Steve Blake Discussion: Out Indefinitely (p. 102)

I love Steve Blake
I was so pumped when we signed him

see what we've been missing?
what a player

im so glad i dont have to watch Jordan Farmar play anymore

So technically, Blake hit the game winner right. This is kind of a big deal, I'd assume it would be mentioned somewhere on NBA.com's headline about the Laker game.

Helljumper wrote:So technically, Blake hit the game winner right. This is kind of a big deal, I'd assume it would be mentioned somewhere on NBA.com's headline about the Laker game.

kobe and pau still had great games
and it was ring night

i think on a regular night, and certainly in the playoffs, the headlines would be different

Steve Blake was awesome tonight.

The guy hit two big threes to get us back in the game.
He helped the ball movement when our offense was stagnant.
He played much better D on Brooks after we sucked guarding him in the first half.
He hits the game-winning three pointer in his first game as a Laker.

It's going to be great to have him in our uniform.

^Pretty much everything BDG said.

If we had our bench from last season, we lose this game. Plain and simple.

revgen wrote:^Pretty much everything BDG said.

If we had our bench from last season, we lose this game. Plain and simple.

Agreed. Farmar would have gone outside the offense, Shannon's shooting hand was hurt last year and we didn't even have a healthy, active backup SF like Matt Barnes.

Killer B's ... Blake, Brown and Barnes.

He was great, 2 huge 3's at the end of 3rd, GW 3, and great defense on Brooks at the end of game

Blake is big for us...our biggest problem has always been defense on quick pg's...I think problem solved, we should be able to hold our own against these guards.

Also loved Steve Blake's performance. Absolutely what the Lakers needed from a backup PG. Great to have him in a Laker uniform.

Blake's the man. Barnes played real hard tonight too

LOL! I told you guys! I know Blake is a talent point guard. I know you love FIsher just because he is a great leader. BLAKE is 10 times better player than Fisher LOL! you guys can hate me for saying that. GO BLAKE!

^ 10 times? No.

Steve Blake seriously KNOWS how to play the PG role. We haven't had a PG who is this composed and always in rhythm with what is happening on the court for a looonnnggg time. He keeps his dribble alive really well, always surveys the court, penetrates at the right time, finds his teammates in good rhythm, and just flat out knows how to play his position. I can't believe how quickly he has acclimated himself to the Triangle offense; he knows where his teammates are suppose to be, knows how to cut and shift for the right spacing, knows how to get his own shot within the confines of the offense.....it's just a thing of beauty to watch to have a competent PG like him.

On a little side note, among a few of the good plays he was involved in today, there was this one corner series he did with Pau in the 4th qtr I believe which really was a beauty to watch: Pau handed him the ball, set up a screen, Blake immediately knew to penetrate to garner the double team trap, bounce passed the ball back to Pau, Pau hesitates to shoot, gives the ball back to Blake, and Blake proceeds to set Pau up beautifully once again with the same set up. End result was Pau missed the shot, but that play really showed me Blake's composure and understanding of his role.

GO BLAKER!!!!!!

Action face Blake? Luke's got competition.

BDG wrote:

revgen wrote:^Pretty much everything BDG said.

If we had our bench from last season, we lose this game. Plain and simple.

Agreed. Farmar would have gone outside the offense, Shannon's shooting hand was hurt last year and we didn't even have a healthy, active backup SF like Matt Barnes.

Killer B's ... Blake, Brown and Barnes.

^^^

The Killer B's all the way! Swarming on defense, stinging on offensive. So great tonight. These three B's off the bench got it DONE!

Loving Steve Blake. He is the guy we so desperately needed. Barnes, too, is one heck of an addition. Shannon B. is so improved and so much more confident in his shot this year. Wow. Our bench is going to be huge for us this year. What a difference. Losing Farmar was seriously addition by subtraction.

therealdeal wrote:^ 10 times? No.

you obviously did not watch some blazer games in the past. I have seen him play before. He is so good. He has plenty of weapons than Fisher.

^^^ Haha Killer B's.....I like that!

Its good to have a first -pass player running the point and who knows how to play his limits ... I'm sure we will see more entry passes and less contested long jumpers this season which was/is the speciality of Farmar and Fish .. the kind of decision which gets on every fan nerves very quick ...

Both Blake and Kobe did a fantastic job of running P&Rs tonight and I must say that I enjoyed it. When Pau was having trouble playing Yao straight up and when guys couldn't hit crap from the perimeter both Blake and Bryant changed it up and I really liked that. It was odd to see so much P&R for a change but I really liked the change of pace and I think it definitely caught Houston off guard at times.

Thank you Phil for leaving Blake in for the 4th quarter.

Fisher was no where AGAIN offensively.. could PJ possibly see the light and contemplating having Blake start and having Fisher come off the bench?????? Come on Phil, start Steve and lets start blowing teams out!!!

wongy wrote::man3: Fisher was no where AGAIN offensively.. could PJ possibly see the light and contemplating having Blake start and having Fisher come off the bench?????? Come on Phil, start Steve and lets start blowing teams out!!!

I don't think it was Fish's offense that made PJ see the light tonight. It was Brooks playing playground basketball against Fish....

But then again, this is NOTHING new. Just hope Fish's touch is still there come playoff crunch time.

Til then and not to derail this thread.....

BLAKE was freaking awesome tonight!

BLaker