A: Agree. And that's why I found it interesting when Pat Riley said Wednesday he regretted ever using the "whale" description, and how he wasn't sure that spending $30 million for a player would be the direction to go. When Pat Riley has gone to the max, it has been for max players such as Shaquille O'Neal and LeBron James, or at least for a player with upside that could be maximized, such as Hassan Whiteside last summer. For my money, I would rather spend on Paul Millsap than Hayward (and I still might be willing to spend more on James Johnson than any of them). The reality is that some free-agent classes don't have max players. And unless you believe Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Kyle Lowry, Chris Paul or Blake Griffin are going anywhere, this might be one of those classes.