Wow, you guys are really overstating the star power. Miami, would have won the championship in their 1st season, if the Dallas team hadn't caught fire in the playoffs. Their perimeter shooting was spectacular. I loathe all the accolades Irk got for them winning, they won the championship because of Jet and others's shooting. Go back and watch.
The Lakers will be fine, 2nd in the West, and 3rd best team overall. Their problems won't be on offense, it will be that the old men guards will still get burned by OKC and Miami, on defense. Plus I really don't get the introduction of the "princetown" offense. Eddie Jordan has been a craptacular coach, and saw what he did in Washington. Mike Brown has A LOT of work to do with that defense, especially considering their best defenders play the 3, 4, 5. and the NBA, as a whole, is more 1, 2, 3 oriented.