Ford: "Blair's knees have been red-flagged."

Not good news for DeJuan Blair. Looks like he had ACL issues in high school, and while they never affected him in college, NBA teams are scared.

He'd be perfect as LMA's backup.

draft dejuan blair.

(hat tip to Ben for catching this first: twitter)

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Tyler Hansbrough big winner of combine

Well, well, well….

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 4, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

starting to look kind of like a good pick

seems like he won’t be around for No. 24 though. His big knock was he isn’t big enough or athletic enough and he appears to be big and athletic enough.

by Escrote on Jun 4, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions

It's always looked like Hansbrough is a good pick

by tominhawaii on Jun 4, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm having a deja vu

Where have I heard about his knees before? Bwahahahaha.

by Corvid on Jun 4, 2009 1:49 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

that entire conversation is prescient…

proud hinrichsheeple

by Cablinasian on Jun 4, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions

"Insider" Chad Ford :)

by Norsktroll on Jun 4, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Good

Maybe he will fall to 24 because of this! If he’s just a backup we can risk it.

by Zaig on Jun 4, 2009 2:25 PM PDT reply actions

Exactly what I was thinking

Remember last year when the Spurs were speading the “Batum has heart problems” story?

’tis the season for obfustication

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation

by two4larue on Jun 4, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions

hey, D-Blair can be a career backup to LMA

and play 10-15 mpg, extend the cartilage in those knees

(kind of like a “pitch count” in baseball)

works for me

by two4larue on Jun 4, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Offseason:
PG Options:(T)Mike Conley Jr/(FA)Jason Kidd - (D)Rodrigue Beaubois/Toney Douglas
SG Options: (DDT)Terrence Williams
SF Options:(FA)Ron Artest/(T)Tayshaun Prince
PF Options:(DDT)DaJuan Blair/(T)Reggie Evans/(T)Carl Landry - (D)Taj Gibson, (D)Damion James, (D)Kevin Seraphin

by TheGreatDane17 on Jun 4, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions

You're looking 8 years down the road, are you?

"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal

by timbo on Jun 5, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Only if that means

That Aldridge only has to average 30 minutes a game because Portland is consistently leading by 25 in the 4th quarter

I don’t want LMA “sliding” to center so Blair can play more PF (that reeks of the “Roy needs to play SF for Rudy to get more PT” argument)

Blair may be all that, but rookies get the scraps. If his knees hold up and he earns more PT down the road, then that’s fine. But I don’t trade (or choose to not resign) Pryz in the future just so some 6’6" guy needs more PT at PF

Having said all that, I’d love to have D-Blair. In short spurts. Bringing the beast

by two4larue on Jun 6, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Even better term

FUD

by pualo on Jun 4, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll have to remember that one

(KP, to Penn)

“We need Blair to ‘drop’ to us at 24, it’s time to send out…the FUD-ruckers!”

by two4larue on Jun 6, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions

draft eric maynor

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 4, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions

good

he will fall to 24

bayless leaves over my dead body
sign mike bibby

by thomasikehara on Jun 4, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions

I would love to have DeJuan Blair

He is very smart in terms of positioning his body(For post position, usually against taller opponenets), excellent rebounder & using his length to his advantage.

by TheGreatDane17 on Jun 4, 2009 3:11 PM PDT reply actions

Greg Odens whole body was red flagged but we took him 1rst overall .

Officer:Why did you kill your husband ?
Crazy Woman: Because I love too much!

by YikesItsCameron on Jun 4, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions

The Blazers took MRIs of his knees

The were “pristine.”

by Corvid on Jun 4, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions

That was a misunderstanding.

The MRIs were actually for someone else, a young woman who works for the team. The doctor told KP that he was looking at the wrong MRIs (“those are Christine”), but he heard it wrong.

by pualo on Jun 4, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

Haha! Is Christine a man-child too?

Officer:Why did you kill your husband ?
Crazy Woman: Because I love too much!

by YikesItsCameron on Jun 5, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions

MRI's don't really tell you much.

After my MRI the doctor said I had a torn ACL and a possible miniscus tear.

I woke up having had an ACL replacement, a severe miniscus tear that had to be sutured into place and having had microfracture survey. MRI’s don’t tell much. You need to get a scope in there if you want to know whats really up.

by Escrote on Jun 5, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

I think he said they were "prissy"

by Mortimer on Jun 5, 2009 4:46 AM PDT up reply actions

and here...we...go!

"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"

-Ron Artest

If Artest can say it, so can I. Broy>Kobe.

by premthegrem on Jun 4, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions

It’s like the Godwin’s law of blazersedge. The longer a thread about someone’s knees continues, the more likely we come back to Oden, regardless of the appropriateness of the comparison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

by 8volumesthick on Jun 4, 2009 9:50 PM PDT reply actions

He looks like a beast.

My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.

by OCBlazerFan1 on Jun 5, 2009 12:07 PM PDT reply actions

Hmmmmmmmm

Chad Ford started this rumor, so maybe we should imbelish it a little bit. Blair has bad knees he has a heart murmur, and that pesky wrist injury he had when he was 6 years old.

I try to help with everything," Fernandez said. "If the coach says go rebound, I go rebound. I work for the team.

""If I'm playing this game to get media and attention, I shouldn't be here," Aldridge said. "I'm here to play basketball, and do what I can do to help this team win."

His stare became blank. It was apparent he was back in that place, on the Rose Garden's logo, picking up Aaron Brooks as the crowd nervously roared.

by Dragonage on Jun 5, 2009 12:58 PM PDT reply actions