Blake wasn't all that much better than Sergio. If 5 teams were interested in Blake, then 3 teams would have been interested in Sergio, if he had just stuck around.
Your kidding - right? Blake is an infinitely better shooter and defender. When the Blazers played the Cavs, didn't M Williams score like 40 pts when Sergio was starting for Blake, who was injured? When Blake returned (shoulder not fully healed), Williams hardly scored at all in the 2nd game. Sergio would have gotten maybe one of the Indiana 1-year contracts that nobody else wants.
I think my L*ker hatred has been well-established in this forum and others. It physically hurts me to see Blakey in the Purple & Piss. It's not just a decent signing, it's a great one. Think about the "point guards" who have thrived in the Triangle next to MJ and K*be. It's been guys like BJ Armstrong, John Paxson, Steve Kerr and Derek Fisher. Guys that don't make a lot of mistakes and can hit an outside shot. Blake doesn't have to create. We all know he can hit the three. We know he's not going to make a lot of dumb plays. Furthermore, he plays solid defense. Phil Jackson's system fits him to a "T". I didn't necessarily want him back on the Blazers, but I knew I didn't want him to join the F'L*kers. He's going to be great for them, and if Fish re-signs with them, it really stabilizes their PG position. They had been searching for a backup point for years. Now they have 48 minutes of steady, solid play at the one, which is all the Triangle needs. In the words of Bishop Fred, "RATFARTS!"
Yup. There's probably no better situation he could have landed in from a PT and fit angle, and he gets to play for a contender. I won't really miss him in a Blazers uniform, but I strongly suspect he's going to be very, very effective for them in a 25-30 minute a night role. Great Moneyball signing by Kupchak.
The anal-rapist's stock just shot through the roof. With Steve feeding Bryant the league will forget there even is a LeBron James.
A year from now Steve will be very famous, with all the national game audiences. Phil Jackson is leaving in a year. The players will retire in a few years and Steve will be the best one left, with the ineffective GM-by-committee (Kupchak/Buss family) failing at trading.
I almost never wildly speculate on a player and am proved right four months later. (Well, I predicted Portland would also be bidding for his services, but then I had no idea Chris Paul would be occupying our attention so much). But for once I saw it coming.
You didn't see it coming. You caused it to come. Lakers brass saw your post and acted on it. You alone are responsible for the Blaker, mook. Hope you can sleep at night. barfo
Treason. Benedict Arnold Judas Robert E. Blake. Had he gone to any other team, he'd have gotten a nice, and deserved, round of applause at the Rose Garden. He now deserves only contempt.
Here's a very possible scenario. The Lakers sign Sergio and he becomes their PG, puts up numbers like Fisher, and gets a ring.
I'm looking forward to seeing Blake kill fast break opportunities for the Lakers for the next 4 years.
You obviously didn't watch Blake with Denver or the Clippers last year - he ran the fast-break pretty well under their systems. Nate / Roy just aren't fans of that kind of offense - just the ISO stuff. I don't recall seeing that many fast-breaks even with Miller on the team last season - although he certainly tried.
Good deal for Blake. He fits perfectly for their team, and 16million was more then I would want us to give him. At least this prevents the Lakers from getting another Ron Artest value signing such as Mike Miller this off-season. Blake will have some solid games but he'll have multiple games in a row of 6pts 5ast and mediocre defense. The Lakers will probably still win, but overall I'm not too worried about him being on another team.
I think the next step is for the Lakers to trade one of their dancers (the easiest one who can cook excellent thai food, does windows, is into bigamy and can keep her mouth shut) for the chicken coop I just made. It'd be tough for me to part with the chicken coop, but Phil Jackson could sit on it instead of that incredibly unfashionable chair he uses. My wife and I don't really know how to cook Thai, so it's a win-win.
