Official Site of the Pistons · May 3, 2016
2015-16 Pistons Profile: Steve Blake
STEVE BLAKE
AGE: 36
NBA EXPERIENCE: 13 seasons
BECAME A PISTON: The Pistons traded Quincy Miller to the Brooklyn Nets on July 13, 2015.
CAREER MILESTONES: Blake has changed teams nine times – not counting Brooklyn, for which he never played between stops in Portland and Detroit – and has had three separate tours of duty in Portland, where he makes his off-season home. Blake, a junior at Maryland when the Terrapins won the 2002 NCAA championship by defeating Indiana, was selected 38th overall by Washington in the 2003 NBA draft. He’s been a bench player and part-time starter for most of his NBA career, but was a two-year starter for Portland in his fifth and sixth NBA seasons.