he said of his offseason. "The way I think now I might not think at the end of the season. I might have a different perspective. My perspective now is different than when I first came. A lot changed."