How Will Steve Blake Help the L.A. Lakers Have a Shot at a Three-Peat?

The L.A. Lakers signed G Steve Blake to a four-year contract on Thursday and while this news was overshadow by LeBron James decision to play for the Miami Heat, this transaction could be a big factor on the Lakers success for the next season.

Blake is an instant upgrade from the Jordan Farmar/Shanon Brown back-up tandem that they had last year. Now Steve Blake can play 20 solid minutes while Derek Fisher rests.

That may be very important because when they get to the playoffs in 2011, maybe they won't face real competition until the Conference finals but when they do, they'll be grateful that they signed Blake.

Because now they have a fast guy with fres...

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