Steve Blake Discussion: Out Indefinitely (p. 102)

Mark Medina ‏@MedinaLakersNBA
Mike Brown officially gave the backup pg spot to Steve Blake
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After publicly proclaiming this position stayed up for grabs during training camp, Brown stuck with Steve Blake as the team’s backup point guard.

“He had a little bit of an advantage because he was in the system last year,” Brown said of Blake, who averaged 3.6 points on 40 percent shooting in 14.6 minutes through seven game. “It’s not set in stone, but we felt he played a little bit better as of late.”

Blake, entering his third season with the Lakers, competed against Chris Duhon, who arrived here from Orlando as part of the Dwight Howard trade. Duhon averaged 1.8 points on a 33.3 percent clip in 9.6 minutes through five games.

“My backup point guard first needs to defend, second get the team organized and third not turn the ball over,” Brown said. “If he can score and/or shoot, that’s a bonus.”

The Rock wrote::man10:

http://www.insidesocal.com/lakers/2012/10/27/mike-brown-touts-steve-blake-as-backup-point-guard/

After publicly proclaiming this position stayed up for grabs during training camp, Brown stuck with Steve Blake as the team’s backup point guard.

“He had a little bit of an advantage because he was in the system last year,” Brown said of Blake, who averaged 3.6 points on 40 percent shooting in 14.6 minutes through seven game. “It’s not set in stone, but we felt he played a little bit better as of late.”

Blake, entering his third season with the Lakers, competed against Chris Duhon, who arrived here from Orlando as part of the Dwight Howard trade. Duhon averaged 1.8 points on a 33.3 percent clip in 9.6 minutes through five games.

“My backup point guard first needs to defend, second get the team organized and third not turn the ball over,” Brown said. “If he can score and/or shoot, that’s a bonus.”

therealdeal wrote:^ Yep. I know Blake works his butt off, but if he doesn't produce then that doesn't matter. Sasha tried as hard as he could, but he was awful. Blake's defense is all work and no production. I love that from my team too, but if it's not getting the job done then too bad.

If the criteria is defense, then Duhon will be starting soon.

Ramona Shelburne of ESPN wrote:After playing musical chairs with the backup point guard spot throughout the preseason, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown said Saturday that veteran Steve Blake has taken the lead for the role.

"Obviously I played Blake more as of late," Brown said. "He'll get the first crack at it. Guys like [Chris] Duhon and [Darius] Morris have to stay professional and stay ready. Their number can be called at any time."

Asked what Blake, who served as the Lakers primary back-up last season, had done during camp to earn the role, Brown said, "He had a little bit of an advantage because he was in the system last year. So he's got a good feel on what we want to do on both ends of the floor. It was close.”

"It's not set in stone, but we felt he played a little bit better as of late when he had an opportunity,” Brown said. “He had more of an opportunity than Duhon. That's just the direction we wanted to go. It's not like he did this a lot better than this guy or the next guy.

“My backup point guard first needs to defend, second get the team organized and third not turn the ball over. You start putting icing on the cake or adding ice cream to your cake and if he can score and/or shoot, that's a bonus."

revgen wrote:Note to Mike Brown. The purpose of an explanation is to clarify why you made a decision. Your "explanation" above doesn't provides clarity at all and only further degrades your already poor image as a coach and a leader.

Mike Trudell ‏@LakersReporter
* @MettaWorldPeace said @SteveBlake5 continues to impress at practice. Many LAL players/coaches have said the same all camp.
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Mike Trudell‏@LakersReporter

* @MettaWorldPeace said @SteveBlake5 continues to impress at practice. Many LAL players/coaches have said the same all camp.



1 hRickey Keeles Jr.‏@RickDaSequel

@LakersReporter But Mike his play hasn't showed up during game play tho.. He's kinda like Sasha when he was a Laker.. A practice player


57 minMike Trudell‏@LakersReporter

@RickDaSequel - Just relaying the info; you're right that games will be where he's judged this year.

Ariza3 wrote:41.9% from 3 in last season's playoffs. 45.5% in this preseason. hope its a turning point for him.