Portland signs Blake

[Boise Blazer]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Portland has reached an agreement with guard Steve Blake, league source tells Yahoo Sports.

 

[craigehlo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

That is all.

 

[South East]

Blake a Bkazer again!

@WojYahooNBA: Portland has reached an agreement with guard Steve Blake, league source tells Yahoo Sports.

Good signing by the Blazers, Better then Mo for what they need.

 

[RR7]

I hate Blake, but think this is a solid signing

 

[Minstrel]

Rational signing, even if not thrilling.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Re: Blake a Bkazer again!

So Mo's stuck with the minimum from the Mavs. Wonder if he regrets opting out.

 

[Nikolokolus]

3rd times the charm?

 

[Boise Blazer]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Blake has agreed to the bi-annual exception with the Blazers, league source tells Yahoo Sports.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If the Blazers goal this off season was to get older and whiter they should have just signed me.

 

[illmatic99]

Fuck this

 

[craigehlo]

So Augustine and Hinrich spurned us?

 

[Boise Blazer]

Ken Berger @KBergCBS
Steve Blake's deal with Portland is a two-year, $4.2 million deal with a player option for year two, league source says.

 

[TBpup]

If the Blazers goal this off season was to get older and whiter they should have just signed me.

Seriously.

Not surprising but certainly not a 'needle mover' either.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

3rd times the charm?

I forgot we signed him twice before. Now he breaks the records of much-beloved Blazers Detlef Schrempf and Rod Strickland.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

So Augustine and Hinrich spurned us?

Both would be a lot more expensive, and Augustine wouldn't be worth it.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Seriously.

Not surprising but certainly not a 'needle mover' either.

I wasn't expecting a needle mover with the BAE

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Fuck this

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[BlazerCaravan]

If the Blazers goal this off season was to get older and whiter they should have just signed me.

You have four feet, just like Blake and Kaman put together!

 

[TBpup]

I wasn't expecting a needle mover with the BAE

Me either but none of Neil's move have been needle movers yet.

 

[illmatic99]

Serious let down offseason from Olshey if he's done.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I forgot we signed him twice before. Now he breaks the records of much-beloved Blazers Detlef Schrempf and Rod Strickland.

And Wayne Cooper, and Joel Przybilla... I think there's more.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Expected. It'll be interesting to see how he plays under Stotts instead of Nate. I'm sure we'll see a different iteration of Steve Blake this time around.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Kaman and Blake.........Championship, bitches

 

[Boise Blazer]

Im sure there may have been ways to try and go for someone a little better but I can say that I dont worry about Blake's ability to run the team sufficient for what we need.

 

[Eastoff]

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[illmatic99]

^^ fuckin exactly.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

kristen blake @kristenblake2 · Thank you for the welcome back tweet #RipCity and the well wishes #LakerNation! Excited for our new adventure!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Can someone bump my better friends thread?

 

[blue9]

Neither good, nor bad. The biggest positive I can think of is that I suspect he'll include CJ & Robinson in the offense more than Mo did.
If the roster is now set, I don't expect us to improve on last season's accomplishment...unless CJ and/or Robinson take giant leaps forward.
But I do think we have a better bench than last season. I also suspect that Olshey will make a mid-season trade to give us an extra push.

 

[Scalma]

Olshey must be banking on some serious improvement from the likes of McCollum, Barton and Crabbe because on paper, right now, the bench isn't that much better. I guess Kaman is an improvement over Leonard/Freeland..but only offensively.