slate.com - 18 days ago
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Rookie forward DeJuan Blair began his professional basketball career with the San Antonio Spurs last week and has so far averaged a very respectable 8.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. The former University of Pittsburgh star was initially projected as a high pick in the 2009 NBA draft, but he ...
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waitingfornextyear.com - 16 days ago
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myspurslink.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
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A Blessed All Souls day to everyone! Forgive
me for not making my own recap on the
Spurs-Kings game . And in case you guys missed it, Manu swats a bat out of Midair . Just great, like they say; the legend on Manu continues... Now on to the topic. With 3 regular season games under their belt, ...
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Blair, Hill Continues to impress...
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Quick Post: Playing Without ACLs
Project Spurs - A San Antonio Spurs Blog and Podcast —
... on the court quite rapidly. Blair is now thought to face a higher risk of damaging his knees (especially his meniscus) than athletes with repaired ACLs—and he may end up with osteoarthritis.
We are working on getting in contact with Slate's Juliet Lapidos and Dr. Walter Lowe, who contributed to the article, for an upcoming episode of the Spurscast. Hopefully they'll be able to explain this in-depth and possibly give us an idea of Blair's career longevity.
Read the full article on Slate.
NEWS AND NOTES
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... PA Sam's Club. Where else can you can get a 10-pound box of mozarella sticks and meet the VP runner-up in one stop? [KDKA] --Hines Ward was talking about his "dirtiest player" label, among other things, with the gang at the Kiss Morning Freak Show on Thursday. [96.1 Kiss Freak Show] --Here is the immediate fallout from the interesting Akinori Iwamura-to-the-Buccos trade. Too early to order World Series tickets? [PG] --How can Dejuan Blair play without ACLs? I don't know...how about asking Hines Ward? He's missing one, right? [Slate] ...
This Week In San Antonio Spurs Basketball: Late Saturday Edition
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... that he discriminated against African Americans, Hispanics and families with children at scores of apartment buildings he owns in and around Los Angeles."
The Quest for the Hoagie Grail: Matt Bonner’s Sandwich Hunter Matty's quest takes him to Potbelly in Chicago: "It all started with a man, a dream, and a sandwich. Now the Potbelly empire has expanded to over 300 shops nationwide, and for good reason."
Kings sign Ime Udoka You go, Udo.
Slate Magazine: How can DeJuan Blair play without an anterior cruciate ligament in either ...
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End of the Week Links 10/24
projectspurs.com 30 days ago —
Austin American-Statesman - Columnist Kirk Bohls waxes poetic about DeJuan Blair and how the Spurs capitalized on the rest of the NBA's mistake.
Express-News - The Blair articles continue! This time it's Jeff McDonald telling us how the Spurs coaches are not trying to change Blair's game ...
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