DEJUAN BLAIR TO DECLARE

Bob Pompeani announced tonight on the 6 PM KDKA news that Pitt's DeJuan Blair will declare for the 2009 NBA Draft, forgoing his final two years of collegiate eligibility. From the KDKA website:"My sources have confirmed that Dejuan Blair has made up his mind...and will turn pro after two years with the Pitt basketball team. I expect an official announcement within the next week to ten days."The bigger news would be if Blair decided to come back, but I think that ship sailed sometime shortly after the first time he dominated Hasheem Thabeet in front of a national audience. The only remaining question would be where in the first round Blair would land. NBADraft.net has the big man going 20th to Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks, Draftexpress.com has him at #22 to the New Orleans Hornets, and Hoopshype.com has the Utah Jazz selecting Blair at #19. Of course, that will change numerous times before the draft happens this summer, but it's a rough estimate of where he'...