Whiteside says he's 'a businessman that plays basketball'

Hassan Whiteside's Snapchats are usually reserved for opining on confections, but the center changed things up Friday by chiming in on his unrestricted free agency.

"I'm a businessman that plays basketball," Whiteside said on the social media platform, according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

The Miami Heat are on record saying that re-signing the stat-sheet wonder is their top priority, but he is expected to have numerous suitors - even some that could come as a surprise. On Friday, one report surfaced that the Golden State Warriors have interest in him.

Either way, Whiteside is about to reap one of the biggest one-season raises in professional sports history. The last season of his two-year minimum salary contract with the Heat paid him $981,348. He stands to earn about $22 million next season.

Whiteside may have played his last game for the Heat, as the team has no added leverage because they lack his Bird rights. Another report from last month even suggested that the team wanted Whiteside to take less money than he could earn elsewhere.