CLEVELAND -- The winning streak is up to 13 now, tied for the longest in franchise history. The injured guys are trickling back in, the new guys are fitting in, and, of course, the King is still the King.

So as we head into All-Star Weekend with just six days left before the trading deadline, it is time to ask a rhetorical question that's in keeping with the grapevine gossip that's being bandied about the NBA.

Do the Cavs still need what's known as a "stretch 4," a power forward such as Antawn Jamison who can play inside and outside, another pricey piece to add to the puzzle in an effort not only to win a championship but also to convince LeBron James to stay in Cleveland past July 1?

It's such a good question, we went ahead and asked it of James after the power forwards currently on Cleveland's roster, J.J. Hickson and Anderson Varejao, both had huge games in Thursday night's 115-106 victory over the Orlando Magic.

"I never said we needed one," James said, immediately putting himself at odds with what is being whispered around the league -- that James has made it known that he wants the Cavs to find a way to acquire Jamison. "I think our team is built to win a championship, and with the group of guys we have here, if we continue to get better we're headed in the right direction."

"So I haven't really thought about the trade deadline or what guys are on the board or whatever, so we'll continue to play the way we know how to play," James said.

The Cavs discovered early that the Magic were not going to let Shaquille O'Neal get in an offensive groove early, so they sagged off Hickson and watched him break out for 13 of his 20 points in the first 10½ minutes as the Cavs were ringing up a 37-point first quarter.

In the second quarter, Varejao did the offensive damage by scoring 14 of his 16 total points on 7-for-10 shooting.

Down the stretch, James did most of the damage as Cleveland broke open a tight game with a 14-2 run to turn a 96-96 tie into a 112-98 lead.

So Cleveland enters the All-Star break having won 13 in a row -- the longest winning streak in the NBA this season -- and the satisfaction they gleaned from finishing this one so strongly, against the team that eliminated them from the playoffs last year, was palpable.

"It's definitely fun to get one of the best teams in your house; you want to see how you match up and whether that winning streak was valid," James said, going on to describe how one of the more satisfying aspects of this game was having the type of long defenders that were missing last season available to challenge the Magic at the 3-point line.

Orlando's outside shooting and Dwight Howard's brute force in the low post doomed Cleveland last year, and the offseason moves to bring in Parker, Moon and O'Neal were made to better position the Cavs to defeat the Magic.

But the question still remains: Do they have enough to get past Orlando -- or Boston or Atlanta, for that matter -- with what they have now? And if they get through the East, are they big enough, long enough and experienced enough to match up with the favorite to come out of the West, the Los Angeles Lakers?

Again, LeBron, the floor is yours:

"I love our team. I'm all about these 14-15 guys we've got in the locker room. We'll see what happens, but I'm very excited about our team, and I'm not the GM."

If James was the GM, and he happened to be calling the Wizards to ask what it'd take to get Jamison, the name he'd hear being demanded by the other team would be Hickson. Sources say Washington is adamant that Hickson be a part of any Jamison trade, and thus far the Cavs haven't been willing to give him up.

He's another reason why they're reluctant:

When Shaquille O'Neal went to the bench with his fifth foul early in the third quarter, Zydrunas Ilgauskas came in to replace him. Not even five minutes later, Ilgauskas was headed to the bench, too, after Howard drew his fourth foul and sat with 6:38 remaining in the third -- a decision Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy openly second-guessed himself on afterward.

But when Howard was out on the floor to start the fourth quarter, it was Hickson who drew the defensive assignment on him for the first 4 minutes, 12 seconds of the final stanza.

"It was obvious that Orlando's game plan was to come out and say 'Cleveland, we want your power forwards to beat us.' They didn't guard J.J., they didn't guard Anderson, and those guys combined for 36 points -- and what made it great was they went 17-for-25 from the field," Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. "So I applaud those guys for being aggressive, but being aggressive the right way throughout the course of the ballgame."

Question is, was this a big enough of a sample size to make the Cavs stand pat? (After all, as colleague Brian Windhorst pointed out, Thursday marked the first time since Dec. 23 that Hickson had made a jumper from beyond 7 feet).

And if they do stand pat, is LeBron going to be indifferent?

Judging from his remarks Thursday night, you'd think he'd be OK with it.

But as we mentioned earlier, the word on the street around the NBA is that James has told the Cavs he wants them to get Jamison, and this is no time for the Cavs not to be doing what James wants them to do.

Chris Sheridan covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.