And so we're on the same page, here's how it started: So the only time I attributed something to you, STOMP, was here: in direct response to your post. I fail to see how I attributed anything to you that you didn't just post. Then comes: I posted about two specific items (the long jumper with time on the clock, and the Pierce turnover). I posted that you seem to think that "glass if half full piss posters" and "" posters are out crying like the "sun coming up in the east", and not talking about the actual points the "" posters were making. You then made up that I have an opinion about "Greg for Kwame" and "petitions" and "shonz" and "RG lease"s. Someone else seems to be in Fantasy Land. And the post above wasn't disingenuous. Please don't attack me like that.
Travis is a bench player making $4 mil. In that context, of course he is worth it. Outside of guys on their rookie contracts, how many $4 million players are more productive?
I'd like to see TO improve on two things - hitting the boards hard every night, and his perimeter defense off the ball. He can be a menace on the offensive boards sometimes. I'll live with the occasionaly costly t/o and bad shot selection from time to time. What impressed me about the end of the Celts game was that TO came back to score on that spin move and baby dunk over KG AFTER he had taken/missed a bad shot and then allowed Pierce to strip him (easily) He kept his head high and ended up making a huge play to help preserve the win. I know that he's a 6 year vet, but he's only 24. And his first 3 years in the league he was used sparingly, so I'm not so sure he's done maturing as a player.
Another thing? (And I think he can totally do this...) Attack the basket. Get to the free throw line. Don't give up on the jumper. The wide-open threes have been very impressive and important for the team, and his odd fadeaways early in the shot clock is just part of who he is as a player. He can, though, beat his guy off the dribble after a defender over-commits, and he is capable of finishing at the rack and/or getting to the line. He seems like he is making an effort in that direction the last few games, and if he is able to do it at all consistently? He becomes instantly much more valuable to the team. Ed O.
