Portland Trail Blazers, Steve Blake agree to two-year deal
By Josh Hill
While the world waits to see where LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony will sign, other teams around the NBA are starting to pick off top tier rotational players and another domino has fallen for a team not ready to wait for one of the big free agents to sign.
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The Portland Trail Blazers are not a team looking to bag a big free agent this offseason so they went out and grabbed a guy that a lot of teams wouldn’t mind having at their disposal.
According to Yahoo! Sports insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to a two-year deal with guard Steve Blake that will use the team’s biannual exception.
Portland has reached an agreement with guard Steve Blake, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 10, 2014
Blake has agreed to the bi-annual exception with the Blazers, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 10, 2014
Ken Berger from CBSSports also chimed in to report that Blake’s deal will pay him $4.2 million and carries a player option for the second year.
Steve Blake's deal with Portland is a two-year, $4.2 million deal with a player option for year two, league source says.
— Ken Berger (@KBergNBA) July 10, 2014
It’s a good deal for the Blazers as they pick up a veteran presence they need on a young team but also pick up the sneaky production that Steve Blake puts up during the season. He may not be a young man anymore, but Blake has a lot left to give and the Blazers clearly like what they see in him.