I actually was thinking the same thing. I saw his pic on his player page on yahoo! and he looked jacked.
should have never traded Trav...for one of the worst offensive teams in the league, the last thing you trade away is a scorer.
I got to say that hearing Traivs playing on another team hurts. Strange because I usually don't feel particularly bonded to these guys. I've been one of the bigger Blake fans here and didn't even feel this way hearing about Blake playing. But Travis came here literally as a kid. He has seen and been through a lot. He started with the jailblazers where he managed to stay out of trouble and still get along with players. When the the good guys came in, TO immediately blended in and becomes everyone friends and of course the team leader's best friend. We have wacthed Travis grow from a skinny shy quiet kid to a respectable and honorable human being, kind, caring and good humored. He has had huge expectation, he has supplied a reel full of hightlights, he has tried as hard as he can to do everything the staff wanted from him and he never shyed away from the big shot . . . . . . . he has been loved and hated by fans. Trais Outlaw is a Blazer player I won't forget . . . it feels like a son of the Blazer organization is playing for the Clippers.
Outlaw is a very inefficient scorer. I'm kinda glad to see him go, because Nate used him too much, but I hope he gets a nice contract from a team that needs him this summer.
I actually thought Travis had a role on this Portland team and I'm on record as saying so, but I think McMillan just relied on him too much at times and didn't realize how inconsistent Outlaw could be, just like every other 6th man/bench player, which is clearly Outlaw's best role. He would try and force him to get it going and some nights it worked, and some nights it really backfired. It's tough between Outlaw and Cunningham. I really like how Cunningham is always in position on defense and doesn't make mistakes, but he's also limited compared to Outlaw when it comes to scoring.
I also think a lot of our team chemistry took a hit and went to the crapper when he was dealt. A huge reason we overachieved so much last year was the chemistry we had and he was the center of it..kept everyone loose. Again, for those saying Nate used him too much, tell me our other 3/4 BENCH options we had to go with please? He has bulked up and his jumper looks fucking wet as hell. We had one of the bet bench scorers in the NBA and whomever signs him in the summer should look for a Jamal Crawford type production from him in 2011.
Plenty of nights where he would take bad shot after bad shot and wouldn't be taken out when he probably should be. Nate would ride his cold nights a lot longer than he does with Rudy or any other player, and it would lead to Travis shooting 4-15.
Travis shot 4-15 once last year. He also had two 3-14 games and one 7-18 game. Those were Travis's 4 terrible games last year where Nate left him in too long. Andre Miller went 5-18 last night. I mention this for no particular reason other than to point out that players have bad nights, no matter what their role is on the team.
Ugh, let's not mention Miller last night. Every time he shot outside of 8 feet I wanted to throw my TV out the window. Seeing Trav in a Clipper uni is sad and strange.
Just making a point that Outlaw could be wildly inconsistent. As far as Miller goes, his teammates force him into a lot of shots at the end of the shot clock so I wouldn't be too hard on him. Watching him feed Aldridge or Rudy only to watch them give it right back late in the clock really puts Miller in a bad spot.
