Blair Ownership of Thabeet

[Carefreeblues]

So a coach saw that tape and STILL thought Thabeet is 2nd pick worthy? WTF

[XCRAZYdave21X]

He shoulda put the play where Blair threw thabeet over his shoulder

[fabfreebird1]

See his biceps? Those are headbands 0.o

[Ronnyjackson25]

i love when thabeet blocks the shot and gets angry then dajuan takes it right at him and gets and and 1. shut his ass up

[iwaneatmeat]

i bet memphis gm didnt watch this game

[vicnetto]

lol ownership... its not like he dunked on him.

[maylolik]

Thabeet=0 bball IQ.4 yrs in the nbatill everyone drops him

[dalastdon1432]

Damn, I bet Memphis wishes they had drafted Blair instead of Thabeet, along with all the other teams. How lucky was San Antonio to get this guy in the second round?

[earthvsthemoon]

The Beast vs. The Bust

[DontTakeCrack]

rofl thabeet is a huge retard, talk about getting taken to school

[xVetteL]

ACL Count. Thabeet = 2, Blair = 0

[mattrospecs]

thabeet is fucking garbage. college level and pro level. he never had it, just the frame and athleticism. he's a taller, heavier, kwame brown.

[ARobb5]

@mattrospecs FYI, Brown was about 280 at his biggest, while Thabeet is usually around 265 and that's only because of his height.

[saiconjr]

If Thabeet had more potential, why didn't he get the playing time to show it? Something tells me he has too many fundamentals missing, may end up the next Darko.

[dldowell1122]

This is why NBA GMS are so dumb, watch the tape you got a guy in Thabeet who gets dominated by Blair yet you take Thabeet with the 2nd pick and Blair goes in the 2nd round. NOw Thabeet is in the NBDL and Blair is the best rookie big man. Not rocket science guys.

[brownie003]

@dldowell1122 thabeet has more potential

[metalfang5]

@brownie003 wat

[TheAndromeda412]

I know I don't know why GM's and Scouts discount certain players because of there size height is somewhat over rated as shown in the video lol

[akui88]

on Jan 15, 2o1o.

DeJuan Blair got 28 points and 21 rebounds in just 31 minutes against OKC thunder.

First rookie to go for 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game since Tim Duncan...

[hustheposum]

spurs got dibs on the championship

[ALS1958]

I seen DeJuan Blair in High school...this dude was tea baggin the shit in the city schools

[metalfang5]

lol thabeet cried like a little bitch after that flip.

[Slamwoo93]

love his game...and i fucken love the title :D

[hustheposum]

i always liked dejuan and now hes ballin on my favorite team. go spurs

[aros09123]

everybody loves blair... hes tha man

[cs292]

I hope the spurs find new fans in Pittsburgh. fuck the lakers.

[BasketballDX]

I'm from pittsburgh and i'm starting to like the spurs more now that dejaun blair's with them.

[hineighbor]

me too. i always thought the spurs were so boring with the big fundamental, but blair kicks so much ass, i can now look past that. i'm the same with liking memphis now because of sam young.

[jattboypunjabi]

I can see Duncan in his college years in DeJuan Blair. He is going to be a phenomenal back court power house for the Spurs.

[friskyfixedit]

Say what? Tim Duncan was nothing like Blair in college. Timmy was one of the most skillful and cerebral players coming out. Blair is a straight up beast... a widebody with a nose for the ball.

[Knockturnal88]

@jattboypunjabi u mean front court

[MattMisGOD]

Hopefully he learns some offense from Duncan, and the basic fundamentals from the Big Fundamental. That way when he leaves, they have another solid PF to take over and keep the Spurs going as a top team in the league.

This is why Pop>Phil. Phil always switches to the top teams in the league. Pop makes the important decisions, and drafts steals like Parker, Ginobili, and now Blair.

[hemelekkoff]

Amen

[scatman813]

I think Tim,Ratliff,McDyess can teach Blair how to play the PF very well. He has an all star of teachers lol. I wouldnt be suprised if he starts though. If he shows he can Defend big men well he would probably start. It would be very hepfull if he does become a good defense big men espically agasint the Lakers. Pau Gasol has trouble when he is played agisnt tall good D players. Blair has what a 7 foot wingspan!

