House Hunting for Hassan Whiteside, the Miami Heat's $98M man

Taking a look back at Whiteside's first big purchase and how it compared to our housing search.

By Josh Baumgard Updated May 17, 2017, 3:24pm EDT

Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside set himself up for life (pending he doesn’t go full-Iverson) after agreeing to terms on a four-year contract with the Miami Heat worth about $98 million during the summer of 2016.

Among his first major purchases was a modern waterfront home in Miami Beach costing the seven-footer $7.3 million. Shortly before that new property came off the market, we wondered what type of home he'd be interested in, which you can see in our house hunt down below.

What'd we get right? Well, we had a feeling Whiteside wanted to live in Miami Beach (check) but still remain close to downtown (check), where the Miami Heat play their games and practice. We also nailed the water view, but that wasn't too difficult considering what Miamian wouldn't want to live on the water after becoming $98 million richer?

The most difficult part of our fantasy housing search was we had no idea what his budget was. However, his $7 million purchase price did fall in line with our range of options.

Did Hassan make the right choice compared to our picks? Check out the four homes we had recommended.