"Grizzly" Blair is the beast we've needed!

[rascal]

Blair is the real deal and the steal of the draft. He fits perfectly what the Spurs needed, an agressive rebounder along with enough of an offensive game.

[rascal]

Supposedly his long arms give him the reach of someone who's 6'10", so I don't see his lack of height being much of an issue at all.

Its not only about height, it is about positioning and desire/agressiveness and having a wide body that takes up space to move guys off the block and wingspan. Blair has all those things that make up for the lack of height.

[rascal]

I'm starting to be one of those to think that we should start Blair as others have said. I realy dont think having Bonner and Blair both on the court at the same time is such a good idea. lol

Becuase of Blair's size he needs a good weakside defender big to come in and block the shot. Bonner would just run the other way.

Bonner should see very limited minutes. He just does not do enough to be a big difference maker like what Blair will do.

[NoOptionB]

Dejuan Blair

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[peskypesky]

Dejuan Blair

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[duncan228]

Nobody Beats The Wiz: The biggest shock on draft night in June was how far Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair tumbled, sliding out of the first round and to the San Antonio Spurs with the 37th pick.

Concerns over old ACL injuries stopped teams from picking him and since signing his deal in San Antonio in July, Blair has been killing everyone he's faced. So far on the pre-season Blair leads all Spurs players in scoring with 17.7 points and 8.30 rebounds per game.

Last night Blair hung 28 points on the Miami HEAT on 11 for 13 shooting.

Dubbed "The Wiz" while at Pittsburgh due to his knack of being able to do just about anything with the basketball, Blair seems to be on a mission to prove his doubters wrong, and so far a lot of teams look foolish for passing on him.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?STORY_ID=14021