Steve Blake

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Steve Blake
Blake in December 2010
No. 5   Los Angeles Lakers
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth February 26, 1980 (1980-02-26) (age 31)
Place of birth Hollywood, Florida
Nationality American
High school Miami
Oak Hill Academy
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
College Maryland
NBA Draft 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall
Selected by the Washington Wizards
Pro career 2003–present
Career history
2003–2005 Washington Wizards
2005–2006 Portland Trail Blazers
2006–2007 Milwaukee Bucks
2007 Denver Nuggets
2007–2010 Portland Trail Blazers
2010 Los Angeles Clippers
2010–present Los Angeles Lakers
Stats at NBA.com

Steven Hanson "Steve" Blake (born February 26, 1980) is an American professional basketball point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. Previously, he played for the Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers.

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[edit] Amateur career

[edit] High school

Blake spent his freshman and sophomore year at Miami Killian High School and then transferred to Miami High School, where he played with another future NBA player, Udonis Haslem. Miami won consecutive state championships, but after the Miami New Times exposed the fact that Blake and other players, under current Kansas State head coach Frank Martin, were using fake addresses to enroll in the school, the Stingarees were forced to forfeit their entire 1998 schedule.[1][2] After being banned from playing again anywhere in the FHSAA, he then attended Oak Hill Academy before coming to Maryland.

[edit] College

After high school, he attended the University of Maryland. Blake was the team's starter from the first game of his freshman year and was the first ACC player to compile 1,000 points, 800 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals. He finished his career 5th in NCAA all-time career assists with 972. Widely known for his superb passing ability, Blake helped lead the Terrapins to a Final Four appearance (2001) and the 2002 NCAA championship; less well known for his scoring, Blake did average eleven points per game in his senior year.[3] He averaged over six assists per game in each of his four years, including averages of 7.9 and 7.1 in 2002 and 2003, respectively. For his efforts, he was named to a variety of all-ACC teams during his career, including the rookie and defensive squads, capped by a first-team All-ACC spot his senior year. At the start of the 2003–04 basketball season, Blake's uniform number (25) became only the 15th to be retired to the rafters of Maryland's Comcast Center.[4]

[edit] NBA career

[edit] Washington

Blake was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 38th pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. He averaged 5.9 points, 2.8 assists, and 18.6 minutes per game while playing in 75 games his rookie season with the Wizards. In his second season Blake's playing time decreased to 14.7 minutes and only 44 games played.

[edit] Portland

Blake with the Portland Trail Blazers

In September 2005, Blake (then a restricted free agent with the Wizards) was offered a contract by the Portland Trail Blazers, which the Wizards declined to match. This became the second reunion with former Maryland Terrapin and Washington Wizards backcourt teammate Juan Dixon, who also signed with the Trail Blazers in the 2005 off-season.

In Blake's first season with the Blazers, he became a starter and played a significant role when Sebastian Telfair was injured. Blake's playing time increased from 14.7 minutes and 44 games with only one start in 2004–05 to 26.2 minutes and 68 games with 57 starts in 05–06. Blake reestablished himself as a terrific passer and fundamental point guard claiming third in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio. He also increased his field goal percentage by 11%.

[edit] Milwaukee

In July 2006, Blake was traded (along with Brian Skinner and Ha Seung-Jin) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Jamaal Magloire.[5]

[edit] Denver

On January 11, 2007, Blake was traded to the Denver Nuggets in return for Earl Boykins and Julius Hodge.[6] Blake started in 40 of the 49 remaining games of the Nuggets' 2006–07 season, and in five playoff games in a 4–1 first-round loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

[edit] Portland

Blake became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2007, and agreed to a three-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers on July 13, 2007.[7]

The 2008–09 season saw a rise in Blake's numbers. Through his first 38 games, he averaged a career-high 11.7 points per game, while also achieving career highs in free throw percentage and three-point percentage.[8]

On February 22, 2009, Blake tied an NBA record with 14 assists in the first quarter of a game against the Los Angeles Clippers.[9]

[edit] Los Angeles Clippers

On February 16, 2010, Blake was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers with Travis Outlaw and $1.5 million in cash for Marcus Camby.[10]

