DeJuan Blair was one of the toughest players in the NCAA this year. He broke all sort of unofficial rebounding marks, manhandled No. 2 pick Hasheem Thabeet in front of the entire NBA, and gave some of the best interviews you've ever seen. His wingspan measured well in Chicago, and he dropped a ton of weight between the end of Pitt's season and the combine. He's an absolute beast.But a bad MRI has been going around, and Blair -- who was considered a potential lottery pick this morning -- fell all the way out of the first round. And he kept falling. Past Portland for a third time, past Washington, past Memphis, past Detroit ... all the way to the Spurs at No. 37. It's the vogue thing to say Blair will now proceed to destroy the NBA. But it's also the accurate thing to say. Blair will now proceed to destroy the NBA.





















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6-25-2009 @ 11:32PM
Josh said...
Why are you surprised? He's has surgery on two ACLs and on both of them the doctors weren't able to completely repair them. Teams are looking at him and thinking that he will be lucky to make it 3 or 4 seasons before his legs give out.
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6-26-2009 @ 1:18AM
rbsn1985 said...
One thing im not suprised about is that a red wing fan is hating on a pittsburgh guy after the pens WON the cup...