[MattMisGOD]

Well the 3 are getting older, so having a nice fresh rookie starting will help all 3 play A LOT less minutes. He will also mature faster, and having the greatest PF of all time there to train you, maybe he'll even earn his starting position. I just hate to see Timmy go back to C, I really liked him better at PF.

It's actually like a 7'2", or maybe an inch bigger. So yeah, people can't say he's short when you consider that factor in.

I just can't wait. Next season is going to be GREAT.

[hemelekkoff]

@MattMisGOD Not just that, Pop also work with those guys a lot. Right now Blair and George Hill are in process

[tmoneysn]

You should give that credit to the GM but Phil come on now. John Paxson/Steve Kerr, best pure shooters in the league, Dennis Rodman, best rebounder in the league, Scottie Pippen...enough said, ron harper, horace grant, B.J. Armstrong and of course your Airness. How can you say those bulls teams weren't carefully orchestrated like Pop's Parker, Ginobili etc. Not even to mention Laker teams but I'm just saying Pop is an all time great but don't mitigate the accomplishments of Mr. 11...Phil Jackson

[zohner21]

@MattMisGOD wow about g.hill...

[Otiger7]

Thabeet = bust

[brocode125]

haha you're probs right...those dumb-as-fuck NBA gm's have a 7 footer fetish. i.e. darko, patrick o'bryant, olowokandi, jerome james...and don't even get me started on "potential" lol

[YounGJFrasier23]

dejuan blair = spurs = championship

[ArvanitisWarrior]

i like your thinking ;)

[jattboypunjabi]

times 2 ..

[kma122]

hey my warriors are alright but...GO SPURS!

[AxelPRC]

dont you mean spurs + dejuan blair = championship?

[DetroitPistons90]

Yeah hopefully Popavich Benches bonner and puts blair as a starter or reserve to duncan

[nootherdon]

wow

[MessedUpRight]

next charles barkley :)

[aberjan21]

is blair undersized? yes. are there other undersized and successful nba players? yes. did blair outperform just about every other big in the ncaa? yes. willl blair be a future nba star? no. is he easily capable of putting up 14-10? yes. is that worth a second round pick? yes.

is he a good complement to tim duncan? yes. thats all that matters.

[metalfang5]

@aberjan21 true, but i wouldn't say that he won't ever be a star. He seems to have to little something extra that the stars of the league have. In five or so year, i wouldn't be surprised if he's a 14-12 guy. Remember Magic Johnson only averaged about 17 points, but you knew the kind of talent he had. Not saying Blair will be an all-pro, but i could see him as a top-notch starter. Remember he's only 20.

[aberjan21]

@metalfang5 i know he's just a rookie, and he does seem to have what your talking about, i think at the end he doesn't have quite the skill level to be an all-star player with his size. im always seeing him struggle on the offensive side of the ball. against the lakers he was getting manhandled by gasol and bynum. theres just too much size in the nba for him to be one of the best bigs.

but i do see him as a very good player in the future, putting up double doubles. just dont expect 18ppg

[fingertapper1]

@aberjan21 14 - 10 is definitely and i say definitely not a 2nd round pick. that's lottery numbers. also not every rookie of the year is a 20-5-5 or 20-10 guy. a 15 - 8 guy have been rookie of the year in the past.

i was thinking of him the same way before but i think i've greatly underestimated him then. this guy is a beast. right now hes like 8pts - 7reb per game in just 18 minutes. could be a 20-10 guy in a couple of years. if he was on a shit team right now playing 30+ mins hell get 15rpg.

[emalkin71]

Thabeet is so overrated, yeah he's tall and got a great defensive game but DeJuan Blair is a damn good player, he's got the physicality and skill to be a solid PF in the NBA.

[pittHoopsguy]

I like how Blair chewed up Thabeets ass in both games. He should have been drafted before Thabeet.

[jvaldez5]

The Spurs did not have a first round pick this year but they got first round talent in this guy! how can a guy he manhandled go #2 in the draft and this guy goes #37. He will play with a chip on his shoulder.