[edit] Los Angeles Lakers

Blake being guarded by Nick Young of the Washington Wizards

On July 8, 2010, Blake officially signed a four-year $16 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.[11]

[edit] NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

[edit] Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 Washington 75 14 18.6 .386 .371 .821 1.6 2.8 .8 .1 5.9
2004–05 Washington 44 1 14.7 .328 .387 .805 1.6 1.6 .3 .0 4.3
2005–06 Portland 68 57 26.2 .438 .413 .791 2.1 4.5 .6 .1 8.2
2006–07 Milwaukee 33 2 17.7 .349 .279 .550 1.4 2.5 .3 .1 3.6
2006–07 Denver 49 40 33.5 .432 .343 .727 2.5 6.6 1.0 .1 8.3
2007–08 Portland 81 78 29.9 .408 .406 .766 2.4 5.1 .7 .1 8.5
2008–09 Portland 69 69 31.7 .428 .427 .840 2.5 5.0 1.0 .1 11.0
2009–10 Portland 51 28 27.4 .403 .377 .750 2.3 4.0 .7 .0 7.6
2009–10 L.A. Clippers 29 10 26.3 .443 .437 .750 2.4 6.1 .7 .1 6.8
2010-11 L.A. Lakers 79 0 20.0 .359 .378 .867 2.0 2.2 .5 .0 4.0
Career 578 299 24.9 .406 .391 .785 2.1 4.0 .7 .1 7.1

[edit] Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005 Washington 4 0 4.3 .250 .000 .000 .8 .5 .0 .0 .5
2007 Denver 5 5 36.0 .452 .500 .000 2.4 4.6 .6 .0 7.2
2009 Portland 6 6 38.5 .489 .417 .714 4.0 6.2 .8 .0 9.8
2011 L.A. Lakers 9 0 16.1 .304 .333 .000 1.6 2.2 .6 .0 2.2
Career 24 11 23.8 .427 .407 .714 2.2 3.4 .5 .0 4.9

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Powell, Robert Andrew (February 24, 2005). "Sanitized by the Herald". Miami New Times. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2005-02-24/news/sanitized-by-the-herald/. Retrieved 2009-04-04. 
  2. ^ Watford, Jack (1998-08-11). "Miami High School found guilty of FHSAA rules violations". FHSAA. http://www.fhsaa.org/news/1998/0811.htm. 
  3. ^ "Steve Blake, Maryland, 6-3, G". SportsStats. http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/03/blake.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-29. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Athletics - The University of Maryland Terrapins - Official Athletic Site". UMTerps.com. http://umterps.cstv.com/ot/md-ask-testudo.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 
  5. ^ "Trail Blazers Acquire All-Star Center Magloire". NBA.com. 2006-07-31. http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Jamaal_Magliore-185803-1218.html. 
  6. ^ Stein, Marc (2007-01-12). "Nuggets deal Boykins, Hodge to Bucks for Blake". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2727760. 
  7. ^ Lopez, Aaron J. (July 13, 2007). "Nuggets lose Blake". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20070715121821/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nba/article/0,2777,DRMN_23922_5628146,00.html. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 
  8. ^ "Steve Blake 2008-09 stats". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/steve_blake/career_stats.html. Retrieved January 21, 2009. 
  9. ^ "Blake, Trail Blazers top Clippers 116-87". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hapM0xex16cNEA_Kk_J4zidCxH6AD96GVVV80. Retrieved 2009-02-23. 
  10. ^ Quick, Jason (February 16, 2010). "Blazers-Clipper trade: Deal for Marcus Camby completed, Kevin Pritchard says". The Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/02/pritchard_trade_for_marcus_cam.html. 
  11. ^ "Lakers Sign Steve Blake". NBA.com. 2010-07-08. http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/100708lakerssignsteveblake.html. 

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First round
Second round

0 Goudelock | 1 Morris | 2 Fisher | 3 Ebanks | 4 Walton | 5 Blake | 6 McRoberts | 9 Barnes | 14 Murphy | 15 World Peace | 16 Gasol | 17 Bynum | 24 Bryant | 28 Kapono | 45 Caracter

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