I'm over the Travis Outlaw experiment

Yeah, I think Martell looked great with Rudy and Sergio. When Martell knows he'll get the ball if he moves around, he'll do it.
If he's with guys who like to pound the ball, he won't and will just stand in the corner. He looked like he especially had a good connection with Rudy because Rudy knows Martell can shoot the 3, he can back cut to the hoop, and he can throw him the alley-oop if needed.
Those two need to be on the floor together, it's just a shame both are now hurt.

 

Is Outlaw the new Jack, a player who does one thing well, but not as well as other players, and does other things poorly?

 

Yes and No. The one thing Travis does well is shoot. The one thing Jack did well was turn the ball over. In such a case, I think I'd rather have Travis than Jack.

Gramps...

 

Who overreacted? I'm not looking to call you out, but rather want a fair portrayal. People said he is out-of-shape and possibly a long way from recovering the athleticism he had pre-injury and resembling the player he was before. This isn't true? I don't think I read anyone saying he is a bust or overrated--which would be overreacting. I might have overlooked some posts though.

I agree Outlaw is disappointing. What disappoints me, is it doesn't appear he's improved at all from last year. Every year of his career, he's made strides over the previous. Sometimes baby..sometimes significant. I see nothing new to his game and that's discouraging.

 

Yeah it must be tough to stand in the corner waiting for another wide open look... much tougher then having to create your own look off the dribble.[/sarcasm] If what you're arguing holds water, then TO's per minute stats in the things I listed should take a big hit now that he'll be hindered playing with the starters. Here's guessing his stats won't dip but we shall see.

but Martell did not get the same stats as Travis did last year. He matched him in some categories, but he was well behind in quite a few others that I already listed. You can like MW more despite this, but I'm relaying facts.

STOMP

 

You're right. It's very odd. The guy has been in the league for what, five years? He's finally developed a good jump shot, but in all the other aspects of the game he's woefully deficient. Although, to be fair, he did "drive" to the hoop for that winning shot against Memphis last year that started the 13-game winning streak . . .