Bleacher Report's 3 Trade Idea's for Dejaun Blair

[cd021]

lol @ embedded. that's exactly why i think the spurs should get him though. he has to get over that absurdity. it'd be awesome if they had him when he does. he's a young diaw. and diaw looks pretty good with this team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncol0AUiFXE call me an impatient fan, but i'd rather take a chance on white now. than get a 2nd for blair and wait for that to pan out or not. if he ends up not being able to travel and can only play home games. pop could milk that too, and i think we have a more valuable trade asset than blair.

+1

[BackHome]

The dude is crazy crazy no way he can function in the NBA.

[baseline bum]

I don't see what the Spurs could get for Blair with his contract as small as it is. If he can be thrown in to make a larger deal work then yeah, he's almost completely expendable since there is 0.00000000% chance he gets re-signed. Otherwise, just keep him to fill minutes when Tim is being rested.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Package Blair and Neal together and trade him to the 76ers in exchange for a lifetime's supply for Philly Cheese Steaks, tbh. I think our team would do better eating Philly Cheese Steaks before every game and it would keep these two POS clowns from seeing any time on the hardwood.

[baseline bum]

I miss the days when we had the cool Nazis like Heydrich, Goebbels, and Himmler here

[mabrignani]

with the addition of baynes id say package neal and blair for a solid 2

[Darkwaters]

I know all of this, I was replying to "Dark Water". I was using Jackson as precedent for White. I read an article in which Jackson details his point of view about his mistakes ( I think we probably read the same one). They Spurs have been known to take a chance a calculated risk in the past. Depending on what you believe Eddy Curry, was actually pretty close to making our roster to start the year. Considering his checked while in N.Y.

White just reported to the D League, and you seem to be overstating the panic attacks. He talked about the cir stances at length on Pardon the interruption,and the misconceptions of his cir stances. The guy can flat out play. He will play in the NBA, the question is just how good he will be.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8878230 (P.T.I interview from last week)

Your response proves nothing. My point was that a good NBA team doesn't even think twice about just avoiding this guy - at least until he gets his straight. Poorly managed teams like the Raptors, Bucks, Bobcats etc are the ones that tie up assets in a joker like this. The guy can flat out play? Sure. He hasn't yet - because hes a prima donna. Will he come around one day? Maybe. But I wouldn't want to be the GM paying him millions of dollars annually and tying up both salary cap space and a roster spot. If you want a team thats makes decisions like that, then I recommend the aforementioned teams. Toronto especially (see Kyle Lowry for poor GM team management).

2 different issues. And just because spurs succeeded with calming Jack down. It was more of that Sjax was always a good person at heart, but believes in loyalty and protecting his friends. He wasn't a bad character per se.

Royce White - thats a different animal. Apples and Oranges. Its naive to think that "Oh, the spurs can fix him. Spurs can fix anyone". Its one thing if the player is immature or anger issues. Its another if he has a disabling mental issue that makes his availability over a 82 game season and playoffs an issues.

Bingo.

[TDMVPDPOY]

about blair, if his not going to get employed next season

why not take the year off...go get that surgery where the add inches to ur height by breaking ur legs and inserting rods into and adjusting t hem a few cms each day or some ...

then he can come back here +6'9 height with no acls....

[Darkwaters]

the defending nba champs wanted to trade 4 blair............... spurs will re-sign blair ............

So you think because a team that is frantic for frontline support expressed interest in Dejuan Blair that the Spurs will now keep him? How does that make sense? The Heat are going crazy looking for anyone that can play down low for them. They just signed both Jarvis Varnado and Chris Andersen to year-long contracts. You would seem to believe they wanted Blair to make him a foundational piece next to Wade, Lebron and Bosh.

No, Blair is a great bargain at the price we pay. But hes not getting minutes and hes a currently a minimum salary player. If the Spurs were to offer him another contract he'd probably get similiar money and similar minutes. Why would he even want to stay a Spur?

Face it, hes walking at the end of the year if we don't trade him in February.

[biskvito]

I didn't know nothing about Royce White but after reading a couple interviews and watching a video about him he seems like a good guy. Mental issues like OCD and whatnot can be a real pain in the ass, I hope he succeeds in getting some comfort for his career.

[Samr.]

Humpries should cross his fingers he gets traded here. I don't think the tejano DJs know many Kanye West songs.

[cd021]

Your response proves nothing. My point was that a good NBA team doesn't even think twice about just avoiding this guy - at least until he gets his straight. Poorly managed teams like the Raptors, Bucks, Bobcats etc are the ones that tie up assets in a joker like this. The guy can flat out play? Sure. He hasn't yet - because hes a prima donna. Will he come around one day? Maybe. But I wouldn't want to be the GM paying him millions of dollars annually and tying up both salary cap space and a roster spot. If you want a team thats makes decisions like that, then I recommend the aforementioned teams. Toronto especially (see Kyle Lowry for poor GM team management).

He is on a rookie deal your acting like i'm saying take a chance on Michael Beasley with his 3 year $18 million dollar deal. Trade for him now if he doesn't work out then he'd be gone after next year. If you like his progress then keep him for another season.

Rookie deals were designed for roster flexibility and to protect teams against unforeseen cir stances. Its not like he signed a 5 year $55 dollar deal right out the gate, his total deal is something in the area code of $10 million over 4 years with 2 years fully guaranteed. Thats less a risk and more like a hedged bet.