Steve Blake

Steve Blake
Player information
Full name	Steven Hanson Blake
Nickname	Snake
birthday	26th February 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	Hollywood (Florida) , United States
size	191 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	Point guard
High school	Miami Killian, Florida Miami, Florida Oak Hill Academy, Virginia
college	Maryland
NBA draft	2003 , 38th Pick, Washington Wizards
Clubs as active
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 2010–2014 Los Angeles Lakers 2014 Golden State Warriors 2014–2015 Portland Trail Blazers 2015–2016 Detroit Pistons 2016 Sydney Kings 00000 00000 00000 00000

Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980 in Hollywood , Florida ) is a retired American basketball player who played on the position of point guard . Most recently he was active for the Sidney Kings in the Australian NBL .

After graduating from high school , he attended the University of Maryland from 1999 to 2003 . With the Maryland Terrapins , the university's basketball team, he won the 2002 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In the 2003 NBA Draft , the Washington Wizards selected him in 38th place in the draft. Since Blake has played in the NBA, he has reached the play-offs three times , but only got past the first round once.

biography

High school

Blake attended Miami Killian High School for two years . He then left school and moved to Miami High School , where he met Udonis Haslem , a future NBA player. With the basketball team of the high school , he won two championships in the US state of Florida in a row and also took part in the U-18 Junior World Championship . The 1998 championship was withdrawn after the Miami New Times found that Blake and other students had registered under false names. As a result, he was banned from playing basketball across the country by the Florida High School Athletic Association . Because of the ban, he changed schools again and attended Oak Hill Academy in Virginia for a year .

college

After graduating from high school in 1999, he attended the University of Maryland . There he played for the Maryland Terrapins , the college basketball team, and started his freshman season in 33 of 35 games. He was the team's best passer (6.2 assists per game) and was appointed to the ACC All-Freshman Team . With the Terrapins he reached the Final Four that season and lost there to Duke University . After his first season he took part in the FIBA U-20 American Championship and won the silver medal with Team USA . In the following season he was again the best passer of the ACC and was appointed to several ACC selection teams. He also reached the Final Four with the Terrapins for the second time in a row, this time winning the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship . In his senior year he averaged 11.6 points and 7.1 assists. After averaging more than six assists in his four college years, he is the player with the fifth most assists in NCAA history with a total of 972 assists. He is also the first ACC player to have reached 1,000 points, 800 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals. His jersey with the number 25 is no longer awarded by the Terrapins.

NBA

Washington Wizards

On June 26, 2003, Blake was selected 38th in the NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards . After he had convinced those responsible for himself in the Summer League , he signed his first professional contract on August 21, 2003. In his first season with the Wizards, he started 14 games in the starting lineup. He scored 16 double digits, scored a double-double and scored 21 points in a game against the Miami Heat . In his second season he was less successful as he was slowed down by several injuries. With the Wizards he reached the second play-off round this season and was used there four times. After that season, Blake became a Restricted Free Agent and did not renew his contract with the Wizards.

Portland Trail Blazers (2005-2006)

After leaving Washington, Blake signed a contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 28, 2005 . There he met his former college teammate, Juan Dixon , who had also signed a contract with the Trail Blazers in the off-season. In his first season with the Trail Blazers, he was promptly a starter after Sebastian Telfair was injured. Since Blake was able to convince with better performances, he kept his place in the starting five . Therefore, he also played more often than before in Washington and started a total of 57 games. Furthermore, he showed again, as before at college, that he is an outstanding passgiver and at the end of the season took third place in the assist-to-turnover ratio . Statistics. The Trail Blazers finished last in the Western Conference at the end of the season and missed qualifying for the play-offs.

2006-2007 season

After a season with the Trail Blazers, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks along with Brian Skinner and Ha Seung-Jin and the Blazers received Jamaal Magloire in return . At the Bucks, he did not make the final jump into the starting lineup and started in just two games as a starter. Therefore, on January 11, 2007, it was traded to the Denver Nuggets , which received Earl Boykins , Julius Hodge and cash in return . Blake performed better in the Nuggets, starting 40 of the 49 remaining games. He distributed an average of 6.6 assists per game and reached the playoffs with the nuggets. There the Nuggets lost 4-1 in games against the San Antonio Spurs in the first round , with Blake starting in all five games.

