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Lots of Cinderella seasons occur when you have lots of sub-plots brewing like this.  
We remember the year Lenny Wilkens took over the Sonics midseason ... the Sonics were terrible but you went, "Wow, they sure have a shot-blocker at center, Marvin Webster."  And they had Dennis Johnson playing great defense, and Gus Williams on the bench, and Jack Sikma was fun to watch .... a little tweak and BAM they're a great team.
It won't necessarily occur, but I honestly can sense a dozen little sub-plots brewing as though a script were about to be released.  
You might look back and say, "Well, sure Ichiro was going to hit, if he were coming to bat in the middle of rallies," and you might look back and say, "Sure, let Figgy lead off and the little prima donna was going to give you his best game," and so forth.