Okay, let's look at our playoff prospects for next year as presently constituted.
Neither Philly nor the Knicks are going to win the division.
3-way race with the Nets and Toronto.
Nets have serious problems with a lineup of What's Left of Deron Williams at PG, Iso Joe, and Lopez coming back from a lost season. If Rondo comes back as good or better shape as Lopez, or sooner, I think we can finish with a better record than the Nets, though they may make the playoffs. Or not.
So it's us and Toronto, and I can root for us to finish with a better record honestly believing it can happen.
And that's worth a 4th seed.
We may ride Rondo, Bradley, Green, and Bass along with Zeller/Olynyk/Sully to do it, but I'd say we'd have a puncher's chance at winning the division.