Q: If Victor Oladipo came back along the Klay Thompson timeline he would be in the rotation, no question. He didn’t have enough time. — Michael.

A: Klay Thompson made his season debut for the Warriors on Jan. 9, available to Golden State for more than half the season. Victor Oladipo did not make his Heat season debut until March 7. So you raise a cogent point. But it’s also about more than that. Klay Thompson had played 615 regular-season games for the Warriors before making his return this season. Victor, by contrast, had a career body of work of four games with the Heat prior to his return from May quadriceps surgery. That matters, too. The Warriors’ system is Klay. The Heat’s system is something that Victor had barely dipped his toe into. Familiarity matters. And it apparently reached a point where Erik Spoelstra decided there wasn’t enough familiarity for Victor to make the jump into a playoff rotation role. In this case, timing was everything.

Q: Ira, how long is this “development” and thus sitting of Omer Yurtseven is going to take? He can help this team tremendously, now. — Masoud, Tucson, Ariz.

A: On offense and on the boards? Perhaps. But his stiff-legged defense is nowhere close to what is needed for playoff basketball. That will be the next step. And there is time, with Omer Yurtseven just 23 and under contract at the NBA minimum next season. “Development” is not about a single season. Patience.

Q: Wait, Tyler Herro was 10 when the Big Three were playing? — Steven.

A: Yup. Tyler Herro turned 10 on Jan. 20, 2010. So when LeBron James and Chris Bosh signed on to join Dwyane Wade with the Heat that ensuing summer, Tyler was 10 when he got his first taste of what eventually would grow into the Big Three championship Heat. So, yes, White Hot initially was kid stuff for him. Now he gets to live it, as he noted, starting Sunday at FTX Arena.

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