Guess who......

[Agloco]

Someone leads the Spurs in points and rebounds this preseason...... :hat

[hater]

Deju?

[Samr]

DeJuan BLAIR!!

[benefactor]

C'mon guys...enough is enough.

[Spur|n|Austin]

C'mon guys...enough is enough.


No Kidding.

[Nathan Explosion]

PREseason guys. Remember that. The Blair suckfest is starting to get a bit annoying.

[koriwhat]

what sour ass fans some of you are... go DeJuan Blair!

[Chomag]

He might get Pop's usual rookie treatment. I wonder how many would be after Pop's head...

[lennyalderette]

wohooo!!!!!!! i love blair!!! "i want to scream it on top of a mountain,but i dont have a mountain i have spurs talk!!!" seriously if he plays good against the l.a bigs, and dominates the boards, prepare for some scarey man crushes

[Samr]

In all fairness, I think Blair is going to settle in as a solid role player. Like someone mentioned in another thread (it was a good point, if someone cares to link to it) -- even the "training camp fodder" players are still remarkable athletes, and better than any player you have ever played against.

Blair dominated in the pre-season; he's the elite of the elite. But in the regular season, when the big dogs come to play, he (and, more appropriately, we) are going to see he has a lot to learn. The guy's not there YET. But he certainly has the tools.

The guy I've been most impressed with thus far is RJ. He's going to be a bigger addition than I think a lot of fans realize.

[Nathan Explosion]

Blair dominated in the pre-season; he's the elite of the elite. But in the regular season, when the big dogs come to play, he (and, more appropriately, we) are going to see he has a lot to learn. The guy's not there YET. But he certainly has the tools.

+1

The Blair suckfest is resembling the Pops suckfest of last season. I think the guy can help the team, but let's not get carried away here. It's still only PREseason.

Like someone said earlier, let Blair do it against the LA bigs and then we've got something. However, as Bonner and Mason proved last year, what happened in the regular season doesn't translate to the postseason.

So as harsh as this is going to sound, I'm going to have tempered enthusiasm for Blair until he can prove he belongs in the postseason.

[benefactor]

what sour ass fans some of you are... go DeJuan Blair!
I like him too...a lot...but it get's to be a bit much when every time someone has a thought about him they start a thread.

[MarCowMar]

Blair will be more than a role player.

[Nathan Explosion]

I like him too...a lot...but it get's to be a bit much when every time someone has a thought about him they start a thread.

I'm telling you, judging by the number of threads these players generate, the Spurs are doomed in the future because they can't have a frontline of Scola, Pops and Blair.

[hater]

PREseason guys. Remember that. The Blair suckfest is starting to get a bit annoying.

you must be new to Spurstalk. Or did you miss last year's 49 page James Gist thread?

[Nathan Explosion]

you must be new to Spurstalk. Or did you miss last year's 49 page James Gist thread?

I remember the Gist threads as well. Add him to the lineup of Blair, Scola, and Pops.

[Darkwaters]

Yea, but unlike Gist, Scola and Pops this guy is actually on the roster and actually kicking ass.

[Nathan Explosion]

Yea, but unlike Gist, Scola and Pops this guy is actually on the roster and actually kicking ass.

...in preseason.

[koriwhat]

...in preseason.

vs legit players... he held his own vs scola and actually made scola look like a chump on the court. i saw it first hand from the bleachers.

i hope his preseason game translates to the regular season.

[hater]

I remember the Gist threads as well. Add him to the lineup of Blair, Scola, and Pops.

dude, I don't remember Gist,Pops,Scola being hyped by the national media like Blair is :rolleyes

[mookie2001]

this is how a message board becomes negative

nobody ever gives a shit about the national media until they write preseason articles on one of our rookies, come on now let the man play

[#2!]

