Steve Nash is back with the Lakers and all is right with the world… well, except for the loss in Denver where the Lakers looked wooden and old, or the heavy minutes Nash and Kobe Bryant are racking up, or the fact the Lakers are below .500 and have a lot of work to do to just make the playoffs still.
But things are certainly better with Nash back, and now the Lakers may soon get Nash’s back-up to return to the lineup.
Steve Blake, who has been out with an abdomen injury, should return to the team in two to three weeks, reports the Los Angeles Times. That fits pretty well with the mid-January timeline that had been discussed before when he went out.
Blake is no world-beater, but he can knock down threes to space the floor and makes better decisions than Chris Duhon and Darius Morris. Blake doesn’t have to be Chris Paul, he just has to be solid and hold down the fort until Nash gets his rest. And Nash needs more rest than he’s been getting lately.
