Guess what.. Effort doesn't mean a damn thing if it doesn't result in anything. Sure I love his effort. But he hasn't produce one iota for the Lakers.
In 2010-11 his Player Efficiency Rating was 7.2. I cannot tell you how amazingly bad that is for a guy who plays 20 minutes per game. Only player worse than Blake was Luke Walton. In 2011-12 his player efficiency rating shot up to 8.5. In comparison Fisher was an 8.0. Troy ******g Murphy was a 9.0. Even McBob posted a 10.9. In the 7 games he played this year, he had a 9.0 rating still amazingly bad. His savior is Morris and Duhon had worse PER. And one of them is on the job training. With multiple games of 5 or 6 minutes that typically result in lowered PER. No one said Morris is ready, fully developed. But he shows results on defense.
What is his experience exactly being in the league 10 years? Never being above average and he's in freefall decline.
We got plenty of experience. Our 5 best players each of which get 30 minutes per game at least have an average experience of 13.8 seasons. Kobe & Nash in their 17th. MWP 14th. Pau in his 12th. Dwight Howard is his 9th. Jamison is in his 15th year. Duhon 9th. Meeks & Hill 4th. We don't need 10 year guys. We need young guys.
Tell me where is he going to play? He's certainly not guarding PGs. So he's going to be playing SG like Morris. But because Morris can slow down quick guards, he's put on PGs. You telling me, we are putting Good Job, Good Effort Blake on PGs. Do we want defense, or do we want a **** show.
You do know you don't get better after 10 years in the league. You don't add new things, and become a player you're not. The players that can change are elite. Or are elite in one area, and can transform it into a different manifestation. What's Blake going to learn? P&R? He's not fast enough.
But what offense are we going to run. He can't distribute the basketball. So who is running the offense. If it is Nash then Blake has to be at the 2. If not Nash, it's Kobe, and we might as well just call it all iso because Steve Blake won't make a splash.
Kwame Brown is a professional basketball player.. Yet he never learned how to catch a basketball. So what truly is your point? He can theoretically say well I learned a lot from Nash. But he will never be able to change his game at this point. That's why people place young players with veterans because they can mold their game. No one ever says "Let's go get this 10 year vet because he can learn a lot from a 17 year vet." At 10 years, you don't become a new player. If you were not an all-star and only average at best like Blake was, you only decline.
So MDA likes him? What the hell difference does that make. I liked Josh McRoberts, but that doesn't mean I'm going to draw up plays for him. Or even play him for that matter.
We "hope" Blake can be money.. So why bother even taking the time on him. We've hoped 2 straight seasons. He wasn't confident when Mike Brown basically put him with as much minutes as Derek Fisher. And then made him starter. He played the same. Then lost his starting job.
Oh the coach likes you... Now you'll play better.. He's a veteran, that **** won't change. And it's not like Mike Brown treated him like Ebanks. He played him consistently and increased his role. And when he was demoted from the starting lineup... His role/minutes was still comparable.
He's just not a good player. Likeable guy. Great effort.. But he's not good.
