Steve Blake Discussion: Out Indefinitely (p. 102)

The Rock wrote:he looks terrible now

therealdeal wrote::man10:

Haters after one bad game. Ridiculous.

Where were you when he was playing well and keeping us in games in the 4th quarter on the road? So he looked bad today, so what? Very few of our players looked good.

therealdeal wrote:

khmrP wrote:

therealdeal wrote::man10:

Haters after one bad game. Ridiculous.

Where were you when he was playing well and keeping us in games in the 4th quarter on the road? So he looked bad today, so what? Very few of our players looked good.

I didn't even say he looked bad, he just didn't do anything.

Again, he had a bad game today, but he's been extremely solid so far on this road trip. One bad game and immediately there's two posts pointing to his ineffectiveness as a player.

No praise or at least a measured response to the way he played before? Why not say "He really looked like crap today which sucks because he'd finally started looking better"?

Immediately he's Casper and immediately he looks terrible now.

therealdeal wrote:He had 4 assists. Just because he didn't shoot well, doesn't mean he didn't do anything.

There's nothing wrong with being critical, but why is it so difficult to give people credit? It's the same reason LD is nearly silent after most wins and up-in-arms after every loss.

therealdeal wrote:

khmrP wrote:
why would any one need to give him credit on a bad game or to me an invisible game? When he plays well I'll mention it, I dont need to backup a criticism with praise when its not warranted.

Firstly, you don't have to do anything, but if you're going to make statements like that then I'll say something about it. Free discussion. And again, it's giving someone their due for past performance. When Phil Jackson left the team did anyone say "oh God he was awful in that Dallas series, what a Casper" or did they say "that series wasn't his best, it's too bad he ended on that note".

Same thing, smaller sample. He had a good road trip and yet your only response was that he's "Casper as usual". It just shows a lack of effort towards analyzing the entirety of the situation.

And I don't think you'll say anything about him if he does well. The last positive thing you said about Blake was two pages ago, which I'm pretty sure was in the month of January. Something like "Good first half, disappeared second half".

If he plays well I don't think you'll say anything at all because he played well at least a few times on this road trip and I didn't see any of your posts in here giving him props. He kept us in the game against Detroit in the 4th. I don't remember you giving him props then. There was another game which is slipping my mind right now that he did the same thing. I want to say Brooklyn, but I'm not sure.

therealdeal wrote:

khmrP wrote:ok, I'll give him whatever lil credit he deserves but I'm not gona lie and its obviouis I DISPISE players like Blake, Walton, Sasha....getting big bucks and doing jack squat afterwards. Its make me hate them even more when I see other bench guys around the league making less than them and producing twice as much.

I don't disagree with him being a massive disappointment.

Honestly, this is just the way I see the world and I know a lot of people don't necessarily see it my way. It's important to me for people to try to see two sides of every coin, it's something that I try to do in every situation. Because once I see both sides, I can measure which is most important and why I disagree with the other. See what I'm saying?

In this case, I can see that Blake isn't a good backup PG at an NBA level anymore. He's more of a 3rd string guy than a 2nd, but he's not quite as bad as the 3rds just yet. He's not worth 4 million under the new CBA for sure and he wasn't worth 4 million before the CBA was changed. His contract wasn't quite justified although at the time of signing he was a VERY solid veteran with a lot of experience and that was something we thought was important for our squad. I remember that vividly.

While he gives us a nice locker room presence and a good attitude, and he has played relatively well since his ab injury, he doesn't provide enough on a consistent basis. He's the Matt Barnes of PGs in the league and Matt Barnes right now is a 2nd/3rd string guy for the other LA.

khmrP wrote:

The Rock wrote:he looks terrible now

his consistency is as good as a pathological liars train of thought.