"Yeah Billups and Mercer have really taken their teams to a higher level!" -- Too early to tell. By that logic Jordan was useless. It took him what 8 years to win a title? Same with Shaq. It wasn't until Jordan got a center (even if it was Cartright) htat he got out of the East. Speaking of the weak East, anyone notice the 76ers have lost 6 in a row? Print those playoff tix, baby!