Q: If Hassan Whiteside is never in a game in crunch time, let alone the fourth quarter, does he deserve crazy, stupid money next year? Notwithstanding deserve, will he get it? -- Michael, Hollywood.

A: Does anyone outside of LeBron James, Steph Curry and maybe Anthony Davis deserve that kind of money? Actually, I agree with your point, that if you can't utilize a player at the end of some games, such as Hassan, Dwight Howard or DeAndre Jordan -- either because of their foul shooting or because of small ball -- it does seem like a stretch to then call them max-money players. But the reality is that there will be far more money to spend than commensurate talent available next summer, so somebody is going to be overpaid. And in this league, big tends to get overpaid the most. All of that said, from a parochial standpoint, I'm not sure the Heat now, or ever, viewed Whiteside as a max player. I now believe that if the bidding reaches a certain level, the Heat could quite possibly step aside in the offseason, perhaps with visions of again playing Chris Bosh fulltime at center.

Q: I feel that video reviews should include anything that occurs during the scope of reviewing a play that may affect the play being reviewed, including a travel or a foul that occurs during the play reviewed. Why not get it right? If a travel occurred right before a play being reviewed or an obvious foul occurred right before a play being reviewed then call it. -- Martin.

A: Which is exactly what I was thinking Monday, especially now that the NBA has confirmed that the referees blew the call on the Bradley Beal travel. I find it hard to believe that an official on site, or the referees back at the NBA Replay Center, can in good conscience see a rules violation and stand by idly. It would seem to go counter to everything they stand for. Now that there are referees in the Replay Center, there should be a buzzer system where the game officials can be alerted to a violation in real time. Basically, Monday's three referees saw Beal's travel on replay and were rendered impotent.

Q: Hi Ira, in one of your posts regarding LeBron James sitting out against the Heat, you almost blamed it on the fans for not being aware of the NBA schedule before purchasing their tickets. I couldn't have disagreed more. The fans pay high value to see marquee matchups and I thought this game was about as obvious as any to have LeBron play in. Why should fans like myself have to "hope" that marquee games will actually turn out to be the value in which I purchased my ticket for? Sure, injury is one thing, but rest, is a slap in the face for the fans, especially for a matchup like this was supposed to be. -- Marc, Pembroke Pines.

A: The problem is that LeBron is everybody's marquee game, so no matter where he sits, there is going to be disappointment. I truly believe this was the case of several factors aligning, including the 9:30 p.m. Eastern start the night before in New Orleans, the 45 minutes LeBron played in the overtime loss, and the effort required from him in that fourth quarter to force that overtime. But I still believe the overriding factor was LeBron did not want to take the court at AmericanAirlines Arena if he was at anything less than his best. The schedule prevented him from being that, so he instead allowed the fans to serenade him.