DeJuan Blair

SacTownGrantFan · Jul 5, 2009

Is anybody else upset that we didn't take DeJuan Blair with our 31st pick?

I mean the guy is a beast, was projected as a mid first rounder, and passed him up with #31. Why?

Smills91 · Jul 5, 2009

SacTownGrantFan said:
Is anybody else upset that we didn't take DeJuan Blair with our 31st pick?

I mean the guy is a beast, was projected as a mid first rounder, and passed him up with #31. Why?

Because we ACTUALLY had the 38th pick, as we had traded 31 away earlier in the day before the draft even began.

Dime Dropper · Jul 5, 2009

SacTownGrantFan said:
Is anybody else upset that we didn't take DeJuan Blair with our 31st pick?

I mean the guy is a beast, was projected as a mid first rounder, and passed him up with #31. Why?

We didn't have the 31st pick; we traded it to Portland for Rodriguez and the 38th.

SacTownGrantFan · Jul 5, 2009

Oh, I thought it was traded at the moment of the 31st pick. My mistake.

roasthawg · Jul 5, 2009

Definitely my biggest disappointment of the draft was missing him by one pick... we took another, seemingly less talented, rebounder with the very next pick.

bigbadred00 · Jul 6, 2009

We have a very similar player to Blair in Diogu. We aren't even re-signing him. Blair has a tremendous wing span but has no ACls and has some weight issues. Maybe he'll eventually become a star but will have to see.

Bricklayer · Jul 6, 2009

bigbadred00 said:
We have a very similar player to Blair in Diogu. We aren't even re-signing him. Blair has a tremendous wing span but has no ACls and has some weight issues. Maybe he'll eventually become a star but will have to see.

Oh, no star potential there, but possibly might have been rugged roleplayer potential. He's the classic college player that fails (the college big that ain't NBA big), but the guy is such a brute you just don't know. Might have had rebounding thug off the bench potential, or maybe, just maybe on the far high end, the Oakley style enforcer next to a great big man type potential.

As an aside, Diogu is a much more sophisticated offensive player, but not nearly the rebounder.

Kingster · Jul 6, 2009

The Spurs got a real gem. He's going to help them a lot next year.

kennadog · Jul 6, 2009

bigbadred00 said:
We have a very similar player to Blair in Diogu. We aren't even re-signing him.

You can't say that yet. The Kings did not extend a qualifying offer, thank goodness. Too much money for Diogu. This way the Kings can see what his market value is and then make a decision on whether or not to re-sign him.

dbfish · Jul 6, 2009

I'm not unhappy that we got our Spanish point guard from Portland, but I think I would have gone with Blair at #31.

Section 101 · Jul 6, 2009

Bricklayer said:
Oh, no star potential there, but possibly might have been rugged roleplayer potential. He's the classic college player that fails (the college big that ain't NBA big), but the guy is such a brute you just don't know. Might have had rebounding thug off the bench potential, or maybe, just maybe on the far high end, the Oakley style enforcer next to a great big man type potential.

As an aside, Diogu is a much more sophisticated offensive player, but not nearly the rebounder.

So your saying Corliss is his celing?

=LarryLegend= · Jul 6, 2009

I am upset we didnt pick Patrick Mills with 38!

Bricklayer · Jul 6, 2009

Section 101 said:
So your saying Corliss is his celing?

Corliss quickly figured out he couldn't play bigman in the NBA and did a remarkable job of changing up his entire game to become a freaky post up SF. Whatever Blair is or is not going to be, its not going to have anything to do with thats ort of thing. He'll rise or fall on his power. the problem for him, like so many undersized bigs, is that he's probably not going to be effective defensively and so he'll have to really dominate the glass to make up for it.

Smills91 · Jul 6, 2009

I'm actually quite content with the Brockman selection. I think he'll have a very similar pro career to Blair with the main difference that he'll play a full 10-12 seasons in the league, whereas I think Blair may be done in about 5-6 years with his knees the way they are 82 games + playoffs is a LOT of basketball to play, year in and year out.

SacTownGrantFan · Jul 6, 2009

Smills91 said:
I'm actually quite content with the Brockman selection. I think he'll have a very similar pro career to Blair with the main difference that he'll play a full 10-12 seasons in the league, whereas I think Blair may be done in about 5-6 years with his knees the way they are 82 games + playoffs is a LOT of basketball to play, year in and year out.

I wouldn't be surprised if Brockman didn't make the team and Blair stuck around in the NBA. Perhaps Blair will get extra chances to succeed because he is a well-known college star. Plus he went up against the best teams in the country.

And Brockman, well, he went to Washington. No disrespect to Spencer Hawes. Just saying there is a contrast of competition.

Capt. Factorial · Jul 6, 2009

SacTownGrantFan said:
I wouldn't be surprised if Brockman didn't make the team and Blair stuck around in the NBA. Perhaps Blair will get extra chances to succeed because he is a well-known college star. Plus he went up against the best teams in the country.

And Brockman, well, he went to Washington. No disrespect to Spencer Hawes. Just saying there is a contrast of competition.

Actually, in 2008 and 2007, the Pac-10 had a stronger RPI than the Big East. In 2006 and 2009 the Big East was stronger (despite what I would have thought, the Big East was #4 and Pac-10 #5 in 2009). So things were pretty even for both Brockman's 4-year and Blair's 2-year tenure. It's not like Washington was playing a bunch of pansies relative to Pitt's schedule.

SacTownGrantFan · Jul 6, 2009

Capt. Factorial said:
Actually, in 2008 and 2007, the Pac-10 had a stronger RPI than the Big East. In 2006 and 2009 the Big East was stronger (despite what I would have thought, the Big East was #4 and Pac-10 #5 in 2009). So things were pretty even for both Brockman's 4-year and Blair's 2-year tenure. It's not like Washington was playing a bunch of pansies relative to Pitt's schedule.

Interesting..what is RPI?

Bricklayer · Jul 6, 2009

Smills91 said:
I'm actually quite content with the Brockman selection. I think he'll have a very similar pro career to Blair with the main difference that he'll play a full 10-12 seasons in the league, whereas I think Blair may be done in about 5-6 years with his knees the way they are 82 games + playoffs is a LOT of basketball to play, year in and year out.

Brockman is not playing 12 years in this league.

Capt. Factorial · Jul 6, 2009

SacTownGrantFan said:
Interesting..what is RPI?

RPI stands for Ratings Percentage Index - it's basically a complex statistical attempt to determine the best teams in the country when you've got way more teams than can play each other. It uses strength of schedule and opponents' strength of schedule, and the like.

It's used a lot in college football and college basketball, if you google it, you can find quite a few sites that calculate it. Like anything else, it's not the be-all-end-all, but it's a pretty good way to assess the strengths of teams in different football and basketball conferences.

JasonThompsonFan · Jul 7, 2009

He is a 6'6" PF with no ACL's and he is overweight, so no thank you. Why do you think he fell so far? That's why.

SacTownGrantFan · Jul 7, 2009

JasonThompsonFan said:
He is a 6'6" PF with no ACL's and he is overweight, so no thank you. Why do you think he fell so far? That's why.

So who would you have taken with #31?

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