why was dejuan blair removed from the spurs 50th celebration lineup

[playblair]

he was to be honored at a spurs homegame & join the broadcast team for a quarter.........why did they replace him with jaren jackson sr.........

[TXstbobcat]

he was to be honored at a spurs homegame & join the broadcast team for a quarter.........why did they replace him with jaren jackson sr.........

they honored Jackson Sr. During the Memphis because his son plays for Memphis.

[Dex]

Probably because DeJuan Blair is not a Spurs legend. He was part of the Spurs' dark ages of 2008-2011 and never really contributed to anything meaningful despite being a promising rookie.

His best accomplishment for the Spurs was when he was playing for the Dallas Mavericks in 2014 and decided to kick Splitter and get suspended. Spurs won a championship, and Blair was never heard of again.

[LakerHater]

Is there a list of the players they honored?

[The Truth #6]

Didn’t he nut punch one of the Spurs in the playoffs while with the Mavs?

[MarCowMar]

I'd be sad if because of internal matters Blair was permanently segregated from the club because purely from a fans point of view he was a load of fun to watch and root for.

[JPB]

Probably because DeJuan Blair is not a Spurs legend. He was part of the Spurs' dark ages of 2008-2011 and never really contributed to anything meaningful despite being a promising rookie.

His best accomplishment for the Spurs was when he was playing for the Dallas Mavericks in 2014 and decided to kick Splitter and get suspended. Spurs won a championship, and Blair was never heard of again.

Ironically enough, he was having a nice series and was somehow making a difference for the mavs before getting suspended.

[Dex]

Didn’t he nut punch one of the Spurs in the playoffs while with the Mavs?

No, he kicked Splitter when they were tangled up on the ground and got suspended.

You may be thinking of when Jason Terry nut-punched former Mav Michael Finley in the 2006 Playoffs, his first year after he had left Dallas for the Spurs.

[rogcl1]

I'd be sad if because of internal matters Blair was permanently segregated from the club because purely from a fans point of view he was a load of fun to watch and root for.

The guy had issues. Cheap shot artist and jewel thief to boot. There are better people to root for and honor.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

You have to have actually been on the list in order to be removed.

JJ Sr. hit some big shots in the '99 run even though he wasn't much use after that. He deserves to be recognized about 20 times more than "no knees" does.