San Antonio Spurs playing hardball in DeJuan Blair trade scenarios

[playblair]

^explain blairs galore of steals ....................... steals = defense .........................

[Darkwaters]

^explain blairs galore of steals ....................... steals = defense .........................

Gambling on steals = good defense?

[Budkin]

Blair went from being the steal of the draft to a guy that no one wants.

[Vash StampedE]

"haters gonna hate" meme

[DrunkTXLabrat]

Blair is a bumble bee. steals are nice. his offense is nice. loose ball boards are nice. hes a hard worker, maybe the hardest. and that's really nice. but...he's a deceptive player. he isn't a threat to block most of his men. or win that tough tip rebound. no matter how long the bumble bee flies... it'll always be unbelievable. and even moreso with bad wings. faith will always be lost on Blair.

[Solid D]

playblair, since you were the one who posted this garbage about Blair being a restricted FA, I would suggest...if you haven't already done so...that you contact the author of the article, Bryan Rose, and advise him of his error. His contact info is posted at the bottom of the article. A simple "my bad" to the rest of your SpursTalk mates wouldn't hurt either.

[TheGreatYacht]

The Ariza contract is not bad at all as a $7.7 expiring. Any of our junk we could offload along with a Blair S&T would be a steal to acquire the guy.

This notion we don't have money is ludicrous when we are running $10 million below the luxury tax line. What we want is to run right up at that line provided we can make any moves that incrementally improve the team without taking on any bad long term contracts.

The problem is our only method to add players and salary is through the cooperation of other teams through S&Ts. All the more reason to play hard ball in that area when nobody has wanted to help us so far.

This just me but I have the gut feeling that the main reason why the FO has failed to acquire Trevor Ariza (if they even tried doing so) is because of Pop’s refusal to get rid of Matt Bonner. If Dejuan Blair is signed for a $3M contract and then package him with Matt Bonner in a S&T then the numbers would match for the trade to go through.

I mean just think about it, the reports said that the Wizards were interested in Dejuan Blair and another big that would spread the floor, then Matt Bonner fits the bill. Matt Bonner is the main reason why no trades with the Wizards have occurred. Either that or the FO is stupid and stingy enough not to be interested in Trevor Ariza’s $7M contract. That’s just my opinion.

[DrSteffo]

Blair is soft. If he played like he should he would be decent. The first season he was Grizzly Blair and then became Teddy Blair, smiling after every mistake. Really bad on D and not only because of his size. On O he put up wild shots and floaters...why?

[Darkwaters]

Blair went from being the steal of the draft to a guy that no one wants.

I don't think that's true at all. This isn't a case like T-Mac that can't even get a minimum deal. Plenty of teams would gobble up Blair on a minimum salary gig. Hes only 24 for crying out loud, so hes an obvious gamble for someone to try and rehabilitate. The problem is that I'm pretty sure he overstates his own value. He wants more than hes going to get and that is whats keeping him a FA.

[ace3g]

DeJuan Blair @DeJuan45
DONE!

[Kindergarten Cop]

DeJuan Blair @DeJuan45
DONE!

[Hoops Czar]

Is DeJuan Blair a legit source?

[ace3g]

Is DeJuan Blair a legit source?

Nope, probably done with dinner, etc

[Budkin]

DeJuan Blair @DeJuan45
DONE!

Sounds like he's out.

[playblair]

august 4th is a likely day for blair to announce where hes signing ............................

[Kindergarten Cop]

[Budkin]

I don't get it.

[Texas_Ranger]

no one gets him.

[bklynspursfan]

Hm... Pittsburgh Panthers... But, Pittsburgh doesn't have an NBA team. Is he Philly bound? lol

[rick1991]

august 4th is a likely day for blair to announce where hes signing ............................

Why then?

[ace3g]

Why then?

He is going by this tweet:

DeJuan Blair @DeJuan45
RT @POPchanny: Party of the summer is this Sunday �� @DeJuan45 welcome home party! Better get yall babysitters now ��

[Budkin]

Ok so he's going back to Pittsburgh?

[dallasmaverickslose]

Why does this thread live?

[Texas_Ranger]

meh, 76ers don't have any players worth trading for.

[ace3g]

Could be a reason for interest with Wizards

Ben M ‏@BenAgent0 1h DeJuan Blair is represented by Dan Fegan. John Wall, Martell Webster and Nene are also represented by Fegan. (not like it matters though)

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