You know... a lineup of CK, EB, Thornton, Corey and the point (Rose, please Rose!) to be named later sounds pretty good, but let's consider what we need to win. Better yet, consider the teams that have won recently. SAS - three stars (one usually off the bench) and some excellent role players, who played their roles to near perfection. The Heat - two stars (one of them transcendent) and good role players; and Detroit - a starting five of of stars, but one that featured an acknowledged defensive stopper. Prince guards the high scoring two or three on the other team, and usually locks him up. And the whole team is devoted to the defensive end of things generally. There's a reason that people talk about "getting key stops" and the "slowdown game" in the playoffs. Defense wins. Of those three our potential lineup next season sounds most like Detroit's, right? All of our guys will be able to score, just as theirs do. So then the question becomes defensive. As in, we'll be able to score, but will we be able to stop anybody? The answer is... maybe. Acutally the front line of CK, EB and Al will be one of the shot blockingest in the league, but that's not all there is to effective defense. So with that lineup, I guess that would be the question, how good would the "D" be?