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With Ford at full strength and the Raps on their game, which will hopefully still happen this season, are we really that far off from where we need to be at this stage of our development? We certainly haven't hit any kind of stride yet, which is alarming and relieving. Yet we're well positioned to stay avoid a 1st round playoff matchup with Detroit and Boston and beyond that, anything can happen. I still like our team composition but we have some issues that can be easily addressed through the draft, free agency, and trades while Bosh and Bargnani actually get some experience playing together (anyone have a stat on that? people forget how infantile their playing relationship is).

All of that becomes pretty meaningless without having TJ Ford. I just don't see it. Without TJ, I would see this core doomed for mediocrity and might prefer a trip to the lottery but right now I have to hope that TJ can come back and this group can start playing the kind of ball I had imagined.

TJ
Delfino
Moon
Bosh
Bargnani

The upside is there. Championship caliber upside. But right now we just need to be patient and pray that our team gets its identity back.

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