Antoine Walker trade

The problem is, they're going with the Dallas Maverick, Phoenix Sun, Baltimore Oriole and Washington Redskin philosophy of "Fantasy Team...for Real." Sure, that would make a sweet fantasy team, just add a little Theo Ratliff down in the box to win the block title with Shaq and you're good to go.

I don't get why GM's and owners don't understand that putting a bunch of "highlight" people together doesn't make you a winning team. Does it help for awhile? Sure. And regular season titles are fun. But, you need to put people together who are role players to go along with your superstars. You can't have a team of superstars because then no one is going to want to clean up the shit (i.e. rebound, play defense, make it with the less attractive groupies, set picks, etc).

In basketball, you need your "star", your "second fiddle" and a bunch of people who listen to The Rock (know your role!). The Heat had that last year. Now, they have a mess of people who are going to want to be on Sportscenter, want to lead the team in scoring and not care about errant passes. Essentially, they have become a rich man's version of the Dallas Mavericks; a team that can do well in the regular season but has virtually no chance of winning in the postseason.

You'd think that they would have learned something from the Spurs and the Pistons; get role players, defensive stoppers and a scorer and you can advance far. But hey, I mean Antoine Walker is just sitting out there for almost 10 million a year; he can't hurt the team, right? Right??