Former Pitt All-American DeJuan Blair scored 15 points for the San Antonio Spurs in 21 minutes Wednesday. That was his highest point total in a month and his most minutes in three months. Blair is in his fourth NBA season and no longer a starter for the Spurs and often not in their rotation. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and with his brothers pushing him has lost 25 pounds and four inches off his waist in a dedicated effort to keep his NBA career alive.


By Ken Rodriguez, NBA.com

DeJuan Blair does not look like himself. The stomach has flattened. The shoulders have narrowed. The flab in his trunk has vanished. Where did the wide body go?

It melted in puddles of sweat. The old Blair spent the offseason eating less and working out more -- running and riding a bike, lifting weights and doing crunches -- until, 25 pounds later, a new man emerged. The new Blair looks like an after photo in a weight loss add.

“I lost two pant sizes,” Blair says. “I was a 44. Now I’m a 40. I had to buy a new everything. I’m feeling a lot better about myself.”

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