The money will be there, if not at the maximum from the
Miami Heat then likely from somebody, because the
NBA's new broadcast agreements are about to make in rain it July.
But there also is a chance to emerge from shadows, Hall of Fame shadows these past two years with the Heat, a chance for some suitor to promise him that their team will become his team, as leading man.
"That'd be nice," Whiteside said as he sat by his locker after a recent game, the subject raised to him, not by him. "I feel like a lot of people want to be that. But I want to win more than anything. I don't really want to be the face of a losing franchise. You want to be a face of a winning program. And it's always easier to get people to come to Miami."
"I don't know why people are trying to find negativity," he said. "I got money now. I drive a nice car. I got a nice place. I mean it's not the biggest, but it's nice. I've got money right now. So I don't feel like it's going to change anything."