The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to send Steve Blake to the Golden State Warriors as part of a trade.
The guard will join the Lakers' Pacific Division rivals, with Kent Bazemore and MarShon Brooks heading in the opposite direction.
The 33-year-old told ESPN: "Mixed emotions, really. I knew it could happen but didn't expect it to happen, all at the same time.
"The hardest thing is really for my family, really. I got a wife, three little kids and now I'm going to have to spend four months, probably, away from them and so that's going to be the hardest part.
"We loved where we lived, loved the schools my kids were in and always loved the support of the fans and ownership and everybody. So, it's one of the best places I've ever played at and if in the future they wanted me back, I would absolutely, definitely consider it."
Blake was taking part in the team's warm-up for their game against the Houston Rockets when the trade was completed.
Sian Cowper
