Man i miss lamar, i had to turn off that clipper game the other night when i saw him make his patented left handed layup:\
I'm dreading the day Steve Blake comes back.... It'll take 1 game, 2 max to realize he hurts us, and doesn't help us in any way. He doesn't distribute well anymore. He doesn't drive. He can barely shoot. His defense is atrocious. I love his effort, but effort only goes so far because he produce little results...
I'm going down as saying Blake was the worst signing the Lakers have made in almost a decade. Not talent wise, but just the details. He was 29 when we signed him. Never even above league average in PER. And we gave him a 4 year deal. At $4mil a year. Absolutely terrible signing at the time, and even worse today..
When he comes back, he's going to clog up the rotation in the way moving Kobe to the 3, and MWP to the 4 did. And MDA will play him a lot because he likes his game
That's good, he's the only one really allowed to laugh.
I'm dreading the day Steve Blake comes back.... It'll take 1 game, 2 max to realize he hurts us, and doesn't help us in any way. He doesn't distribute well anymore. He doesn't drive. He can barely shoot. His defense is atrocious. I love his effort, but effort only goes so far because he produce little results...
I'm going down as saying Blake was the worst signing the Lakers have made in almost a decade. Not talent wise, but just the details. He was 29 when we signed him. Never even above league average in PER. And we gave him a 4 year deal. At $4mil a year. Absolutely terrible signing at the time, and even worse today..
When he comes back, he's going to clog up the rotation in the way moving Kobe to the 3, and MWP to the 4 did. And MDA will play him a lot because he likes his game
Come on I think your going a tad bit far lol
He is a good BACK-UP PG...the problem is when he was playing the SG :x
The only thing we can pray for is that D'Antoni keeps him at the back up PG position and NO time at the SG
Cuz Blake is basically a better Duhon...even tho I think Duhon is good in his role
**** the least you can ask of a terrible player is to make OPEN shots. How easily you forget the open 3 pointer he missed that lost a game against the Thunder. Kobe's play late in that game aside. Blake had an EASY, OPEN look. He can't even drive to the basket. You're not going too far. Steve's "specialty" is supposed to be 3's and he hasn't even done THAT well. He's trash.
I didn't watch the game, but glanced at the boxscore after the game was over and saw he had 19 points.
He hit open 3 pointers in one game.
Blake is not a more refined PG because his passing is ineffective because all his passes come from 20+ feet out. Morris can drive. That's the passes you need in D'Antoni's system.
What is Nash going to teach a 32 year old PG.. Come on son. At least Morris is young and can shape his game still.
What's a below average PG going to change. He's not Kobe Bryant who can just change his repertoire yearly. Blake is going to learn to be a P&R guard
We talk about Blake shouldn't play SG... Where do you think he is going to play... When Westbrook, Lawson, Paul are playing 40 minutes.. We're going to win with Nash play 43 minutes in the playoffs? Not likely. So someone is going to come in. MDA who loves Blake's game will take him off the bench, and put him in the game. They're going to play Blake on any guard in the West. All of which will torch him? Nope he'll be on SGs throughout the season and playoffs.
Blake will do well ?
He hit open 3 pointers in one game.
Blake is not a more refined PG because his passing is ineffective because all his passes come from 20+ feet out. Morris can drive. That's the passes you need in D'Antoni's system.
What is Nash going to teach a 32 year old PG.. Come on son. At least Morris is young and can shape his game still.
What's a below average PG going to change. He's not Kobe Bryant who can just change his repertoire yearly. Blake is going to learn to be a P&R guard
We talk about Blake shouldn't play SG... Where do you think he is going to play... When Westbrook, Lawson, Paul are playing 40 minutes.. We're going to win with Nash play 43 minutes in the playoffs? Not likely. So someone is going to come in. MDA who loves Blake's game will take him off the bench, and put him in the game. They're going to play Blake on any guard in the West. All of which will torch him? Nope he'll be on SGs throughout the season and playoffs.
Blake will do well ?
You would think the least a terrible player can do is hit 3 pointers, have we forgot the likes of Radmanovic, Murphy, Morrison, who were billed to be good three point shooters and ended up doing absolutely ****? At least Blake tries and hustles, he puts the effort forward. If we are going to talk about his misses, lets talk about Morris' misses along with his suicide bomber approach to fast breaks. Yea Morris can drive, but half the time its to no where. I'm not saying take Morris out of the mix, he's shown his moments, but give me a experienced player like Blake any day of the week and i'll take him.
I'm not saying he's going to be come Nash jr. or anything, but **** you don't think his game might change a bit for the better watching one of the greatest point guards lead the team? I'd give him a little more credit that that, I mean he is a professional basketball player.
You act like guards don't torch us now, we've been torched by every great, to good, to mediocre, to downright players who you forgot played in the league. I mean this year alone we've been torched by the likes of Toney Douglas, Cory Brewer, and Marcus Thorton. I agree with you Blake isn't the best backup point guard in the league, he's probably bottom 10, however I think his play could be useful to us, and the fact that D'antoni likes him is a plus. I mean we argue about D'antoni's defense rightfully so, but his plays have been pretty money, and hopefully a confident Blake can step in and knock down some open shots. Who knows though, I might be on the team Trade Blake for McDonald's Sweet Tea before the year ends.
