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I think he's been humbled over the last two-and-a-half years. He's probably ready for some real coaching and development now.
nobody wants this clown...
I think he's been humbled over the last two-and-a-half years. He's probably ready for some real coaching and development now.
You think the Warriors are going to trade with us after the piece of we gave them last season?
Probably not, but word around the street is that they were interested in Blair during the draft. They weren't willing to give San Antonio their pick back for him, though. Tyler doesn't seem like too high of a price to pay if they're still high on Dejuan.
it's time to move him or cut him.
Quite a bit of time before the deadline. Why cut him when you might get a pick AND someone else pays the rest of his year's salary?
Honestly, some of you people are SO impatient. What difference does a couple of weeks make if he's buried as the last man on the roster?
the problem is his contract is teed, no point in cuttin him if ur still payin his salary
keeping him around means wasting a roster spot....
and the Spurs record in games he started.
Energy. Effort.
didn't mean today.. i meant that it is time to face the fact that he's a failed experiment and he should not be given any minute of any kind from here on.
Do you have someone in mind to fill that roster spot, other than him? Especially considering that so long as hes on the books, it limits the already microscopic cap space we have to sign someone.
I don't understand the Blair hate, he is a beast TBH, I don't want to see him go.
I'd be very surprised if the Spurs trade Blair for a protected 2nd rounder right now. That's a trade that's going to be there at the trade deadline, and for now they can retain his contract value for a package deal. If Blair is traded in January, it'll almost definitely be for an actual 2nd round pick.
Classic case of not selling high. We had a chance to trade him before, but now he is of low value. Release time
trade him to the heat for norris cole... we get a young backup pg with potential although he's struggling now...
Why would we need, or even want, yet another backup PG? We already have Joseph, Mills and De Colo - to say nothing of Gary Neal.
Have you watched him play at all this season? The guy is totally done. Hes not even an NBA caliber player - let alone a good one. Those 20 and 20 games were a loooooong time ago.
i actually wouldn't mind this. whatever gets him off our roster
Blair is physically broken. If it's due to degeneration of his knees due to his lack of ACLs, his career is over. And it probably IS due to that from what I can tell.
In his rookie season, he might have been top 10% in the NBA in athleticism. Right now, he's undoubtedly in the bottom 10%. No matter how much skill or heart or grit or whatever is added, a 6-foot-6 bigman with no athleticism can't make it in the NBA. Bottomline.
At most, the Spurs can get a second round pick for him. Is he worth trading for a second rounder? I think it depends on Baynes. If Baynes proves he could be at least an upgrade to Blair, then might as well trade away Blair and get that second round pick. If Baynes is more of a project who can't be counted on for even emergency minutes, then the Spurs should just keep Blair. As bad as Blair is now since he can't run or jump, he at least knows the system and has some chemistry with the players. A second round pick isn't worth trading away potential depth (even extreme depth) on a team with championship expectations.
That equation would change if Blair starts being a distraction and really pushes to get traded. But from all I know, that isn't the case right now.
If Blair knows he's done, then I doubt he wants to get traded. I imagine he'd like to go out a champion, and the Spurs are probably going to be his best chance of doing that. Plus despite everything, he may like being in San Antonio. The Spurs took a chance on him with no one else did. Even though the other teams' concerns seem to be valid, that probably still means a lot to him. He seems happy and supportive on the bench, and the other players still seem to like him. So I don't think he's doing much to mess with the locker room right now. If he knows he can't play, I doubt he's having a hard time understanding why he's not playing anymore.
Plus, so long as there is ambiguity surrounding Blair's benching, he has a chance to trick another team into giving him a decent final contract before the wheels fall off. If he gets traded, his new team will play him, and everyone will see how bad off he really is.
Blair does not strike me as a guy who would ever admit "he's done". His Twitter complaints allude to that fact (not saying he's a complainer or bad, just that he's made comments already that suggest he feels he should be playing).
Well, that goes to my second point. If he knows he's too hurt to be effective, the best thing he can hope for is that the Spurs keep him on the bench while he complains about not playing. At least then, it wouldn't be obvious that he's on the decline.
Not saying Blair's cunning enough to pull that off, but it would be a good plan.
@ the blair haters who said no other teams wanted him ......
@ benching blair in the playoffs 4 dice & diaw ........
biggest need outside one more big for the spurs is the backup pg my friend... de colo isn't ready, neal is not a pg by no means and can't stay in front of anyone, and joseph has talent but isn't ready to play yet and thats why he's in austin...mills i like but he's an undersized scorer, or change of pace guard, not a playmaker, and not someone who you can count to backup the position constantly...
cole isn't great but can defend, score, run an offense, at least has the potential for it as shown in flashes...
Blair+Bonner for a rebounder
word call up cojo he is ready & provides everything a pg should including defense .........
Matt Bonner is better than DeJuan Blair at this point in time. That is a very sad fact my fellow Spurfans
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