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Spurs feel fortunate to draft Blair in second

By Andy Katz

Friday, June 26, 2009

NEW YORK -- Pitt coach Jamie Dixon got off a plane from Denver to San Francisco, where he had a layover before heading to New Zealand to coach a United States junior national team, and couldn't believe what he saw on a television screen. Pitt's DeJuan Blair and Sam Young were still on the draft board after the first round. "I'm stunned,'' Dixon said by phone as he was preparing to fly with the Under-19 national team for the World Championships that start next week in Auckland. "I don't have an ...

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