Found December 22, 2012 on NBA 24/7 365: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Pound for pound, Eric Bledsoe might be the finest athlete in all the NBA.  At six-foot-one, 195, the man known as Mini LeBron has a playing style more stereotypical of someone seven or eight inches taller than himself (hence the nickname).  Amongst the league’s entire crop of guards — ones, twos, starters, non-starters… everybody — Bledsoe is second only to 6’10″ Paul George in blocks per game.  George, who paces all guards with an average of .89 rejections per game, leads Bledsoe by just eight hundredths of a block despite being a tall, long, slam dunk contestant who plays nearly 36 minutes per game.  As for Bledsoe, he sees about half that much time with an average outing that lasts just over 18 minutes.  On a per-minute basis, Bledsoe obviously destroys the competition when it comes to shot blocking.  Take a look at this swat he had against Thomas Robinson on Friday… Comparing a play by a dude seven feet tall to a play by a dude six feet tall is a bit of an apples to oranges sit...
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