Ten big questions for '09-'10

[pressurez]

3. Jefferson, Hairston, and Hill guard Kobe. At the end of the game do you think the ball comes out of Kobe's hands just because of a match up? I surely don't see it going to Artest next anyway. If it does...great!! I would rather see Artest shooting w/ Manu guarding him than Kobe shooting w/ RJ guarding him.

Interesting point. Manu on Artest and RJ on Kobe may amount to a net deficit defensively, per match-up, but if it means getting the ball out of Kobe's hands it may work to our advantage.

Especially if Artest starts demanding the ball with Manu on him. And Kobe tells him whose team it is. And Artest punches him.

[Solid D]

1. Who will start at SG? Roger Mason

2. Who will be the 13th man? Ian Mahinmi

3. Who will guard Kobe? Richard Jefferson and George Hill

4) Who will be our 8th and 9th men? Blair and Finley

5) Will the Spurs make another big move? No

6) Who will be the Spurs' toughest compe ion in the West? Lakers

7) Will the Spurs be able to guard mobile 4s? Yes, with team defense

8) What will be the biggest regret of the off-season? No longer having Bruce Bowen's defense

9) Who will be the most pleasant surprise for the Spurs? DeJuan Blair

10. Will the Spurs stay healthy? ?

[ducks]

if kobe goes for 60
if spurs shut down gasol and odom
spurs win

[jesterbobman]

1. Who will start at SG? Roger Mason

2. Who will be the 13th man? Ratliff, Williams or Hairston
Parker/Hill
Mason/Manu/Finley
Jefferson/Finley
Duncan/Blair/Haislip
McDyess/Bonner/Ian

3. Who will guard Kobe? Richard Jefferson(primary, and End of games) and George Hill(2nd unit) with other guys making spot contributions.(Pop experiments)

4) Who will be our 8th and 9th men? Blair and Finley

5) Will the Spurs make another big move?
I think the Spurs will make a move, but wait until later in the year when they know how things are going with other teams and see how our young guys are doing, so we can better understand what we'll need. If either a really good Defensive C or Defensive Wing/SF comes up now and we can get them for 60c on the dollar, you'd have to consider it, but I think they'll wait.

6) Who will be the Spurs' toughest compe ion in the West? Lakers, Portland, Utah, Dallas, Denver, NOH will be the upper crust, followed by a lower class.

7) Will the Spurs be able to guard mobile 4s? Yes, with team defense. Also We'll cause some problems for some teams in the paint. That's a weakness, but Duncan & Dyess could eat up some of the combo forwards.they

8) What will be the biggest regret of the off-season? Depending on how well we go(and how the Magic go) It's gonna be either taking Jefferson over Carter or not using the LLE (yet) considering some of the talent that's going for the LLE(Daniels etc) though we could still use it well, pick up another player etc

9) Who will be the most pleasant surprise for the Spurs? Relative to expectations(of fans), Ian. He'll be a bit loose the 1st half of the season but he'll be breaking the rotation proper for midseason. I think Blair will be better, but his expected performance is higher(I'd guess Blair plays 70-75 games(Some rest on back to backs enforced by Team to prootect kness), averages ~20 min a game(Due to playing a lot in games with other players injured, but usually will play 15-18 mins) and averages about 7 & 6. Ian I expect to end up at averaging 15 min a game, with 5-6 points, 3-4 boards and a little over 1 block. That would be more of a pleasant suprise than seeing Blair doing what we think he will do.

10. Will the Spurs stay healthy? Despite the Youth movement, We're still a fairly old team. However, This team down a star is still decent, and we can weather it during the Regular season, And guys can rest slightly more with more talent behind them(And hopefully sitting after blowing out crummy teams. Comes down to luck, but I'm hoping)