Biggest Factor in this coming season's success?

**Mavs<Spurs** · 07-10-2009

What's your take ?

1. Manu's health
2. Tim's knees and their health
3. Injuries in general
4. Impact of RJ
5. Impact of Blair
6. Impact of Mahinmi / Haislip/ Gist/ McClinton
7. Back up point guard position
8. Spurs Defense returns
9. McDyess and his play
10. Pop's coaching
11. Tony Parker
12. Impact of Bill Schoening

If you were to pick one of these, which factor do you think will be the biggest in deciding how far we go in the playoffs?

What would you be satisfied with ? Only another championship ?

What will be decisive in the matchup with LA if we get that far ?

**Muser** · 07-10-2009

Health in general, we need all of our big players to stay healthy, if Manu goes down then so do the Spurs.

**coyotes_geek** · 07-10-2009

The Spurs need a healthy Big 4. Plain and simple. Any other problems can be compensated for.

**gospursgojas** · 07-10-2009

health

**SenorSpur** · 07-10-2009

Overall team health.

**clubalien** · 07-10-2009

without a doubt it is if pop lets manu play. I don't recall pop giving manu very many mins in the playoffs. It just goes to show if pop don't play manu we don't win.

**Muser** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by clubalien

without a doubt it is if pop lets manu play. I don't recall pop giving manu very many mins in the playoffs. It just goes to show if pop don't play manu we don't win.

...Because he couldn't play?

**Libri** · 07-10-2009

12. Impact of Bill Schoening

**coyotes_geek** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by clubalien

without a doubt it is if pop lets manu play. I don't recall pop giving manu very many mins in the playoffs. It just goes to show if pop don't play manu we don't win.

**peskypesky** · 07-10-2009

health and pop not coaching like a dumbass.

**YODA** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by gospursgojas

health

+1

plus....Interior D, which was way lacking last year. Can dice blair and Ian solve this?? IT will be better, but who knows at this point.

Yoda

**SA210** · 07-10-2009

Biggest Factor in this coming season's success?

Bringing Bruce Bowen back, period.

**gospursgojas** · 07-10-2009

Bringing "Y'all Ready Fo This!" back as the starting line-up music...

**callo1** · 07-10-2009

Health and some of the new additions living up to the F.O.'s expectations.

**all_heart** · 07-10-2009

obviously health, beyond that it will be a combination of things such as good D, RJ, and impact of bigs like Blair and McDyess.

**Dice** · 07-10-2009

I believe it will be the impact Jefferson and McDyess's play have on the other players. With those guys on the court it takes a lot of the scoring pressure off the big 3. Jefferson can create his own shot and put a lot of pressure on the other teams defense. McDyess will take a lot the the defensive pressure off Duncan to cover the other teams big men. If I'm not mistaken one of Duncan's few flaws is the fact that he sometimes takes himself out of games with fouls. Mcdyess can guard any big in the league. He won't shut them down but who does? His ability to hit the long jumper will keep a lot of defenses honest and he also was Detroit's best when it came to setting big screens. Most importantly he's a fighter under the glass. Duncan has been the Spurs one rebounder for a long time and now he'll have a lot better than average help.

All this helps keep the big 3 from wearing down as much during the regular season and hopefully keeps them healthy also. Add to that that this starting five is capable of putting up a lot of points quickly and that means some blow out games where the starters might get to take half the night off.

**poeticism707** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by gospursgojas

health

**Mavs<Spurs** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by Libri

12. Impact of Bill Schoening

LOL.

I love Bill Schoening. He is easily the best announcer for any NBA team !

And most of the time, I will silence my tv and listen to him.

I should add number 13 is us the fans !

**easy7** · 07-10-2009

14. Bonner playing center for 25+ mins.

**poeticism707** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by easy7

14. Bonner playing center for 25+ mins.

+1000

**Knoxxx** · 07-10-2009

#2, we need a much more lightfooted Duncan, not the plodding version we painfully saw in the playoffs. Speaking of which, what is the outlook for TD's knees? Is he on an invevitable decline, or can we expect him to "get healthy" and give us an Olajuwon-type late career run? That is the $20 million question these days.

**Mavs<Spurs** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by Dice

I believe it will be the impact Jefferson and McDyess's play have on the other players. With those guys on the court it takes a lot of the scoring pressure off the big 3. Jefferson can create his own shot and put a lot of pressure on the other teams defense. McDyess will take a lot the the defensive pressure off Duncan to cover the other teams big men. If I'm not mistaken one of Duncan's few flaws is the fact that he sometimes takes himself out of games with fouls. Mcdyess can guard any big in the league. He won't shut them down but who does? His ability to hit the long jumper will keep a lot of defenses honest and he also was Detroit's best when it came to setting big screens. Most importantly he's a fighter under the glass. Duncan has been the Spurs one rebounder for a long time and now he'll have a lot better than average help.

All this helps keep the big 3 from wearing down as much during the regular season and hopefully keeps them healthy also. Add to that that this starting five is capable of putting up a lot of points quickly and that means some blow out games where the starters might get to take half the night off.

terrific posts. And Duncan can get in foul trouble, although it doesn't happen a lot, it happens at bad times. Usually due to a lack of help inside.

Dice's rebounding is going to be a major advantage. He's a much better rebounder than Rasheed and We desperately needed help on the boards from a big.

nice post.

**DAF86** · 07-10-2009

Health and the new guys playing at the level they're expected to play.

**poeticism707** · 07-10-2009

Originally Posted by Dice

I believe it will be the impact Jefferson and McDyess's play have on the other players. With those guys on the court it takes a lot of the scoring pressure off the big 3. Jefferson can create his own shot and put a lot of pressure on the other teams defense. McDyess will take a lot the the defensive pressure off Duncan to cover the other teams big men. If I'm not mistaken one of Duncan's few flaws is the fact that he sometimes takes himself out of games with fouls. Mcdyess can guard any big in the league. He won't shut them down but who does? His ability to hit the long jumper will keep a lot of defenses honest and he also was Detroit's best when it came to setting big screens. Most importantly he's a fighter under the glass. Duncan has been the Spurs one rebounder for a long time and now he'll have a lot better than average help.

All this helps keep the big 3 from wearing down as much during the regular season and hopefully keeps them healthy also. Add to that that this starting five is capable of putting up a lot of points quickly and that means some blow out games where the starters might get to take half the night off.

Great points all, I agree. The more rest the vets get, the better.

The Spurs won't "shut down" anybody anymore. The rule changes have made sure of that.

The Spurs need to be very good defensively, but great offensively.

They have all the tools.

**angelbelow** · 07-10-2009

either health in general. or the return of our championship form defense.

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