I'm not of the mind that we are better withut Rondo. His level of talent will make any team better, end of. But I do think a lot of good can come from this team getting some experience playing without him. Rondo became too much of our offensive identity. Everything ran through him, he was looking for the assist on every possession, there wasn't enough ball movement. Without him we've seen a more up tempo approach since they don't just look to get the ball to Rondo, we are pushing the ball more off of defensive rebounds and moving it more in our half court offense. If Rondo can bring his flair for passing the ball and incorporate that into this style of play I think we would be a better team (with him on the court and when he is off).
We should all petition the league to start counting hocket assists as 1/2 an assist and maybe Rondo will be more willing to move the ball earlier in possessions rather than waiting until the end.
I expected us to go on a run like this when Rondo was playing. This team has too much veteran experience and talent to not put together a good few streaks. So I don't see our current streak as being indicative of us being better without Rondo but I'm hoping that we can use this experience to play better when he eventually comes back next year.