It's interesting that Woj seems to have such a negative view of the trade. Personally I think the Grizzlies won the trade handily. Many other (much more qualified) people in the media seem to agree with me, too.
I'll be really interested to see to what extent Woj is right. Is the era of "super friends" over, or will they just be congregating on a handful of rich teams?
I think the era -- to the extent that such an era ever really existed -- of having these "super teams" stay together for long periods of time may be over with the luxury cap penalties. But I think you'll continue to see these teams form, mainly in the major markets, and star players will give it a go for a few years to see if they can compete, and then the teams will have to be broken up to a lesser or greater extent.
That's much different than saying, however, that we're going to move back toward a time when more teams had a real "franchise" player and those stars tended to carry the burden of winning playoff series by themselves.
I think the 2-3 star model for winning championships is going to remain the dominate mode for a while, though every once in a while you'll get a team like the Mavs built around just one guy with just the right combination of really talented supporting players.
But I don't know if we'll ever see another '04 Pistons style champion.