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Player Review: Is Serge Ibaka the power forward of the future?

One of the most talked about issues concerning the Toronto Raptors during the last four years of playoff runs has been their gaping hole at the starting power forward position.

Amir Johnson was a serviceable option the first couple seasons, but injuries and a lack of any kind of inside-out game gradually made him an outdated player type in the modern NBA.

Over the last two seasons, an over-the-hill Luis Scola and inexperienced rookie Pascal Siakam were tasked with starting at the four for a team with title (or at least deep playoff run) aspirations — something that, in retrospect, they had no business doing.