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Steve Blake FTW!!

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I keep on saying that Blake will retire a Blazer as he has the approval of the three heads of state on the team: Head of the front office: Pritchard Head of the coaching staff: Nate Head of the team: Brandon The thing of it is, because he is so underrated and has been his entire career, he will never be valuable enough for some team to trade for him and produce enough value for us to return what we get back. So that would only leave one of 2 scenarios where he would not retire a Blazer: 1. Blake gets another offer from a team that is more than what he can get here. With his love or Portland and the direction this team is heading in the next 5-6 years, I do not think the extra $1m will be enough to pull him away. Like I said his game and reputation will generally preclude teams from giving him millions more than he can make here. PA and KP will make sure that Blake will never be hurting for $$ as he is worth matching what any other team will pay him. 2. We just cut him outright. Low probability for he is a good value player and I would imagine he would get a very similar deal when his current contract is up, about $4-5m/yr for 4-5 years is a good deal. KP has been high on Blake and Nate loves the guy and a stabilizing force at the point is invaluable for any team. 3. He retires a Blazer, joins Nates coaching staff when Dean or Monty get to be the head coach of the Seattle Grizzlies/Sonics.