http://www.columbian.com/article/20090209/SPORTS01/702099956/1001/SPORTS01 Week in review: Lordy, lordy what a craptacular week.
This has been an issue all season and it's only gotten worse with Blake out of the lineup. I love Batum's game, but the experiment of him as starter really should come to and end.
And who do you propose we start infront of him? Outlaw has failed miserably every time we try to start him.
That's where we swing a trade since there is no other option. Outlaw kills our flow when he's inserted into the starting lineup and Martell may not be ready to contribute anything this year.
Outlaw really works only when he gets the green-light to shoot - if the team continues to have trouble scoring at the start of games - why not give him the green light to shoot at the start of games as well? It clearly works in the 4th quarter, no? Someone should just tell Travis it's the 4th quarter and let him loose if we have trouble buting a basket at the start of the games. Eh?
There should be a special "Outlaw squad"...Outlaw and four defensive specialists. Outlaw takes every shot and the rest of the five just buckle down and try to prevent opposing teams from scoring. It should open games and should close games in which the team is trailing.
Just rename the white unit (or is it the black one? Can't remember) "The Outlaws" and let them start the game.
A defense is only as strong as it's weakest link. Even if the 4 other players shut down the individuals they were guarding, the one person Outlaw guards, whether it be LeBron James or Ime Udoka, would go ballistics.
I was largely joking, but I don't think that's true. A team of good defenders can cover for one poor defender. Obviously, having that one bad defender will make the defense weaker than if they had five good/great defenders, but help defense and assigning Outlaw to the worst perimeter player on the opposing team would make the overall defense much better than Outlaw's individual defense (and Outlaw's defensive deficiency is overstated, IMO...he's not a good defender, but he's not horrible).
