One-man show

2011 Miami Heat through 64 games: 43-21.

2010 Cleveland Cavaliers through 64 games: 49-15

2009 Cleveland Cavaliers through 64 games: 51-13

I know this is overly simplistic, and that the true test will come in the playoffs, but can this at least put to rest the notion that Cleveland never surrounded former forward #23 with any talent? At the very least, the fact that #6 and the Superdorks are likely to end the season with fewer wins than either of the past two years' Cleveland teams should quiet talk of those Cavs being a one-man operation.

The flipside of this is falling into the trap of thinking: #23 leaves, team stinks. Sure, Cleveland is epically bad this year, but I'm surprised how many people conveniently ignore the fact that the Cavaliers also lost Shaquille O'Neal, Delonte West, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and have played basically the whole year without Anderson Varejao, most of it without Mo Williams, and will spend the rest of it without Antawn Jamison. here are the Cavs who played in Milwaukee tonight:

Gee
Samuels
Hickson
Sessions
Parker
Graham
Hollins
Gibson
Harris
Harangody

Do you know how many of those players were among the eight accompanying #23 on the court when he quit on the Cavs last year? One - Parker. To recap, Anthony Parker is the only player currently suiting up for the Cavs who was in the nine-man rotation for last year's playoff squad. Let's stop pretending the 2010-11 Great Cavalier Fiasco is all about one guy, shall we?

Instead, let's look to 2011-12. Here's a possible roster:

Davis
Eyenga
Sessions
Harris
Samuels
Harangody
Jamison
Varejao
Hickson
Erden

Oh yeah, I forgot:
Top-10 Pick #1
Top-10 Pick #2

THAT team isn't going 12-52 anytime soon. Stay tuned, Cavs fans.