Blake has helped direct scouting services for the NBA alongside his father, Marty, since 1996. He marshals and compiles the complex data necessary for NBA teams to evaluate current and future NBA draft prospects, essentially advising teams who to see, how to see them, and who not to bother seeing.

Blake's experience is not limited to the management side of professional sports. Before turning to scouting full time in 1996, Blake spent six years as a professional athlete, playing professional tennis around the globe on the ATP tour, traveling to Australia, India, Africa, South America, Central America, and many countries throughout Europe. He also played Team Tennis in New Zealand and 13 years of Team Tennis for Schott Mainz in Germany. During this time, Blake also scouted players, helping the NBA in making inroads into the international basketball scene and setting up a worldwide scouting network still used today. When Blake left the tennis courts, he continued expanding the multinational dimension of the NBA by aggressively seeking out talent overseas and continuing to build upon his earlier networking efforts.

Blake has been scouting and evaluating prospects since the age of 17 and continued scouting throughout his academic career at Georgia Southern University, where he earned a BA in journalism in 1988. He also is a member of the United States Basketball Writers Association and the United States Tennis Writers Association and has contributed to articles in major publications throughout the world.

Blake is a reoccurring guest on NBATV's show, Draft Preview, and a longstanding commentator on the D-League Draft.

Blake currently resides in Woodstock, Georgia, with his wife Darla and two children, Elijah (8) and Sarah Jade (6).

He is also the drummer of The Other White Meat, the house band of the famous Blue Pig Bar, which was covered by HGTV for a future episode of the series Man Land.