If you replace dirk nowitzki wit Chris Paul on the mavericks title team do you make it out of the first round? Sorry not a top player...top pg sure...better than rondo? Eh barely
And Clippers with Dirk? Are they making it past even Grizzlies with Dirk in place of Paul?
This is basketball and these are humans we are talking about, not plug-in devices.
Unfortunately, things don't work out like that.
There isn't a single player who can single-handedly take his team to a championship-winning caliber on his own in this league. Not even LeBron James, who is way above the others the way he's playing.
Because if he was able to, he would stay where he was and won a title there, but he knew he himself was never going to be enough to win it all by himself.