<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Prepare to be dazzled. The next 10 days at the Arena in Oakland should bring new meaning to the phrase "star power." Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade lead Miami into town Wednesday, followed by Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on Saturday, followed by LeBron James and the Cavaliers on Jan. 20. It's enough celebrity power to downgrade All-Star Ray Allen's visit Monday afternoon into a D-list act. "It's the ultimate competition," center Adonal Foyle said. "The Arena is going to be filled with people. People are going to be screaming. "It'll be competitive, hard games, but at the end of the day, that's what you live for as a player -- to get the ultimate competition and try to prevail." The loaded lineup figures to test the Warriors in every manner but at the turnstiles. Sellout crowds are almost a given as four of the NBA's best players take to the Arena court, and therein lies the hitch: What's exciting for the fans can be excruciating for the Warriors. Superstar players post superstar numbers. Rarely do they operate alone. With O'Neal and Wade come new coach Pat Riley and his Heat playbook. With James come 35 ready-made points and the threat of his supporting cast. With Bryant comes ... well, OK, maybe he's enough on his own. "We certainly have our work cut out for us in terms of individuals we have coming in," Warriors coach Mike Montgomery said. "You're always stuck in a quandary between, say, letting a guy kind of have his ... and at the same time, having everybody else go off." In the classic case of pick your poison, Montgomery said the best the Warriors can do is minimize. Minimize the amount of help defense played, the effectiveness of star players, and how he gets others going. If that should fail? </div> Source If the Warriors are still in the Artest sweepstakes, this stretch of games would be an ideal time to have him.
