Are you seriously arguing that Parker, Ginobili, and Cassell were more important to championships than Duncan and The Dream? That's a joke. That's like saying Jordan didn't win til he got Bill Cartwright. Also, what has Kobe won without Shaq? What do you forsee Wade winning without Shaq? Shaq got to the finals with Penny Hardaway, Nick Anderson, and Dennis Scott...all guys that were on their way out of the league soon as Shaq left Orlando. I didn't say that. I'm simply saying that a very good to even great big man will not be able to carry a team to a champioship without great guard play. A great guard can, however, carry a team to a championship with just adequate/above average big man play. See: Jordan's Bulls, Isaiah Thomas's Pistons, very nearly Drexler's Blazers (though not a great example).