Comments on: Spurs Draft Blair

By: dave daniels

dave daniels — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:41:16 +0000

Wow thats great!! Hope Spurs win big again this season.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:44:58 +0000

As if our draft tactics hasn’t left every other team kicking themselves for years to come (Tony Parks, Manu Ginobilim etc.), Every GA now gets to have the Spurs OWN THEM for the next series of seasons that SA makes title run after title run. I wanted SA to get a Elton Brand-type/hybrid, and we draft a younger, stronger pit-bull player in Blair! Can’t wait for next June, I’ll be the first to say: “Los Angeles who?” and “LA Fakers = one-hit-wonder”

By: seanty

seanty — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:40:21 +0000

holy crap we can make a playoff run now i love the draft!!!!

By: b.diddy

b.diddy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:25:10 +0000

Ha Ha! Caught you watching Mickey Mouse Club House, Rick.

It sure is gonna be nice having Steve Kerr 2.0 and Malik Rose 2.0 on the Spurs next year.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:57:16 +0000

I am an avid Spurs fan and with this pick in the draft I felt that the Spurs should have gone in the point guard direction to give Tony Parker a good backup so he can rest, but Blair is a beast and he will contribute substatially to the team, especially on the boards, and will in the end will be a great additiona as he matures and believe it or not, get stronger.

By: 48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » Popovich and McClinton

48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » Popovich and McClinton — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:38:09 +0000

[...] fans are delirious right now. DeJuan Blair is a beast. We couldn’t be happier to have him. His granddad, or some clever imposter, kindly left a message in our comments. Welcome to the [...]

By: G-DAD

G-DAD — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:19:44 +0000

my grandson will come and give you every thing he got on every nite. hes also a greatkid with special skills that the spurs fans will love. the spurs just got their new no. 1 fans. go spurs

By: Daniel B

Daniel B — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:37:10 +0000

I screamed so loud when I heard this news. Maybe not as loud as ThatBigGuy. Haha.

I was hoping and praying (once we hit the 2nd round) that Blair would go to us.

And I LOVED how quickly the Spurs did it. They jumped all over that opportunity within the minute. Just an overall stunning pick for the Spurs. Hell, it was an unbelievable draft all around for the Spurs. Wonderful job at the front office. Kudos.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:05:10 +0000

I think ESPN should do a 30 and 30 on how Dejuan Blair dropped to us at 37.

By: BlaseE

BlaseE — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:52:56 +0000

When we added all of that offense with RJ, I was telling my friend that I didn’t care about getting an offensive big but one that could threaten to get 15 rebounds on any night. This may be that big once he gets some experience under his belt. He is just so explosive and quick on put backs. Considering Tony’s increased range, Hill being a SG at heart, the addition of RJ, Duncan aging, this youthful, high energy rebounder is exactly who we needed.

I saw a group workout on NBATV with him and Sam Young. I missed watching him workout, but they interviewed the Pitt coach. He was saying how Young can win you over in drills. When asked about Blair, his eyes kind of lit up and he said “well DeJuan isn’t a drills/workout type of guy (in that his talents don’t shine through, not that he is horrible or doesn’t try) so these aren’t his best selling points. But in a game if there is a loose ball, I’d bet every time he gets it. Every rebound.” But the real point is that he and Sam Young were great players for their coach and you could tell he had a real relationship with them. The coach supporting a 20 year old sophomore leaving his team like that showed a lot.

By: Matt Steele

Matt Steele — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:47:44 +0000

This is one of the better outcomes that we could have hoped for coming into this draft with only 3 second round picks. I just absolutely can not believe that Blair fell to the Spurs. I would have bet $100 that there was no way he would fall that far before tonight

As someone who graduated from a Big East school (Seton Hall) a few years ago and still follows the Big East almost as much as I do San Antonio, I have seen Mr. Blair quite a few times. I am incredibly excited that he’s on the Spurs now

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:36:41 +0000

WOW, WOW, WOW! Dejuan Blair is legit top ten talent. I like that he is not potential but actual production, a real basketball player with real post moves and a great rebounder. This guy could be 15 and 10 every game. A good comparison might be Elton Brand, what do you think? What a talent, don’t understand why the ACL thing would drop him this low. Hasn’t seemed to slow him down at all. Here is a good video of him owning Thabeet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WASWhKKQfY. Again great post moves, great positioning and a very good rebounder.

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:30:45 +0000

Muy buena noche compadre!!!!!! A tomar vamos!

By: zack

zack — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:27:42 +0000

I AM IN ABSOLUTE AWE MCCLINTON, NANDO!
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Nando-De-Colo-5087/ BLAIRE IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE, WOW WOW WOW , WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WILL KEEP ON THE ROSTER THIS YEAR?

By: FreshmakerDTM

FreshmakerDTM — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:21:41 +0000

nice…
i got even more hype when dickie V was saying that Blair should’ve definitely have been a first rounder.