The shooting guard joined the Nuggets in 2001 and has endured five regime changes in that period.
German Peter Schmuecker coached Blake in his debut season. The Nuggets finished last and the coach was jettisoned, with Todd Marshall coming back for a three-year stint.
Fellow German Bernd Kupka took control in 2005. But the Nuggets finished rock bottom and several off-court incidents also marred the disastrous season.
Australian Rick Castle took the reins in 2006 and 2007 but was unable to improve the franchise's standing, with just five wins from 36 matches.
This season, experienced American coach Don Sims has taken up the challenge and seems to be running a tight ship.
For the overseas players, there has been even more upheaval during Blake's tenure, with a carousel constantly picking up the surplus and dropping off new players with monotonous regularity.
As a fairly typical example, this season the Nuggets are on their fifth import, having lost Jamal Livingston before the season got under way and cutting Rahsaan Smith and Jay Anderson for Lemar Gayle and Antoine Tisby respectively.
Change is unsettling at the best of times but for the Nuggets it has conspired to keep them anchored either at the bottom of the National Basketball League competition table, or very close to it, for the last decade.
Blake is well aware of this point.
‘‘Ideally, what you are looking for is a stable team with the coaches returning and a good core group of players returning as well,'' he said.
‘‘But they have tried that in the past by setting out two-, three-year programmes and still haven't got the results.
‘‘At the end of the day, you've got to make changes if the results are not coming.''
The biggest issue facing the Nuggets, Blake said, was retaining and recruiting players.
‘‘The tough thing, especially down here in Dunedin, is holding on to players. You get a lot of people who will come to Dunedin to study but are then ready to leave. Retaining players is a big issue.''
Blake is poised to add to the player drain.
The 28-year-old is planning an OE in the UK following the season and is unsure whether he will return or not at this stage.
He has been teaching at Otago Boys High School for the past four years and has been granted leave for a year.
The Nuggets have had another torrid beginning this season with just one win from seven matches, and face a challenging fortnight with a pair of double headers on the horizon.
They have the Hawkes Bay Hawks first up at Pettigrew Green Arena tonight. The venue has been a graveyard for visiting sides over the past three or four seasons, but the Nuggets play the Manawatu Jets tomorrow night in Palmerston North.
The Nuggets' only win so far came against the Jets last weekend and Blake is optimistic about his side's prospects.
‘‘It has been a tough start. I think we let a couple of games slip, in particular the games we've had at home.
‘‘It has been hard having a new team with only three players returning and imports being shuffled around, which you sort of have to do to get the right mix.
‘‘But it feels like we are heading in the right direction now. We've got that first win under out belt and are playing the same team this week, and will go into that game with a bit of confidence.''