Upon Reconsideration...

I hereby renounce C. Billups and T. Prince and remove them from my NBA starting five. What a terrible showing in the Eastern Conference Finals. Prince couldn't score or guard anyone, and Billups made some awful decisions in the clutch. I'm replacing them with Steve Nash and Iguodola. Although, could you imagine Lebron running the fast break with Steve Nash? Just don't see Lebron and Kobe coexisting.

My prediction for best five, two years from now:

PG: Chris Paul (very narrowly over Deron Williams)
SG: Wade
SF: Lebron
PF: D Howard
C: Oden

From SG to C, this is the most physically imposing team ever assembled.

POEM #4 (Wrestling with an Amputated Limb)

having taken on a life of its own
and burdened with self-awareness
it strikes with ferocity

it feels its open wound
and thinks about the torso it left behind

truly self-loathing
it wants you to put it down
but only so that it can strike again