[aros09123]

o hell yea he will

[bdictjames]

That other announcer is just biased.

[chitoz666]

blair dominated thabeet in college..& good luck thabeet in the nba..besides rebounding & blocks' he has no offensive game...look for him to have a long tenure working on his offensive game..

[Syncmaster151BM]

The C who need Spurs is Tiago Splitter, one of the best player who play at the moment in Europe(ACB)

[Mykoveli]

Im looking all over Spurs networks to see if their going to bring over Tiago Splitter from Europe. He's that missing piece that we need, he's like a Pau Gasol, but not a weak-ass like him. Spurs fans dont know much about him, but he can BALL. Spurs potential lineup:

Center-Tiago Splitter

Power Forward-Tim Duncan

Small Forward-DaJuan Blair

Shooting Guard-Richard Jefferson

Point Guard-Tony Parker

Bench-Manu Ginobili,Roger Mason,Matt Bonner Drew Gooden,Michael Finley,Ian Mahimni,George Hill.

[corbi88]

Tiago Splitter will stay another year in Europe because of his buy-out, it's too high.

I agree with you, he's a baller! It's a shame that he won't play for the Spurs next year...

GO SPURS

P.S.

Blair isn't a SF, he remembers me Malik Rose; you also forgot McClinton and De Colo from the bench, maybe they'll be useful during the season (McClinton for sure).

[Mykoveli]

I read somewhere over the internet that with the economy being so bad that some european teams are trying to get rid of some big contracts and Tiago will have a good chance of coming to the NBA. I know Blair isnt a SF, but with Duncan being the PF, blair has no choice but to be a SF. Duncan wont move to Center and I didnt add are other picks until they make the team, but you can add them because Im excited about this years draft...great job by the SPURS.

[bigredgiant25]

come on man lets be real blair small forward nobody would ever put blair in that position. if anything look at glen davis plays a back up center alot and he is only about 6'7 . blair could come off the bench as a power forward if that was the case or back up center with a tall foward by his side.

[natche21]

wait for sheed or camby to join spurs this coming week Go Spurs GO!

[LionLovaman]

Blair WILL be an all-star in this league you can write it down, if he stays healthy. Thabeet??? I don't know, I wanna see him do good too but I think he's overrated. Blair manhandled him in both games.

[rubelbarua]

Blair is 6'6 and a half so almost 6'7 while Thabeet is 7'2 and a half so almost 7'3 about 8 inches height difference.

[klebz]

@rubelbarua Yes but Blair has a 7'2" wingspan

[rubelbarua]

@klebz True but you also have to add in Thabeets wingspan aswell

[SVR06Wrestling]

thabeet is a poor man's mutombo. hes gonna suck, blair is gonna shock alot of people

[edmundnlemadim]

Starters: Pg-Parker Sg- Ginobili Sf-Jefferson Pf-Gooden C-Duncan Reserves: Mason Jr., Finley, Blair,Bonner, Hill, McClinton, Udoka, hopefully Mahinmi can contrubute... nvm scrub Bonner, wack ass nando de colo, and jacque vaugn and get a big via FA, then we'll be da shitt..

GO SPURS

[bahistah41]

how tall is blair actually??? he seems to be like around 6-8... i know thabeet is 7-2 but he cant seem to cover blair..

[Faryal016]

he is 6-6

[eact920]

Magic will be owning

[vincentdowling9216]

i was at this game on center court and these highlights dont do justice to how dominant and impressive Blair was. Every single one of his baskets came after Uconn made impressive baskets and it looked like they were gonna pull it close and Blair kept making plays against THabeet and just took the air out of the stadium about 5 different times

[KORNBOY316]

SPURS STARTERS=pg-Parker sg- Mason Jr sf-Jefferson pf-Blair c -Duncan BENCH= Ginobili, Finley, Gooden,Bonner, Hill and Bowen might return?? uhhh that lineup looks fucken SCARY!! GO SPURS GO!!!!! give them the trophy now!!!

[rattlers678]

cant wait!

