Hey everyone! It's AC, checking in - what's happening?

The big news right now is Mo Williams getting left off the All-Star Team, with David Stern picking Ray Allen.

I know the Cavs are going to use it as a motivational tool - which they should - because it was a slap in the face, as LeBron said.

I mean, there was always talk about the Cavaliers needing a point guard, needing a point guard, needing a point guard. And our record completely changes - (we won 45 games last year and we could have as much as 42 by the All-Star Break) - and the biggest change has been Mo. Naturally, LeBron has taken his game to another level, but the biggest difference has been Mo Williams.

Everything fit in the Cavaliers' universe when we got Mo, and he's been better than advertised. So I don't understand why they don't give him credit for that. Especially the coaches. I can see the fans not voting him in, because - in terms of All-Star voting - you know that they don't know what they're doing. They put Iverson in there and he really doesn't deserve to be starting on that team. You could almost say the same thing about Garnett.

The fans vote them in because it's a popularity contest. But the coaches know the value of Mo on this team. And to snub him like that, that doesn't sit well with me.

But again, it's Cleveland, and they did the same thing to us. We went through the Miracle year with no All-Stars. For a three-year period, we were one of the best teams in the league. And we rarely got any All-Star love.

If you listen to Mo and LeBron and the team talk about it, you can see that they've almost developed a bunker mentality: Us against the World. And that's what I see in this team, now. They're going out to prove that they have more than one All-Star on this team. But they're such a team-oriented bunch of guys that the sum of their parts is greater than one or two players. And I think that's what their true strength is.

Now that Zydrunas is back, everything in the universe fits now. And once Delonte comes back, the universe will be whole again. There won't be any black holes; there won't be anything missing.

Z has brought back the flow - it's opened up again. And every time the offense has a breakdown, they can fall back on the pick-and-pop with Z. Because they know that the opponent's big man doesn't want to go out there and guard Z. When he does, that whole side of the floor opens up.

The Cavaliers have learned to get the pick-and-pop back as a weapon. They were so good at that before Z got hurt. The offense would never bog down because they could always use him as a safety net. And when the offense wasn't functioning properly, you knew Z would come out and set that little pick and BOOM - everything opens up.

It's so important to have floor spacing - it creates so many opportunities, especially for LeBron and the guards trying to penetrate into the paint.

LeBron's performance the other night in New York was simply amazing. The stage manager who I sat next to during the broadcast at Madison Square Garden said LeBron alone is worth the price of admission. And this is a guy who's seen every game that's been played in, what they call the "Mecca of Basketball."

The difference between LeBron and Kobe is that Kobe got three assists and zero rebounds on the night he scored 61. LeBron played both ends of the floor. He's so well-rounded as a player and now that he's turned it up defensively, pound-for-pound, he's easily the best player in the league.

On Sunday, I don't think LeBron will start out on Kobe, but by the fourth quarter, they'll be going nose-to-nose. I'm anxious to see how we match up against the Lakers now that we have Z back - even though they're missing Bynum.

People talk about Kobe and the year he's having. But they sometimes forget about Gasol, who's been playing pretty well himself. He's a tough guard around that basket. But now he's going to have some trouble on his hands because he has to be conscious of Z. And that puts Ben at his natural position - the power forward spot.

Again, you have to keep Kobe under control. You can't let him just go haywire out there. He's going to get his points. Gasol's going to get his points. It's the other guys that you need to watch - you don't want them to go off, too.

The intensity is going to be palpable at The Q on Sunday afternoon - you'll be able to cut it with a knife. And I can't wait.