One question of the Miami Heat looms most pertinent at this NBA All-Star break and the reconnoitering that invites.
The question isn’t, “Will the Heat make the playoffs?”
It isn’t even, “What if any moves will Miami make before this coming Thursday’s trade deadline?”
It is simply this:
“Is Hassan Whiteside a whale?”
It all starts there. Because the answer to that, of course, might help resolve those first two questions, as well as the even bigger one down the road: “What mind-set will the Heat take into free agency this summer?