A: Correct. But the playoffs could help better determine his value to the Heat. Look, this is a team focused on championships, if not at the moment, then soon enough. So what the playoffs can show the Heat is whether in a series, when individual players are game-planned against, there is enough to Whiteside's makeup on both sides of the ball to offer counters. The NBA is replete with regular-season success stories. And those players get paid. But get it done in the playoffs, and the confidence when you spend can then be at a much more comforting level.