I remember the Gist threads as well. Add him to the lineup of Blair, Scola, and Pops.
To be fair Pops dunked TWICE in a single game last season

[jjktkk]

dude, I don't remember Gist,Pops,Scola being hyped by the national media like Blair is :rolleyes

Thats because Blair played at a very high profile school(Pitt) and a outstanding carrer for a perennial top 10 college program. I believe also that such a talent that slipped all the way to the 2nd round, adds to the hype.

[Agloco]

C'mon guys...enough is enough.


No Kidding.


PREseason guys. Remember that. The Blair suckfest is starting to get a bit annoying.

I've got nothing but love for all three of you. You'll be welcome aboard the "tempered enthusiasm" section of this train once you come around. Championship rings, rebounding titles and keg parties will still be available to you despite your reluctance to acknowledge his greatness now.

Meanwhile, may it rain windex while we watch a legend in the making. :hat

[polandprzem]

We might consider a new forum on this board

[NoOptionB]

lol at thinking Blair could possibly bomb in the playoffs like no-heart-soft-Bonner.

Guys like Blair don't puss out in the big games.

[ginobilized]

Blair has risen to every occasion he's faced thus far. Preseason is all we have to judge by as of now and it's gone very well. I'd bet he'll again step up and have a very solid rookie season at the very least.....but I didn't think that crazy ass Brent Barry shot against Sacramento a few years back was going to bounce in so we'll all just have to wait a couple weeks.

[jjktkk]

[QUOTE=NoOptionB;3747322]lol at thinking Blair could possibly bomb in the playoffs like no-heart-soft-Bonner.

Guys like Blair don't puss out in the big games.[/QUOTE

So many Bonner haters. Bonner is a 3-point specialist guy to bring off the bench. He started last year, because the Spurs were thin at the 4/5 spots, not because because Bonner was a dominant big. He was never meant to start. Bonner's got plenty of heart, he hustles for loose balls, boards, etc... What Bonner does not possess is athleticism, which makes him a below to average defender. Bonner is what he is. He never was meant to be the Spurs savior at power forward.

[angelbelow]

What are his actual averages? I cant find them anywhere..

[D_Blair45_fan]

lol at thinking Blair could possibly bomb in the playoffs like no-heart-soft-Bonner.

Guys like Blair don't puss out in the big games.

Blair is a big game player. The bigger the stage the better he plays. When he was at Pitt he put up his best numbers in the biggest games. He gets after it and always plays with a chip on his shoulder. Don't be surprised if he goes right at the LA bigs.

[spurspokesman]

I can understand all the blair raving. This team has not had A player with his grit in A while. Add all the additions and changes and we truly have hope this year as spur fans and like everybody else im glad to see A player with his mindset(Beastly) on the squad. No disrespect to Tim tony manu and rj( Dejuan is not on there level) but the one thing dejuan has over all them is the nature he plays with. The enforcer mentality and nobody on this team has it like him period.

[tp2021]

It is starting to get annoying, but this is in no way like the love for Pops. The love there stemmed from hope. The love here stems from his potential and impatience.

[buttsR4rebounding]

:ihit
wohooo!!!!!!! i love blair!!! "i want to scream it on top of a mountain,but i dont have a mountain i have spurs talk!!!" seriously if he plays good against the l.a bigs, and dominates the boards, prepare for some scarey man crushes

What is the over/under that Blair is the cause of this year's Andrew Bynum knee injury?:ihit

[Bigzax]

he needs to do his work early on defense and get that big body in position and keep the other bigs out of the paint.

if they get position on him down low and have any low post game at all, it's game over due to his height.

i like his energy though and i'd like to see him avg 8 boards a game at least as he settles into his role this season.

hopefully less than 40% of those off of his own up close misses.


Blair, Ratliff, and Dice are a helluva lot better than what we've had next to TD in a long time though...thank God. :flag:

[Agloco]

What are his actual averages? I cant find them anywhere..

http://www.nba.com/spurs/

Scroll down. 16/9 and just over 20min/per.......:hat

[Dr. Gonzo]

James white!