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Bonner could never avg 10 rebounds in 38 minutes.
Just a scenario... Would u feel the same way about bonner getting 38mins a game and going 20&10?
Bonner could never avg 10 rebounds in 38 minutes.
I know... But lets say he could, for hypotheses' sake
I think Bonner is averaging something like 0.3 rebounds per game. TD can't even average a 20/10 anymore. I don't see how the Spurs could complain if any of their players average that. Bonner's defense already sucks and he plays too many minutes. Bonner with a 20/10 and his same bad defense....that would be a godsend.
Nvm... Blair playing pretty good today, showing some patience too :thumbs up:
Matt Bonner's per 36 minutes rebounding this season is less than 1. Therefore Matt would have to play over six hours of basketball per game to average 10 rebounds. DeJuan Blair's per 36 this season are 27 points and 11 rebounds. Nobody's this stupid, so I'm assuming you're being obtuse for some reason. I fail to see what's so dramatic about letting Blair play ten more of Bonner's minutes. In what way do you guys think the defense is going to suddenly drop off by not having Matt Bonner playing?
It sounds like you're the crazy one. Blair has no knees, hes short, has too many tattoos and he has a rap video out. I say we waive him and pray that the Mavericks or the Heat pick him up so he can be cancerous to them too. Am I preaching to the choir yet?
Last edited by angelbelow; 12-31-2011 at 10:45 PM.
Blair with another solid double double. He looked good during the 4th while everyone else looked stagnant.
30 minutes, 17 points and 10 rebounds. Imagine that.
NO MORE Turd Tower talk.
wonder what blair will command when he is a fa
I'm gonna have to agree with The Obstructed View on this one!!!
Nice game again by Blair..
Liking what Dejuan is bringing.
I can't believe people here are complaining of DB's production. When was the last time that we had a consistent double-double guy? I know people are longing for TD's consistency during his younger years, but we have to accept that DB is slowly becoming the team's best big at this point. I'm not saying that he's now better than Duncan, but it's going to be inevitable that DB will surpass Duncan in one or two years. That's just the way it is in basketball.
I just love how DB is slowly reaching his full potential. The kid somewhat struggled in his first two years with the team, but he's now learned and realized the advantages of using his stocky frame in the league. I'm just hoping he continues this so we don't have to rely on the BIG THREE a lot.
No, we still have a turd tower, it just stands alone with an orange glow atop it (and it's not the UT tower).
I just skimmed the thread again, I don't see anyone complaining about his production. Overall, this has been a pretty positive thread about Dejuan, I don't understand why some of the posters are rushing to Dejuan's defense when there's nothing to defend.
Yeah that's what I meant
Blair also looked wonderful early last year, and we know how that ended.
I still don't see him as a plus against the better teams of the league. He cannot hold his own defensively, and his offensive "game" is strictly scrub.
A nice energy player and regular-season stat-padder for sure, but with very limited upside as a starter and/or go-to rotation asset when it counts.
The truth is somewhere between your take and the "20/10" crowd. Blair has more offensive game than you give him credit for, but he still lacks the skill to be a "go-to" big. As far as his defensive ability, he just needs to keep his weight down. He'll probably always gamble, but as long as he has the footspeed to recover to a neutral defensive position he'll be alright.
DB lost his rhythm last year because POP replaced him with Dice weeks before the start of the playoffs.
He lost his rythym because he was carrying an extra 35 pounds.
Don't think that happened until after he lost his job. Am I wrong?
Lost his starting job in early March and the Spurs got booted in mid-April. If he gained 35 pounds in a little over a month, that's ridiculously awful. I didn't catch a lot of the games last year, but isn't it more likely his weight gain led to the poor play and was a leading factor for him losing his job?
I have no problem with Blair filling a Malik Rose type of role (the pre-big contract Malik Rose - and not the headcase he eventually became).
Foot speed will not compensate for lack of height and lateral mobility - he's always going to be a defensive liability against the league's better front lines.
Pop is oversold on Blair.
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