DeJuan Blair

with Jim Lachimia

PM: Former NFL standout Warren Sapp made big men proud on "Dancing With the Stars" last year. How are your skills on the dance floor?
D.B.: Heck yeah I'm a dancer. I danced nonstop at proms and homecoming and all of that when I was in high school. My teammates say, "You're so big; the way you dance is funny." But I tell them, "Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't move." I can dance with the best of them.

PM: Can you describe what it feels like to take the court at the Petersen Events Center when the place is packed and the fans are screaming for you?
D.B.: Oh - that's electrifying. To be there with the whole arena going crazy, that's excellent. It's fun. It definitely gets you pumped up.

PM: Do you remember the first guy you ever dunked on?
D.B.: I don't remember who the guy was, but that would have been in ninth grade. It was against Central Catholic. One of my teammates threw the ball off the backboard, and I caught it with my left hand and dunked it. That was fun (laughing). That was a good dunk.

PM: Out of anyone you've ever seen play, whom would you pick to take the shot to win the NBA title in the closing seconds?
D.B.: Michael Jordan, of course. A lot of people like Kobe Bryant, and he's a great player. But when the Lakers were in the NBA Finals last year, he didn't find a way to win. Michael would have found a way to win the championship. He always did. That's what I keep telling everyone.