It wasn't a bad pick. Draft and stash takes time, and that's even if injuries aren't a factor like they were with Ian.
Tell you what, Mahinmi would have been a welcome site indeed in this series. Especially his paint defense.
Lets hope other teams see what DMC sees in Blair.
If that's the case NO should sign and trade Landry for Bonner and Blair. They need prepare for the future since Paul is going to leave them.
Reality is D.Blair
is 6'5
can't defend
low BBIQ
will never have a jump-shot
Blair had his moments earlier in the season. The Spurs were asking too much of him to defend much bigger players. He needs to develop a more complete game because as a low post player he will always be limited by his size. His defense this season was pretty bad, about the same as Bonner. I could see the Spurs trading him.
My issue with Blair: quit playing for the highlights. He played much smarter in 09-10. He played too clumsy this season.
I think Blair is worth keeping around for another year. I don't think he'll ever reach Big Baby's ceiling.
Sure, in the early season Blair looked OK. Then, as things tightened up, his liabilities became more apparent. And finally in the playoffs he was useless.
He's a last-off-the-bench guy, maybe at best an energy guy - he's not even as good as Malik Rose, and our supposedly hall of fame coach thought he was a starter?
Look, the story the Spurs love to tell about themselves, the one in which they find diamonds in the rubbish pile - it's just a story in Blair's case. I see Europe in the future for Blair, he'd be a superstar over there. But he's not an NBA player. I predict he won't even be in the league in a couple of years, perhaps sooner if the Spurs dump him.
He certainly will never sniff the starting lineup of any NBA team ever again.
ship his ass out for 1st round or as a sweetener to unload a bad contract (bonner or jefferson). blair has too many flaws to keep around. he'll be much more valuable to another team with a legitimate big rotation.
ship his ass out for 1st round or as a sweetener to unload a bad contract (bonner or jefferson). blair has too many flaws to keep around. he'll be much more valuable to another team with a legitimate big rotation.
I love Blair, but there is no place for a 6'5' center on the Spurs team.
Who says he has to play center? He's perfect as a backup PF.
Indeed. However, Pop opted to retain his precious, red-headed "stretch-4' instead. Look where that got them. Everybody rags on Ian for his time with the Spurs, but I guess they'd rather see Bonner out there getting abuse in the post on one end, and clanging 3-pt shots on the other.
Back to Blair, he embodies all that is wrong with this team - he lacks size. The Spurs are no longer a championship-level team anymore. They can no longer afford the luxury of haiving a rotation big, who is 6'4" and also is a terrible defender. Having both Blair and Bonner was a disaster from the start. It seems that the only one who didn't realize it was Pop - even though opposing coaches exploited them, at will.
Last edited by SenorSpur; 04-30-2011 at 04:01 AM.
Actually, it was compounded when Pop decided they should share the court together for somewhat long stretches...
Any player that is 6'5 in the modern day NBA should not play any other position than SG/PG to be a championship contender.
but yea guy your right perfect back up PF
tbh, Malik Rose was serviceable for us back in the day, but the difference was that he had a prime Duncan next to him... Spurs need to ask themselves if they're really going to invest long term in Blair... if the answer is no, then he can be the sweetener on a deal to move RJ or Redhead...
Actually, Butler's last year is more like 1/4th of Jefferson's remaining yearly salary, averaged out.
Total salary . . .
Well . . . 1/12th . . .
Doesn't look like Blair's going to cut it.
Ever heard of Charles Barkley?Any player that is 6'5 in the modern day NBA should not play any other position than SG/PG to be a championship contender.
but yea guy your right perfect back up PF
I forgot he has rings!
keep it up
How does an argument about a backup evolve into needing rings to be legit? You're a .I forgot he has rings!
keep it up
sometimes I am a " " I don't see any use for an undersized C/PF in NBA basketball
Backup, starter or bench warmer!
Could Blair--with his big body and low center of gravity-- have been used against Randolph? Randolph muscled everyone else who was used against him.
Apparently Pop didn't think so, probably because Randolph would simply have taken him out on the perimeter and then driven past the slow footed Blair.
The fact that Pop benched him for this series proves one thing. It wasn't very smart to favor Blair over Tiago during the regular season. Tiago needed some minutes and the Blair experiment wasn't successful because you can't teach height.
What team is going to want him in a trade AT THIS POINT WHEN HIS LIABILITIES HAVE BEEN EXPOSED?
This off season Blair needs to go to the gym and lose that Whataburger fat and Splitter needs to bulk up a bit.
With Dice retiring, Spurs should keep Blair.
To be fair, Scola's value was a low as it ever was when the trade went down. Opposing teams used the mystery "don't know what I'm getting" card to decrease the asking price for Scola and they were right to. Of course it looks like Spurs gave up a lot now, but some of y'all can't ever see it from the realistic prospective.
What about the Malik trade for Nazr? Spurs gave up two late first round picks to get rid of that contract.
At the same time, Spurs were able to get rid of Rasho's contract for the expiring deals of end of the bench type players (Bonner and Williams).
I love Blair, but I agree that he's a candidate to be moved. Plus I think the Spurs believe that they have enough in Tiago -- who by the way was a bright spot in this series -- that they don't feel they'd lose too much. They are a similar type of player in many respects, with the main difference being that one is on the wrong side of 6' 8".
The reality is that we need to start rebuilding. Ironically, it's going to cost us some of our young pieces to make that happen in a meaningful way. I wouldn't be surprised in the bit to see either Blair, Hill, Neal, or Splitter moved if it also means moving RJ.
I'd rather package him for a big. His salary is due to increase 500-600% in 2 years anyway. I don't see the Spurs investing in an undersized big for the long-haul. Get rid of him now, while his 2 years left on the cheap keeps his value pretty high. Next off-season, his value will decrease as he will be in his contract year (Teams will use the "if we trade for him we have to invest significant money into him" card; which then drives the asking price down).
Spurs should package him for a big this off-season. IMO
keep him and let him work on his jump shot and use his butt to clear space down low and get his shot off ,his biggest assets is his butt and hia width and girth, none of which he uses to get his shot off
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