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except he is now in Washington
This week we take a look back at Dejuan Blair's career as a Spur and look to what's ahead for him.
Labeled "Energy guy" because he was similar in height and build to Malik Rose. This dwarf sized PF/C once posted up much taller Hasheem Thabeet in college. He collected a few rebounds and had a few good offensive outbursts for the Spurs with Manu feeding him the ball at just the right time. Spent most of his time as a Spur sulking on the bench.
In general, has gotten destroyed by any decent post scorer in the post over his entire career. Has generally looked like a gradeschooler against bigger frontlines, especially the Grizzlies, over his career. Eats hamburgers. Lots of them. Can't block shots.
Unfortunately, while Blair was liked his first couple seasons in San Antonio and appeared to have an upside, he regressed significantly probably due in part to his lack of ACLs and his bruised ego. It was then that Spurfan turned on him and the Blair hate club began. Having now moved on to Dallas, Blair is playing in a very limited role and contributes little to the Mavs overall game. Expect him to be out of the league within the next two years.
Last edited by Calispursfan11; 02-03-2015 at 09:32 AM.
except he is now in Washington
except he is now in Washington
LOL, he is? Must be playing a lot.except he is now in Washington
That photo basically explains the 2011 First Round loss.
Blair always seemed to play well against Memphis, especially defensively. He was also a pretty good ball-thief for his position. By no means was he a plus on that end, but there were quite a few games where the Spurs got away with him versus big front courts.
You're correct that he never developed. His lack of a jump made him a 6-5 center. He was pretty much was Thomas Robinson is to Portland now, but the Spurs didn't have a better option to start next to Duncan for a couple of years.
Yes and Blair in the same photo for one, not to mention, Gasol shooting right over blair in the restricted area...
That photo basically explains the 2011 First Round loss.
That photo basically explains the 2011 First Round loss.
That didn't help us either.
He was basically like a lesser Chuck Hayes defensively, but slightly better on offense.
I don't agree with that at all. Hayes was a fine defender, especially in the post, and Blair was fantastic on offense when he played his role.
What I was trying to say was they had similar body types with Hayes being the better defender and Blair being better on offense. I think we agree on that point although it seems like you'd rank Hayes great on defense and Blair great on offense. While I think Hayes was really good on defense, I don't think Blair was superb on offense (good but not superb).
Blair's offensive game is overrated imho. He shined when there were no other options other than the corpse of Dice and a declining TD. Look, he isn't even playing in Washington now.
Definitely a good point there. Our frontline options were thin at the time. Amazing how TD rejuvinated himself though after that. Now we are pretty good up front.
except he is now in Washingtonfail
except he is now in Washington
Getting him at #37 was still quite a steal. It's too bad he had to start, though. He would have been a perfect 4th (energy) big for a lot of teams.
Is Blair the 15th guy on Washington?
14th. They cut Glen Rice, Jr..
except he isn't. He was a scrub in Dallas and now is riding the pine in Washington.
dude sucks.
He was a strong rebounder his first two years in the league before the lack of ACLs(and weight gain) caught up with him. His defense was awful which made him an overall poor fit next to an aging Duncan. Not really a useful player for a contending team but he was fun to watch(especially those circus shots). Don't miss him one bit though.
Last edited by Johnny RIngo; 02-03-2015 at 07:45 PM.
Didn't he break that arm in the very last game before the playoffs? Against PHX?
Yes he did.
We were 61-20 at that point, Dallas, #2 in the Conference finished 57-25. I guess Pop wanted to tie the Bulls record @62-20.
And collecting DNP....except he is now in Washington
its no coincidence manu&parkers decline happened the same time blair was let go..................... blair was an elite PNR player................. manu/blair PNR was virtually unstoppable............... blair set amazing picks for parker PNR.................. a "scrub" player doesn't have 2 30/20 games................ bring back blair........................
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