Tim Varner says DeJuan Blair is not working as a Spur. He’s a center, Tim Duncan’s a center, and something has to give.

You know that silly debate whether Tim Duncan is a power forward or center? It kind of matters now. The Spurs are 2-1, but through three games they’re a below average defensive team. Tim Duncan and DeJuan Blair are playing relatively poorly. This is not a statistical judgment. It’s one of those we-watch-the-games judgments. During the [...]

I stole the title of this post from last night’s Daily Dime Live. DDLer Anthony asked, “…if the Spurs keep playing defence (sic) like this, will your blog be renamed ’48 Minutes of What the Hell?’” It’s a good line, and befitting of the first 24 minutes of action between the Indiana Pacers and the [...]

New season, new narrative. And with this season, there is that monster metanarrative creeping around the league: the Miami Heat. The Heat, as a story, are more imperial than meta. That story has one of those manifest destiny, send small pox to the Indians agendas going on. The Thing has a bloodlust, I tell you. [...]

DeJuan Blair has been the story of the preseason so far in San Antonio, earning a spot in the starting lineup, and chances are he will merit a few paragraphs tonight when the Spurs face off against the Houston Rockets in their last preseason game. Lost in the mix have been the battles that have [...]

The much anticipated 2010-11 NBA season is set to debut in just one week. All the marquee free agents have signed and several players returned from injury to participate in the preseason, but there are still many questions to be considered. In this weeks post, I will take a look at which rookies have performed [...]

On the rare night this preseason in which the San Antonio Spurs newest starting center was not among the team’s leading scorers, DeJuan Blair’s impact was still felt in last night’s 108-85 victory over Caja Caja Laboral, leading the way to the Spurs 18 rebound advantage. For the Spanish League team making it’s way through [...]

AT&T Center-Behind second year phenom DeJuan Blair, the San Antonio Spurs announced their presence among the very NBA elite in a one-sided victory over the heavily favored Miami Heat and LeBron James. James, the centerpiece to the summer’s ballyhooed free agent class, was held to 12 points on 3-of-8 shooting with three rebounds and three [...]

DeJuan Blair would appear to have a bright future in the NBA. In his first year — without, as Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich likes to remind, a single offensive move — Blair led all rookies in field goal percentage while averaging 7.8 points and 6.4 rebounds in only 18 minutes per game. Given such [...]

At the 2009 pre-draft combine DeJuan Blair boasted a body fat percentage of twelve percent; Blair’s current body fat measures eight percent. He’s almost as trim as George Hill, who still, for the moment, plays Beauty to Blair’s Beast. Last season, Blair logged most of his minutes at center. At yesterday’s open practice, he showed [...]

DeJuan Blair became a favorite of just about everybody involved with the Spurs in his single season in the NBA (there’s gotta be someone who doesn’t like him, right?). Selected with the 37th overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, analysts immediately dubbed Blair the steal of the draft. His 7.8 points and 6.4 rebounds [...]

If there is an advantage to being a perennial lottery team, it’s the opportunity to piece together a talented core through the draft. GMs who have the luxury of compounding high draft picks over multiple seasons place themselves in the enviable position of acquiring the league’s best young talent. It sucks to lose, but the long term [...]

The Spurs play their first game of the NBA Summer League this afternoon. (The game is available through NBA Broadband, 3:30 6:30 EST, for those who are inclined to watch.) The Spurs’ roster is notable for who isn’t playing as much as it is for those who are. James Anderson, Ryan Richards, and Malik Hairston will [...]

“For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me…it was Tuesday.” —Street Fighter: The Movie And so renews the most heated one-sided matchup in recent NBA history. The San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns are an interesting story to tell, depending on who tells it. [...]