Joseph Blair
| Rio Grande Valley Vipers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA Development League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 12, 1974 Akron, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10.75 in (2.10 m) |
| Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | C.E. King (Houston, Texas) |
| College | Arizona (1992–1996) |
| NBA draft | 1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall |
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Playing career | 1996–2009 |
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| Coaching career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1996–1997 | Pau-Orthez |
| 1997–1998 | Harlem Globetrotters |
| 1998 | Long Island Surf |
| 1998–1999 | Fila Biella |
| 1999–2000 | Scavolini Pesaro |
| 2000–2001 | PAOK |
| 2001 | Harlem Globetrotters |
| 2001–2002 | Scavolini Pesaro |
| 2002–2004 | Ülkerspor |
| 2004–2007 | Armani Jeans Milano |
| 2007–2008 | Spartak Primorje |
| 2008–2009 | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| As coach: | |
| 2013–2015 | Arizona (assistant) |
| 2015–present | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As player |
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As player
Joseph Blair (born June 12, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player, who is currently working as an assistant coach for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League. Standing 2.10m (6 ft 10.75 in) tall, and weighing 120 kg (265 pounds), he spent his playing career playing at the positions of power forward and center. He was reputed for his spectacular playing style, most notably while he was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Blair attended school and played basketball at C.E. King High School, in Houston, Texas.
Blair played four seasons of college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats of the Pacific-10 Conference in the NCAA Division I. He averaged 10.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game during his collegiate career, and he was a member of Arizona's two regular season Pac-10 championships, in 1993 and 1994. He was a starter on the Arizona squad that advanced to the 1994 NCAA Final Four.
As of the 2014–15 season, he held the Arizona program's record for highest career field goal percentage (61.3%), and also ranked eighth on the school's all-time shot blocking records list, with 101 blocks.
Though he was drafted 35th overall in the 1996 NBA Draft, by the Seattle SuperSonics, Blair didn't sign with the team, and his agent engineered his release in 1997. Later in his career, a preseason game with the Chicago Bulls in 2007, was the closest he came to playing in the NBA, before being waived by the Bulls in October, less than two weeks after being signed.
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