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The final cuts have been made, and the 2014-15 iteration of the Toronto Raptors is ready to hit the hardwood for the start of the regular season.

Unlike previous years, this Raptor squad won't have to integrate a slew of new faces into the fold. That's music to the ears of DeMar DeRozan after having played through several roster overhauls dating back to his arrival in 2009, per Doug Smith of the Toronto Star.

“It feels great, especially for me because I’m used to having 10 or 11 new players coming in every year."

Lou Williams, James Johnson, Greg Stiemsma, Bruno Caboclo and Lucas Nogueira join a returning cast of characters who won 48 games and an Atlantic Division title a year ago. They'll be tasked with being complementary pieces in an offense that will continue to run through both DeRozan and Kyle Lowry in the backcourt.

Even so, head coach Dwane Casey needs his new players—Williams and Johnson especially—to be factors coming off the bench in support of his regular starters, per Smith:

We had such a good rhythm with the guys coming back but we need Lou and James in the mix. Incorporating them into our rotations, to get them into the rhythm offensively and defensively without messing up the guys coming back from last year, is going to be important for us.

Per John Schuhmann of NBA.com, the Raptors will be bringing back 10 players who played a total of 16,841 minutes together in 2013-14. That number is more than 84 percent of the total minutes played, ranking seventh-highest in the National Basketball Association.

The band is back together, folks. Expectations are through the roof, and optimism has never been higher.

With my trusty red pen and a gleam in my eye, I present to you letter grades for every position on the Raptors as we gear up for arguably the most anticipated season in franchise history.