Blair's future

[Spurtacus]

Trade him if we can package him with Jefferson. Easier said then done though. I doubt any team would have interest in Jefferson.

[elemento]

trade him is a package to get rid of Jefferson

I'm sure the Clips would bite Jefferson + Blair + Dice for Kaman's expiring and Gomes

[Spurs da champs]

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Blair is a good energy guy, but this team desperately needs an almost all star caliber player for the front line.

Not only that but you cant teach height! We need a lamar odom type.

[Man In Black]

He should just go to the Zach Randolph school of post positioning. Sad, the Spurs have the best PF with the best fundamentals, and all of that but due to DeJuan's height, those fundamentals don't completely apply. He needs to find himself the best groundbound guru out there. He needs to talk to Wes Unseld.

[MannyIsGod]

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

Completely agree

[ginobili fan]

Hpefully he grows a inch or 2

[Obstructed_View]

Find a team with a lot of centers. Ian Mahinmi might be available.

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

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

Nah, Blair is actually pretty smart out on the court. Blair is a player who needs consistent minutes, which was proved in the first half of the season, where at one point, he was getting double double streaks. He needs to learn how to use the size disadvantage, to his advantage.

[BackHome]

Do what ever it takes to move RJ....if it means loosing Hill, Bonner, Blair do it!

[baseline bum]

Do what ever it takes to move RJ....if it means loosing Hill, Bonner, Blair do it!

How can anyone seriously advocate dumping prospects for capspace after how worthless capspace has been to the team when they had it?

[Obstructed_View]

How can anyone seriously advocate dumping prospects for capspace after how worthless capspace has been to the team when they had it?

Agreed. RJ's contract was a luxury tax move. The Spurs should just suck on his contract and use all that money they saved to find his replacement. If those guys have value, use it to get something of value in return.

I may have said exactly the opposite of this yesterday. I was mad.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Too lazy to look it up... what was SA's record when Pop sent Blair to the bench in favor of corporate knowledge?

[Mal]

I have a thought that playing Dice was a mistake. Blair was great starter during this increadible run in regular season. But that`s just my loose thoughts

[ChuckD]

How can anyone seriously advocate dumping prospects for capspace after how worthless capspace has been to the team when they had it?

I don't think anyone sees moving RJ as acquiring cap space as much as removing a useless expensive piece from our roster. That move actually doesn't net cap space, anyway. We're so close to the tax that it only removes tax danger and maybe allows us to use the MLE.

While I agree that the Spurs haven't hit a home run with large amounts of cap space, a small amount saved allowed us to sign Neal, and floating that 13th spot vacant most of last year allowed us to snag Butler, who may become something.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

My guess is he's packaged with Jefferson if we can find someone to take RJ.

Pretty much what I was going to say as well. Bonner could also be included in the package.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

How can anyone seriously advocate dumping prospects for capspace after how worthless capspace has been to the team when they had it?

I don't want us to create cap space for that reason, I want us to get someone back who is a better fit for the team.

[BackHome]

Nah, Blair is actually pretty smart out on the court. Blair is a player who needs consistent minutes, which was proved in the first half of the season, where at one point, he was getting double double streaks. He needs to learn how to use the size disadvantage, to his advantage.

The problem is that he is the same as Bonner great in the pre season but gets abused and and abused in the playoffs. So you can keep him cause he is cheap but he won't even get Bonners oportunity to suck in the playoffs because he won't get any playing time against teams like Memphis, Lakers.etc......We need to get taller and more athletic and have players who's size matches with their position....NO MORE TWEENERS>>>>

[Fabbs]

Too lazy to look it up... what was SA's record when Pop sent Blair to the bench in favor of corporate knowledge?

51-11

At the time Blair was around 16.0 rebounds per 48, good for about 5th overall in the entire league.

[Dex]

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.

You mean 6 fouls?

[TJastal]

I have a thought that playing Dice was a mistake. Blair was great starter during this increadible run in regular season. But that`s just my loose thoughts

Splitter would have been better. Spurs could have run their entire offense through Manu/Tiago P&R game on the strong side, if teams overplay swing the ball and run it with TP/Duncan on the weak side. Jefferson for spot up
3's and if the P&R doesn't net a good look (which would be rare as good as the spurs run the P&R) then you always got Parker & Ginobili 1 vs 1 game or Duncan in the post. It would have been a thing of beauty if Pop would only have had the balls to implement it. But of course, he HAD to have his favorite Ginger in the rotation.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

51-11

At the time Blair was around 16.0 rebounds per 48, good for about 5th overall in the entire league.

Thanks.

So we went from winning 82% of our games with Blair in the starting lineup to finishing the season and post-season out below .500 in the games played after the switch.

Yeah, that worked out well for Pop. Hooray for "corporate knowledge".

[yavozerb]

51-11

At the time Blair was around 16.0 rebounds per 48, good for about 5th overall in the entire league.

Per 48 ....Blair was eating everything in site and you bring up 48 minutes stats for him