[wwrjd1523]

the number 37 pick owning the number 2 pick HA something must be wrong...GO PITT

[2cansam36]

GO SPURS

[spursbucswhitesoxfan]

They'll both be in the SW Division too.  Thabeet-Memphis Blair-Spurs

[DeathPersonified]

Oh shit, I just realized that. haha

[StoneThrowingDevil]

The Spurs took about 15 seconds to make the #37 pick. Funny...

[23GrandMasterK]

Awesome pick for the SPURS!!!!!

[johnts71]

I CANT BELIEVE HE SLIPPED TO THE 2nd ROUND TO THE SPURS! HOLY SH!T

[onblock7]

From Jefferson the other day to this the Spurs stay winning this summer.

[phillymick2011]

come to indiana

[iLLMaTiC174]

almost a foot shorter, but like 20lbs heavier smh

[DeathPersonified]

7.2 wingspan. 8.10 1/5 standing reach. 260 lbs (And he's been working out since leaving Pitt) He'll be fine. His knees are a long-term question, but I have no doubt that he'll have a year or two of great basketball.

[Trackfan35]

DeJuan Blair COME TO CHICAGO!!!

[michaelcarrig]

Yes!

[lechampiones]

kandiman

[lorenzo2117]

this is a damn shame lol

[super34Trooper12]

dejaun blair=dirtbag that has no skill just strength and getts away with illegal pushes and tried to snap thabeets arm off, that is why he "owned thabeet"

[tcfly2]

No actually he owned thabeet cuz he has 22pts and 23 rebs to thabeets 4pts 5 reb in that game. and in 2 matchups he average 15 and 15.5 to thabeets 9 and 9.............................­............thats why Blair OWNED him!

[tbsigma4life]

oh yes...i can only imagine his thoughts in the locker room- "hey coach, i'm going to go intentionially snap thabeet's arm in half". yea i see that totally happening.

i think i have a calhoun crying towel left from the last matchup. maybe i should give it to you.

oh yea...we beat uconn how many times this year?

[super34Trooper12]

ummm who made it to the final four? whos going to be the 2nd or 3rd pick in the nba draft and be a better mutumbo? whos going to have a shit career in the nba because hes too short and slow? thats a one year wonder team for pitt anyways they have that type of year once a decade uconn is a national powerhouse who produces the most and the best nba players pitt never wins the ncaa tournament or gets the final four and they produce shit nba players that is why uconn is better than pitt

[tbsigma4life]

wow, completely irrelevant to what i said. hmm, i wonder why you got so defensive... i never said that we were better than you... just said we were able to beat you twice this year, which is something to brag about given your stellar program. and calhoun crying 24/7 is always fun to rip on.

my team lost a tough game to a very respectable big east opponent. yours shit the bed to a team that got completely ass raped by UNC.

in other words, your last tourney game wasn't so hot either.

[super34Trooper12]

How can you say completely irrelevant, by saying "we beat uconn how many times this year?" implys that pitt is better than uconn which is rediculous, also you dont have anything on calhoun the man is perennial HOFer and a cancer survivor, and please dont tell me that you think pitt wouldnt get their asses handed to by unc even though uconn and pitt would have the best chance against unc, lets leave it at this, pitt is a respectable program but cant match uconns current tradition of winning

[tbsigma4life]

i implied that we can play with the big kids- and win despite ppl thinking pitt is a crap team. we were better than you twice in terms of game matchups this year. i agree your tradition has been lasted for years- pitt has been on the rise since dixon came to town. i'm not saying we would have beat unc but you and i both know that either pitt or uconn would have made a much better showing than a freaking big 10 [or 11...thx psu] team.

at least we would have showed them some big east lovin'.

[janitormopmop]

Please dont compare Thabeet to Mutumbo. Mutumbo put up great numbers in the NBA and Thabeet cant even put up similar numbers in coolege despite being huge and all that

[Hibbs4Prez]

Thabeet WILL NOT be a better Mutombo, considering his attitude and lack of work ethic.

[super34Trooper12]

wtf are you talking about, thabeet could hardly catch a ball coming into freshman year and he worked himself to where he is now, in a year or two hell have a 10-15 ft shot, post moves, and thicker body

[DeeperConscience]

hasheem thabett is an average basketball player at best. He is sort of like a better shawn bradley. He is going to go pro now, its good that this nigger is going pro, it will make things intresting. He should be going pro in a cotton picking league, I wonder how that nigger would match up against other slaves on a farm. Who can get the most cotton in a bag, hmm would be more intresting than the NBA.

