Manufan909
04-30-2010, 03:38 AM
DeJuan Blair 49 8-19 0-0 5-9 14 12 26 4 1 2 1 8 21
Dejuan Blair 84 14-33 0-0 9-15 24 21 44 7 2 3 2 14 36
Matt Bonner 84 7-22 5-15 0-0 3 12 15 1 0 1 0 12 19
I wasn't originally, but I decided to account for the minute disparity precisely. I wish I could have just doubled Blair's numbers, but I didn't want the difference in stats to be exaggerated.
Blair pros
- scores twice as many points
- gets to the line 15x as much (if Bonner could have shot one damn FT:jack)
- grabs 8x as many O boards
- and almost 3x as many rebounds overall
- dishes out 7x as many dimes
- blocks almost 3x as much
Bonner pros
- "technically" spaces the floor, but 33% off mostly open looks is unacceptable
- more chemistry with the team in general, but I think Blair has more chem with the guards, especially Manu
not sure
- Blair fouls 17% more than Bonner. Idk if that's really a negative for Blair, since he will foul someone hard so they earn their points, while Bonner would rather administer perfect position defense, without actually contesting the shot beyond throwing his hands straight up:bang
I know this is an unfair comparison for many reasons, one being that Blair is a stat machine, and more importantly, Blair's output might have dropped in terms of PER with such a drastic rise in minutes. It is on Bonner to produce though. Even without accounting for Bonner having almost twice as many minutes, Blair equaled or pwned him in damn near every category. That kind of difference in production should be obvious to Pop, yet Blair's age and inability to stretch the defense in any way whatsoever (yet he takes every chance concerning broken plays and rolling to the hoop) dooms him. Not to mention Pop's love affair with stretch bigs, and hatred of dunks.
While I will conceive the fact that Bonner is the better overall defender, he is in no way an intimidating presence (Bonner is my least favorite Spurs big, but I don't really agree with the idea that guys see Bonner and immediately gain confidence). On the other side of the spectrum, Blair stands down to no one. He didn't care when Kidd drove on him, he just made sure Kidd would have no chance of an And1 by using a hard playoff foul. He was essentially showing the other Dallas guards what would happen if they tried to test him. When that play was shown on the video highlights, I loved how Brent Barry and the guys mentioned that you "just don't do that to a future Hall of Famer", and then Barry adding "well he just did". And later when Dirk threw a tantrum and flailed his elbow, Blair just stared him down so that the big German immediately started crying like a bitch to the refs. He tends to destroy people when he goes up for a rebound, and just manhandles guys in the paint period.
Obviously Blair does have problems with bigger players, but those same players score on Bonner almost as easily. Okay, enough of my ranting for now.:wakeup
Dejuan Blair 84 14-33 0-0 9-15 24 21 44 7 2 3 2 14 36
Matt Bonner 84 7-22 5-15 0-0 3 12 15 1 0 1 0 12 19
I wasn't originally, but I decided to account for the minute disparity precisely. I wish I could have just doubled Blair's numbers, but I didn't want the difference in stats to be exaggerated.
Blair pros
- scores twice as many points
- gets to the line 15x as much (if Bonner could have shot one damn FT:jack)
- grabs 8x as many O boards
- and almost 3x as many rebounds overall
- dishes out 7x as many dimes
- blocks almost 3x as much
Bonner pros
- "technically" spaces the floor, but 33% off mostly open looks is unacceptable
- more chemistry with the team in general, but I think Blair has more chem with the guards, especially Manu
not sure
- Blair fouls 17% more than Bonner. Idk if that's really a negative for Blair, since he will foul someone hard so they earn their points, while Bonner would rather administer perfect position defense, without actually contesting the shot beyond throwing his hands straight up:bang
I know this is an unfair comparison for many reasons, one being that Blair is a stat machine, and more importantly, Blair's output might have dropped in terms of PER with such a drastic rise in minutes. It is on Bonner to produce though. Even without accounting for Bonner having almost twice as many minutes, Blair equaled or pwned him in damn near every category. That kind of difference in production should be obvious to Pop, yet Blair's age and inability to stretch the defense in any way whatsoever (yet he takes every chance concerning broken plays and rolling to the hoop) dooms him. Not to mention Pop's love affair with stretch bigs, and hatred of dunks.
While I will conceive the fact that Bonner is the better overall defender, he is in no way an intimidating presence (Bonner is my least favorite Spurs big, but I don't really agree with the idea that guys see Bonner and immediately gain confidence). On the other side of the spectrum, Blair stands down to no one. He didn't care when Kidd drove on him, he just made sure Kidd would have no chance of an And1 by using a hard playoff foul. He was essentially showing the other Dallas guards what would happen if they tried to test him. When that play was shown on the video highlights, I loved how Brent Barry and the guys mentioned that you "just don't do that to a future Hall of Famer", and then Barry adding "well he just did". And later when Dirk threw a tantrum and flailed his elbow, Blair just stared him down so that the big German immediately started crying like a bitch to the refs. He tends to destroy people when he goes up for a rebound, and just manhandles guys in the paint period.
Obviously Blair does have problems with bigger players, but those same players score on Bonner almost as easily. Okay, enough of my ranting for now.:wakeup