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  1. julius

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    Re: Travis Outlaw Fan Club Thread

    Did you really need to bump a few threads and create another one just to make a point?
     
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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...

    You're like a 12 year old child. It's amazing.
     
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    Re: Travis Outlaw Fan Club Thread

    Travis haters...
    Suck it
    Eat it
    Bite it
    whatever, but STFU!

    Yes, he takes tough shots sometimes, but in the clutch, he is en fuego
     
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  4. KingSpeed

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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...

    What do you have against 12 year olds?
     
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    Re: Travis Outlaw Fan Club Thread

    Yes! Here's the thing. This shot tonight wasn't an anomaly. He did it to Memphis. He did it to Atlanta. He tied games against Toronto (4 point play) and New York. He is a proven clutch player.
     
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    Re: Travis= CLUTCH

    I don't see how it was a bad shot. He was under control. It was designed for him. It was a shot he takes all the time. He got in close. He had a good angle and he sized up the defender and went up and maybe faded a bit, but that is fine as long as he was under control. He did get slightly touched on his elbow as well.
     
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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...

    We wouldn't need the big clutch shots if he would not lose his man on the defensive end every game and allow them to score 26 points like tonight!

    When Travis plays defense and still makes the big shot, we'll all say he's a keeper. Till then he's just making up for his no show on the other end.

    Is that fair to say?
     
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    Re: Travis Outlaw Fan Club Thread

    He's also proven that when his shot isn't falling he's an absolute waste of minutes.
     
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    Re: Travis Outlaw Fan Club Thread

    TRAVIS OUTLAWZ IZ STREETZ!

    recognize bitches!
     
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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...


    Fair to say . . . only I don't see why that means he isn't a keeper. Some players are known for their defense (with weak offensive skills), some players are know for their rebounding, others for their hustle. Travis is a role player and his role is to put points on the board.

    Every team could use a scorer off the bench . . . often that scorer off the bench has some deficiencies in their game, but serve a role.
     
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    Re: Travis= CLUTCH

    I'll give Travis his props, and he tends to hit game winners. I just wish his play up to that point would not leave the team in the situation where they needed a game winner to begin with.
     
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    Re: Travis= CLUTCH

    No way was that a bad shot - that was much better than a lot of the looks the Blazers were getting tonight. Anytime Travis drives in and can take a medium range jumper without fading away horribly, it's a good shot.
     
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    Re: Travis= CLUTCH

    I knew this thread -- and looks like 10 others -- would be made by Eric about Travis.
    Give it up for Outlaw for making the clutch shot, and he played well for the most part. He's still so damn inconsistent though, especially when he's a part of the second unit when the starters go down to begin the second quarter.

    It's frustrating because we know what Travis is capable of, and sometimes we get to see it, and sometimes we don't. We just want some consistency from him.
     
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    Re: Travis= CLUTCH

    I was surprised though that we went to Travis for the final shot. That was a ballsy play call by Nate
     
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    Re: Travis= CLUTCH

    Ya, that's the way I saw it too. For most players that would have been a terrible shot, but Outlaw gets up so far that it can't be blocked. He just waits until he has a clear shot and he shoots a fairly easy shot for him.
     
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    Re: Travis= CLUTCH

    So was I. I thought for sure they would play pick and roll with Blake and Aldridge.
     
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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...

    You make it seem like he did one thing right after the other. You don't insert in there "Scored a whole 2 points against Toronto, and nearly fouled out by the end of the first quarter". Or was a -22 while on the court against New Orleans. That is what is so maddening about Outlaw. He is not consistent. In order for a team to be good, the players have to play consistently good. That is how you get to be elite. Until the players perform like that, they will not be elite. An example of a consistent small forward is the guy he was guarding tonight. Tayshaun Prince. He shows up every game, on both ends of the court, and has a complete game. He plays calm and poised. Also note, Travis was guarding him tonight. Tayshaun dropped 26 on him.

    He may have hit the game winner, but if he had played better until than, maybe we wouldn't have needed nail biter.
     
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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...

    Travis wasn't guarding Prince all game. Not hardly. He scored a lot of those points on other players. I believe his last shot was hit against Joel. Also- Prince has been killing lots of teams lately. Was Travis supposed to hold this potential All Star to 8 points? That wasn't gonna happen no matter how well Travis played.
     
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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...

    So not true. I saw Prince hit a fadeaway over Blake. I saw another shot that was right in Joel's face. You can't just go to the boxscore and say that Outlaw gave up all the points next to Prince's name. And Prince has been playing well lately so he was bound to get his.
     
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    Re: He dunks on KG in the clutch and then shoots down the league's hottest team...

    ALSO- Prince played 44 minutes while Travis only played 33 minutes. You can't guard a guy while you're watching him from the bench.

    What you MIGHT want to ask is who was supposed to be guarding TRAVIS? He shot 6 of 10 off the bench and hit the game winner. Who's fuck up was that?
     
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