A: We'll know more from Riley (or not) when he addresses the media Wednesday. There actually are multiple answers to your question: First, the Heat will hope that he doesn't insist on being a maximum-salary player, so they can put the best possible team around him. Second, I believe if it does become a maximum-salary issue that the Heat first see what that $22 million might otherwise get them on the free-agent market. Third, it depends on how the Heat envision the rest of their roster and whether Whiteside will fit, which is a particularly difficult prediction in light of the uncertainty with Chris Bosh. I believe in the Heat's overall scheme, they have yet, in their minds, come to the definitive conclusion that giving the maximum to Whiteside is a foregone conclusion.