Congrats to Steve Blake

by bowdown on Jul 2, 2010 7:17 PM PDT

Say what you want about Blake but this years champions finding him talented enough to give him a 4 year deal is quite an accomplishment for the work he has put in. Noone thought he would survive in the NBA but here he is at age 30 getting a really nice deal from the current number 1 team in the NBA.

How many minutes do you see Blake playing next year? What will his role be? And are you going to root for him even though he plays for the lakers? (not when he is playing us ofcourse)

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Steve Blake to Lakers means what to you?

He deserves it

109 votes

Got lucky

9 votes

Both 1 and 2

47 votes

SCREW BLAKE!!!!! ASDASFADSFAASDFAGDHGAD!!!!

28 votes

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I vote for option 5:

Why the Lakers Blake??!! I could have rooted for you anywhere you went, but not there… ANYWHERE BUT THERE!!!

Good for him I guess, but his soul is now forever tainted.

I H8 TXTSPK

by shenanigans on Jul 2, 2010 7:29 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Damn Lakers

by dontbanme on Jul 3, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions

don't be so quick to judge.

maybe he’s working under cover…a mole…a double agent…

"There are a few teams you have to watch out for in the fourth quarter."
"Yeah, but Portland definitely is not one of them."

-New Orleans Hornets broadcasters at the end of the third quarter with the Hornets leading 74-59. Portland later ends up winning 97-89.

"They don't mind him shooting that shot at all. Rudy Fernandez is not that great of a 3pt shooter."

-New Orleans Hornets broadcasters right after a Rudy Fernandez missed 3pter. Rudy Fernandez finished the game with three 3pters on six attempts.

by Tofu Anonymous on Jul 2, 2010 7:34 PM PDT reply actions

I'm very happy for Steve. He's a great guy and hard worker.

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Jul 2, 2010 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

+1

Duct tape makes you smart.

by TTRocks on Jul 4, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions

He's the kind of PG that can work in a tight system offense, like the triangle, that doesn't require penetration or creation. LA's probably the only team in the league where he's worth that $.

by Marvin100 on Jul 2, 2010 8:19 PM PDT reply actions

He would have been a good fit in Orlando, too

I was hoping he’d end up there, so I could root for him.

Still on the Rex bandwagon.

by dan_the_man on Jul 2, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Congratulations Steve Blake

your wife is hot, you’re 8 figures rich…

Now, as soon as I see you in faker uni, the residual warm feelings I had for you will begin to fade and may end up as loathing.

Watch yourself, buddy. You’re officially on notice.

"I come to you now, at the turn of the tide." -- Brandon "Gandalf" Roy, April 24th, 2010

by RedUniInLA on Jul 2, 2010 8:20 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

I'm glad Steve is in a good position to win a ring

what a craptacular off-season though…. now Blake in Purple and Gold… I cant takes much more

"The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil-may-care attitude toward responsibility, their disinclination to earn an honest dollar." - Robertson Davies

by bow4meow on Jul 2, 2010 9:41 PM PDT reply actions

Good for Steve.

He works hard, keeps his mouth shut, and has got more out of limited physical skills than a huge number of similarly blessed basketball players, going back to his days at Maryland winning the NCAA.

Good for Steve Blake.

ignacio

by ignacio on Jul 2, 2010 9:49 PM PDT reply actions

No Blazer "deserves" the horrible hell of L*ker-dumb

But I wish Steve well on the Dark Side.

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by LaoTzu on Jul 2, 2010 10:23 PM PDT reply actions

makes me dislike him even more

in KP i trusted

by CleBlazer on Jul 2, 2010 10:36 PM PDT reply actions

Does this mean we have to call him...

…Steve Bl*ke?

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by bforsythe on Jul 2, 2010 10:49 PM PDT reply actions

yes

by TP.5 on Jul 3, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope he never wins another game.

by Nick Van Excellent on Jul 2, 2010 11:09 PM PDT reply actions

I'm gonna handle it like this:

I hope in every game against the blazers, Steve Blake goes off for a triple double, while the rest of the Lakers can’t find their shot and the blazers win by 30.

Call Brandon Roy by his real nicknames: The Natural and Roybot. Lets put an end to "B-Roy"

by #7TheNatural on Jul 2, 2010 11:50 PM PDT reply actions

Lkers

Call Brandon Roy by his real nicknames: The Natural and Roybot. Lets put an end to "B-Roy"

by #7TheNatural on Jul 2, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions

An excellent solution to the Blakey Paradox, a variation of the Kobayashi Maru.

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Jul 3, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions

if any Blazer deserves success

it’s Steve Blake. I really can’t believe all the negative things people are saying, he played his heart out for the team, even after being ~~stabbed~~ traded the Blazers, he came back and did a good job. Then he gets ~~stabbed~~ traded again. Good for him, it’s nice to see a good player who deserves to get paid, get paid, even if it is the L*kers.

I expect he’ll shine in the triangle.

I agree with #7TheNatural though.

Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'. -the shawshank redemption.

by pdxborn on Jul 2, 2010 11:56 PM PDT reply actions

getting traded for a better player is being stabbed?

Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
marty>babbitt

by thomasikehara on Jul 3, 2010 3:21 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't see anybody saying anything negative about Steve

Except we hate the L@kers and now he is one. We didn’t want it to be this way, because now it is going to be very difficult to root for him. Except CleBlazer, apparently he hated Steve before now.

I H8 TXTSPK

by shenanigans on Jul 3, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions

He'll be the only L*ker

I wont make an obscene hand gesture at when they come to the Rose Garden. So to that, I congratulate you Blakey

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by nuggz503 on Jul 3, 2010 1:30 AM PDT reply actions

he chose to be a laker

i will treat him as such

Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
marty>babbitt

by thomasikehara on Jul 3, 2010 3:45 AM PDT reply actions

Congrats Steve!

Now there’s 2 L#kers I like (Pau and Steve) while the rest of the team can go away. As much as I loath the L#kers for the most part I think the fact that they’ve been to the finals the last 3 yars and won 2 out of those times speaks for itself in terms of how good they are. I knew he’s get picked up by a good team (a playoff contending team at least) but his chances of winning a ring just went up dramatically. We’ll be there at somepoint in the near future too … just too unsure of things at this time to really believe it’ll be this year.

by somanluna on Jul 3, 2010 6:14 AM PDT reply actions

Good fit, good for him

Steve will do great in the triangle and now might win a ring for being a team guy. Good for him.

by Sound_Automatic on Jul 3, 2010 1:12 PM PDT reply actions

Why Steve Why

THANK YOU KEVIN PRITCHARD

Blazers fan since '91

"We are the black void. We are the red steel. We are the white sword. With ball in hand shall we reap the sins of this NBA and cleanse it in the fires of destruction. We are the Trail Blazers. The end has come!"

by rise_stand_resist on Jul 3, 2010 1:17 PM PDT reply actions