A: We'll know that answer before the weekend, with Friday the deadline for extensions for players from Cole's rookie class. But this also could be a matter of the difference between the short run at the long view. For the moment, Cole is as good as it gets at point guard, at least for what Erik Spoelstra needs. But anything more than a one-year extension -- and any extension would be for more than one year -- would cut into the Heat's 2016 cap space, and I'm not sure Pat Riley wants to go there. Also, there is the question of Shabazz Napier's development, and whether he could develop into a long-term answer at point guard. Should the Heat bypass an extension for Cole, he still would be a restricted free agent next summer, so the Heat still would have a degree of control then. Plus, the Heat already have Mario Chalmers and Napier under contractual control for 2015-16.