[super34Trooper12]

ummmm your a dumb faggot ass bithc that is jealous of how black people are better than u at everything in life sooo yeah that pretty much somes it up

[DeeperConscience]

if everything is running with a ball up and down a court then I loose

[Frombacindadizzay]

hey sixteenhundredPAAVE or they beat Uconn twice ZyphonZest is right Blair will be better than Thabeet

[ZyphonZest]

DeJuan Blair = Charles Barkley

Hasheem Thabeet = Dikembe Mutombo

Charles Barkley > Dikembe Mutumbo

[PatriotPrideBoy]

D-Blair 4 life!

[Lodzio20]

Thabeet sucks in this game!!

[Jamescnika]

yah he could kick my ass great....he still isnt in the final 4 that sucks

[familybc146]

How does Pitt play two Jesuit colleges in a row? Weird..............

And BTW, the size of the student body means nothing since none of the players are chosen from the students. They are all recuited outside. That's why an all white school like Georgetown has all black players playing for the last 30 years.

[Elemental412]

pitt owns uconn beat em twice already. we just beat em by 10 and sam young had 31 points can thabeet even touch that?

[sixteenhundredPAAVE]

And now,Nova owns Pitt!!!!!!

[UCONNHuskies12]

pitt could of beat novaon the final play if gilbert brown took the charge

[sixteenhundredPAAVE]

A game of If's.That's why I prefer the college game over the pro's any day of the week!

[PittsburghPanthers23]

what do umean if's.plus did i take about why chose college over pros.But i like both but more college.I used to watch alot of pros.The think that ilike about college is the march madness.That beats the shit out of nba since you have 1 chance,If you lose your eliminated but nba has like 4 chances.

[boogernights]

DeJuan is De Beast!!!!

[middletonss]

Blair's numbers are better than Charles Barkley.

[familybc146]

Blair is 6'7" but he has a 7'3" wingspan. So he's more a guy who's about 6'10" or so.

He should make a good power forward in the NBA. And if Pitt had a true center that's the position he would be playing. Sam Young is more a natural small forward, and that's where he would be playing.

I hope Pitt gets to the Final Four and they play N. Carolina. Of course they won't let Blair hurt their poster boy Tyler so Blair will foul out in 25 minutes.

[sixteenhundredPAAVE]

Or,they can lose to Villanova, a small Jesuit college of about 14,000 students in suburban Philadelphia.Have you ever heard of it? I bet you have now.I would have paid money to have been in that Pitt lockeroom

[Jamescnika]

too bad thabeet has a real future in the nba! blair is a fat bitch

[David34Ortiz2004]

nah man both are lottery picks except blair needs to get in better shape and thabeet needs to gain a couple pounds

[UCONNHuskies12]

blair could kick your ass you motherfucker.he's a better player than you think he is stupid.Get a fucken life

[Russian132]

Thabeet is so overrated he got man handled by guy who is 6'7 and he is 7'3, man he is just all talk what a bitch

[joecandito]

who cares about height. u dont get a handicap for being short. there is no shame in being manhandled by DEJUAN BLAIR

[PatriotPrideBoy]

7'3?

[c9mavrick]

HE GOT RAPE in te POST FLAT OUT!!!!

[18alou]

Calhoun is still crying...whaa sore loser!

[gilbertbaseball10]

uconn will win march 7th

[familybc146]

Are the women playing that day too?

[sciontcdude]

blair did awesome and thabeet did awful...yet uconn was still close and even leading toward the end??? how the hell is that possible..2nd game coming i bet uconn wins by 5-10 unless the same thing happens again which i doubt and he does great and thabeet does awful then it will be uconn losing by 10

[Neville2782]

It's possible because during the the opening 30 minutes of the game, Pitt's back court was a combined 1-26 shooting.

[18alou]

Pitt will win by 5-10...Tabeet is scared!

[nitwit44]

this was brilliant. loved every minute.

[joebriggs7]

Where's the bodyslam play?