Steve Blake appreciation thread.

[hasoos]

Is there a Clipper appreciation thread?

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Is there a Clipper appreciation thread?

come on, Steve Novack = PF of the future!

 

[LittleAlex]

Props to Blake. He had a great game. If he can destroy other teams like he did the Clippers, I will have to re-evaluate my feelings about him.

 

[Paxil]

That was really an amazing performance. In some cases he was throwing passes before our player was even looking. Blake just noticed the defender's head was turned and threw it. That was pretty magical. I wonder how much more we could do that if Nate wasn't so worried about turnovers. If you are too worried about TOs to throw the passes that lead to high percentage shots (and I think Nate has done that to our PGs at times) then you are hurting the team. If we get a bucket 50% of the time, we are better off throwing a pass that will lead to a bucket almost 75% of the time even if it gets picked off 10-20% of the time.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

What Blake just did to the Clippers was something Steve Nash couldn't do . . . and Nash had two tries.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Doesn't Blake hold some assist record in college?

[Edit: to answer my own question... yes. In fact, more than one.

Talk about damning with faint praise, though:

When Steve Blake arrived at Maryland, there was no question whether or not he was going to start. Although Blake may have been considered not quick or athletic enough to be successful on the college level by some, there were no other point guards on the roster. In four years, Blake started 171 out of 173 games including 16 NCAA tournament games and is fifth on the all time division 1 assist list with 972. Along the way his father, Richard became a quasi celebrity as a result of his driving from Miami to most Terp games. Blake was Maryland's version of Bobby Hurley. They were both loved by their teams supporters and hated by most every one else.

 

[Trader Ed]

WOW.. who is she? Blake's wife?

hubba hubba

 

[Trader Ed]

14 assists in the first quarter...

3 the rest of the game.. what was he doing... sleeping the rest of the game? j/k

great job Stevo

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The Blakes at home (at least, at the beginning and the end):

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[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

WOW.. who is she? Blake's wife?

hubba hubba

yeah. a few years back on hoopsworld, someone did a gif capture during one game where blakey hit a 3 to put the blazers up..they panned to his wifey and that was all the rage.

 

[ABM]

WOW.. who is she? Blake's wife?

hubba hubba

I was fine until she pulled back the right part of her sweater. The look.....oh, my.


(Sorry, Steve. If you're reading this thread, hope you understand. )

That it has been said, above, if Blake continues to play at the level he's played since coming back, I'd be hard-pressed not to want him back her next season. Althou, if Sessions were available and in the scopes? Yeah, would probably have to pull the trigger on that one.

 

[Nate Dogg]

I think most of us have forgotten how much of an impact he has done for this team while he was injured.

3-3 3pt%, 5-8 FG, 6 assists, 3 turnovers, 15 points vs Spurs.

He's still off with his current stats compared to what he was doing prior to his injury. But I am okay with that. Its obvious that Nate puts him as a start for his contributions on the court with passing and setting the tone for the offense.

I am glad that he is back and i never doubted him as a PG for our team.