Portland Trail Blazers (2007-2009)

After Blake became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2007 , he signed a contract with the Portland Trail Blazers for the second time in his career on July 13 . In his first season he was a regular player and started in 78 matches. He himself achieved average performances and achieved a balanced score of 41:41 with the Trail Blazers, which was not enough for a playoff participation. In his second season, he started in all 69 games he played and showed improved performances. In a regular season game against the Los Angeles Clippers on February 22, 2009 Blake set an NBA record with 14 assists in the first quarter. At the end of the season he reached the playoffs with the Blazers, in which they lost to the Houston Rockets in the first round with 2-4 wins .

2009-2010 season

In the new season with the Trail Blazers, he faded more and more into the background and started in 28 of 51 games. Since the Blazers Blake no longer needed they traded him during the regular season together with Travis Outlaw and $ 1.5 million in return for Marcus Camby to the Los Angeles Clippers . For the Clippers, he played 29 matches and started in ten games, but remained unsuccessful with the Clippers and did not extend his contract at the end of the season.

Los Angeles Lakers

Instead, he signed a four-year contract worth 16 million US dollars for the new season with the Los Angeles Lakers . At the Lakers he is a role-player who comes off the bench and usually acts as a substitute for Steve Nash .

2013/14 season

In February 2014, Blake was transferred from the Lakers in a trade to the Golden State Warriors in Oakland. After the 2013-14 season, Blake signed a contract with the Portland Trail Blazers .

2014/15 season

After Portland was eliminated by Memphis in the first round of the playoffs, a change was initiated in Portland and Blake signed a contract with the Detroit Pistons .

Play style

Steve Blake has played the point guard position since high school . He exudes calm in the structure of the game. He is also a good pass-giver, as the statistics show. On the offensive he is described as too soft and, as the statistics prove, is a player who passes rather than taking the throw himself. He has a good three-point throw or distance throw and is described as a solid scorer. Overall, he is considered an experienced player in his position who was never one of the top playmakers in the league and is currently considered an important supplementary player at the Lakers.

References and comments

1. ↑ Miami Killian Senior High School . publicschoolreview.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
2. ↑ Sanitized by the Herald . miaminewtimes.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
3. ↑ THIRD JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT - 1998 . usabasketball.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Inside Frank Martin's Miami High . kusports.com. Accessed on December 29, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Player bio: Steve Blake . umterps.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
6. ↑ USA MEN'S U20 FIBA ​​AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ALL-TIME ROSTER BY AFFILIATION . usabasketball.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
7. ↑ Player bio 2: Steve Blake . umterps.com. Accessed on December 29, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Steve Blake Stats @ basketball-reference.com . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
9. ↑ Retired Number . umterps.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
10. ^ Wizards Sign Steve Blake . nba.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
11. ^ Miami Heat 101, Washington Wizards 81 . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Steve Blake Bio . nba.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
13. ↑ Steve Blake 2004-05 Game Log . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
14. ↑ 2005-06 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
15. ↑ 2005-06 Portland Trail Blazers Starting Lineups . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
16. ↑ Burned by The Fire: The Story of Sebastian Telfair . bleacherreport.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
17. ↑ Ratio of assists given in comparison to ball losses, a statistic recorded by the NBA.
18. ↑ Trail Blazers Acquire All-Star Center Magloire . nba.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
19. ↑ Nuggets deal Boykins, Hodge to Bucks for Blake . espn.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
20. ↑ Aaron J. Lopez: Blake leaving Nuggets, has deal with Portland. (No longer available online.) Rockymountainnews.com, July 14, 2007, formerly the original ; accessed on January 11, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
21. ^ Clippers get two players for Camby . espn.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
22. ↑ Lakers Sign Steve Blake . nba.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
23. ↑ ^{a b c} "Portland Trail Blazers" Basket No. 11, page 59, November 2008 , accessed January 17, 2011
24. ↑ ^{a b} "Los Angeles Lakers" Basket No. 11, page 15, November 2010 , accessed January 17, 2011

Web links

Commons : Steve Blake  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Steve Blake - player profile on NBA.com
• Steve Blake - player profile on basketball-reference.com