DeJuan Blair

DeJuan Lamont Blair ( born April 22, 1989 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. The 2.01 meter tall Blair plays the position of power forward.

Career

Blair grew up 600 meters on from the University of Pittsburgh and attended the nearby Schenley High School. He established himself as one of the best high school player of the city by leading Schenley to an impressive record of 103 wins and 16 defeats in the PIAA ( High School League of Pennsylvania ), and the team won all 57 games against other Pittsburgh schools. He was elected three times to the " Pittsburgh City Player of the Year" and played in college for the University of Pittsburgh. There, Blair established as a reliable point scorer and rebounder strong, the 35 double- doubles, scored in 72 college games and 41 times ten or more rebounds grabbed. After his election as " Big East Co - Player of the Year " (with Hasheem Thabeet ) 2008/ 09 he signed up for the NBA Draft 2009.

At first, Blair was traded as a top 10 pick, but the interest was dampened by bad news: During routine analysis, it was found that Blair no posterior cruciate ligaments in the knee had more due to a knee injury in high school. Therefore, it was in spite of good references ( Big East Co - Player of the Year ) as susceptible to injury and was only selected in 37 out of the San Antonio Spurs. ( Another reason was its relatively low for his position height. )

There, Blair but lived a good. He established himself as a good back-up from Spurs center Tim Duncan, played an average of 16 minutes per game and reached in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder a personal best of 28 points and 21 rebounds.

Private life

Blair is the son of Shari and Greg Blair, the self played college-level basketball. His brother Greg played for the Schenley High School.

Blair has no posterior cruciate ligaments in the knee more. He had suffered in high school a double cruciate ligament tear, and despite professionally operation, the bands do not grow back, but were probably absorbed by the body, so that his knee loads quasi attenuates only from the muscles out. This results in the theory to higher susceptibility to About twists and wear, which has not been approved yet.

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