Top 25 Under 25: DeJuan Blair 12th

[therealtruth]

I think hes looking at age, upside, production and experiance combined. I think 12 is a bit high but not much. He needs to get shots and keep working on D. If he develops a post move and he has show one a few times, and learns to use his body, He has a load of upside.

As a second teamer he could destroy other teams second unit bigs. Gonna be hard for him to break out now that Splitter is balling.

My advice to Blair, get down to 260, develop a 12 foot jumper and he can be a face up 4 who can put it on the ground a la Larry Johnson.

Larry Johnson, Anthony Mason, Malik Rose all are similar builds to Blair but much more skilled.

[Darkwaters]

So......Brooke Lopez + Ricky Rubio for Dejuan Blair?

Do it RC!

[BillMc]

If Leonard isn't already better than Blair, he soon will be....

[BillMc]

So......Brooke Lopez + Ricky Rubio for Dejuan Blair?

Do it RC!

[BillMc]

the charles barkley comparisons baffle me..... barkley was athletic, and could shoot. aside from a reputation as a rebounder, no part of their game is similar.

Yeah, me too. I guess they see wide, short "Big Man" who can rebound and that's all they need. Barkley was a terror on offense, Blair not so much. On defense, Chuck wasn't nearly as dominant, but when motivated he's still better than Blair.

A better comparison, in my opinion, is Blair is a poor man's Wes Unseld (you know, minus the defense).

That said, Blair may improve. It's not really fair to compare regular players to HoF'ers all the time.

[The Truth #6]

Who is DUDE?

The "royal" dude.

[The Truth #6]

I think the writer is fascinated by Blair's potential that he's occasionally shown the first two seasons. But those insane 20/20 type games are few and far between and Blair has problems trying to be consistent on a nightly basis. He played with a passion the first season in trying to "prove people wrong" to some degree, but after he's proven people wrong it seems like he's lost his motivation...and discovered Whataburger. This year he's got his weight back down but isn't sure how to get his spark back. Maybe his body is slowly wearing down. Hard to say. He started the season very well with some better offensive moves but his rebounding has been MIA. I don't think people hate him (that would be Bonner for the most part) but when he and Bonner both compete with Splitter for minutes, people are preferring Splitter and as a result wanting less of Blair.

[mountainballer]

aside the ridiculous Blair ranking, this really bad bad work. (jesus, people pay for this. at least hoopsworld and bleatcherreport is free and couldn't do worse)
did they really leave Eric Gordon from that list? yes, they did. oh well...