Steve Blake arrives to Lakers amid little fanfare

There were no lasers, no fog machines, no loud music as Steve Blake was introduced to reporters Wednesday at the Lakers’ training facility.

In fact, the first words heard after he walked in the door came from an unexpected source.

“Daddy, I want my backpack,” said his young son Nicholas, who was standing alongside with the rest of the Blake family.

A week after the partying began in Miami for LeBron James, the Lakers quietly held a news conference for Blake, their newest free-agent acquisition, who will add another steady veteran presence in the push for a three-peat.

“I’m extremely excited to be coming here to the Lakers,” said Blake, a 30-year-old ball-handling guard who signed a four-year, $16-million deal. “As a player who wants to win and has won championships at every level except the NBA, I think this is the best place to be.”

Blake won a national championship with Maryland in 2002 and was on the top-ranked U.S. high school team in 1999, Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va.

He has appeared in only 15 playoff games in a seven-year NBA career with six teams, but he hopes to change that by joining the Lakers, who are generally two-thirds the way through the postseason by the time they hit their 15th playoff game.

“I look forward to coming in here, whether it’s starting or coming off the bench, and being productive,” he said, listing the ways in which he would do that.

Get teammates involved. Play scrappy defense. Knock down open shots.

“Just be an intelligent player out there on the court,” he said.

Derek Fisher will presumably start at point guard — it will be Coach Phil Jackson’s call — but Blake provides stable production and fairly heavy minutes if needed. His career averages: 7.5 points, 4.3 assists, 39.3% from three-point range and 25.7 minutes a game.

Fisher averaged 7.5 points and 2.5 assists in 27.2 minutes a game last season before officially re-signing with the Lakers on Tuesday.

“We expect Derek in all likelihood to start, and play big minutes, but Derek is soon to be 36, so we know we need a player in the backcourt to spell Derek in relief and also going forward,” Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak said. “Quite frankly, we have an aging backcourt … so we need players who can play minutes.”

The Lakers had brief negotiations with Blake when he was a free agent three years ago, but he signed with Portland.

“We’ve followed his career for years,” Kupchak said. “He’s been a pretty consistent performer.”

He made one final impression with the Clippers in a regular-season finale against the Lakers, compiling 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the Clippers’ 107-91 victory three months ago.

“After that game was over, I was very happy I did that against the Lakers,” Blake said, smiling.

Blake will wear jersey No. 5.

The Lakers said Wednesday that Fisher signed his three-year contract. According to a league official, it calls for Fisher to receive $3.7 million for the 2010-11 season and $3.4 million the next season, with a player option worth $3.4 million in the final year.

Who’s the best?

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade weighed in on the bigger picture, saying the Lakers were the team to beat, not the newly reconfigured Heat.

“The Lakers are the champions and we know the Lakers are very good,” Wade told the Associated Press on Wednesday. “That’s the team that everyone’s shooting for and they should be. Not the Miami Heat. The Los Angeles Lakers.”

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