If you want the truth about this upcoming NBA season, who better to "Let the Truth Be Told" than the esteemed analysts at TNT? We caught up with studio host Ernie Johnson, analysts Kenny Smith, Steve Kerr and Barkley and TNT's No. 1 play-by-play man, Marv Albert to get the skinny on 2004-05. From Shaq to 'Sheed, from LeBron to the unsung offseason acquisition, there isn't a topic from which the TNT guys shied away.

"I was surprised he did as well as he did last year. We did a couple of his games on TNT in the preseason [last year], and you can't make a judgment because there are shaky aspects to preseason. [This year] he has to improve his shooting range and his 3-point shooting, but everything else is there.

"He's just going to be sensational because of his poise and he's so mature for his age and his grasp of the game and understanding of the game, it's so unusual for a kid not only of his age, but of guys coming into the league later, to be able to step in with all the attention surrounding him and still handle everything so well."

"LeBron is going to be fine. They just need to give him time. I think he's going to be a terrific player. I think he understands the game and now we just need to watch him grow."

"Like most guys in the league, I would say a more consistent jump shot. But I think he's so electric and so much of his game will flourish with an effective point guard.

"A guy like Eric Snow will help him. He's a veteran, steady presence at point guard. He's a guy who's used to running the show and he can let LeBron be LeBron."

"He's so good already, it's hard to say a guy needs to do this or that because he's at a different level from most players already. But if you want to be picky, he needs to be a more efficient scorer. He wasn’t an overly high-percentage shooter, and a guy who gets that many dunks and layups should be around 50 percent. So he needs to be more efficient offensively.

"He needs to improve his shot considerably. He will because he works at it. And much like Michael Jordan early in his career, he needs to tame his game a little bit. With time it will happen. He's still a couple of years away from being a half-court scorer. We know what he can do on the open floor, but in a playoff game, half-court offense, grinding style of game, can you count on him for a big basket yet?

"That's the big question for me."

"I think experience will be his best teacher. He's on a natural progression. He had a great rookie year. I think he did things that no one thought he could. I don't think anybody who wrote about him said he could average 20 points in the NBA. But he did.

"I don't think people thought he could score on the NBA level and that Carmelo [Anthony] would win Rookie of the Year hands down. But he came in and proved that he could score in the NBA. So there's no telling what he could add to his game. I don't think anyone could expect that he'd do what he did last year."