Semi-OT: Blake's 2nd half last year

[BrianFromWA]

I admit that I only watched probably 2 Clippers games last year after the trade for Camby. I was just looking at Blake's stats and saw that after almost a decade of hovering in the 25-28% assist% range, in the first half of the season he was quite low (at 22%) and then blew up after the trade for a 35%. (Basically going from Jamal Crawford/Joe Johnson/Kevin Garnett range to LBJ, Wade, Andre Miller range). Did anyone watch enough Clippers' games to see what the change was, or if this is a small sample size issue?

 

[JDC]

His turnovers blew up at the same rate.

Portland: Ast% 22.5 TO% 15

LAC: Ast% 34.9 TO% 26.6

Blake has always been a guy that is better off with a ball handling 2 i.e. Roy.

He's just not dependable if your using him as a primary playmaker.

 

[THE HCP]

Pace! The Clipps ran and he had more fast breaks to work with.

 

[MickZagger]

I saw an interview with Brian Shaw the other day, he said the thing that convinced the Lakers to pursue him was when he put up a triple-double on them at the end of last year.