The Overrating of Travis Outlaw

SinceClyde · Post #61 » by **SinceClyde** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 4:21 am

If travis is overrated, then there are at least a handful of competitors' GM's that overrate him, also. Travis the player other teams are trying to grab from us. His name is bring put into every trade.

realfung · Post #62 » by **realfung** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 5:10 am

AT most a Lamar Odom type of player.

SinceClyde · Post #63 » by **SinceClyde** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 6:04 am

Lamar Odom? I don't see that as an accurate comparison at all. Their games are vaguely similar, but not enough for a comparison. Just disagree.

Goldbum · Post #64 » by **Goldbum** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 6:47 am

Travis is closer to a poor mans T-Mac than Lamar Odom. I know he's a hybrid forward like Lamar but the he sets up his shot and where he take his shots from is more McGrady.

Another comparo would be Dirk, less skill/size ,better athleticism.

Post #65 » by **mojomarc** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:09 am

Goldbum wrote:Travis is closer to a poor mans T-Mac than Lamar Odom. I know he's a hybrid forward like Lamar but the he sets up his shot and where he take his shots from is more McGrady.

Another comparo would be Dirk, less skill/size ,better athleticism.

I think with those two we're beyond poor man comparisons and all the way to homeless man comparisons. Travis is so far away from the McGrady/Dirk league it isn't even worth comparing him to them.

Goldbum · Post #66 » by **Goldbum** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:21 am

mojomarc wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I think with those two we're beyond poor man comparisons and all the way to homeless man comparisons. Travis is so far away from the McGrady/Dirk league it isn't even worth comparing him to them.

OK so your right, but my point was how he plays and how he gets his points. It's kinda like compareing Tony Delk or James "Hollywood" Robinson to Iverson.

Clipsz 4 Life · Post #67 » by **Tim Lehrbach** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:32 am

James Hollywood Robinson FTW!

Post #68 » by **mojomarc** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:59 am

Tim Lehrbach wrote:James Hollywood Robinson FTW!

I would have been happier with an Audie Norris reference

ph1sh55 · Post #69 » by **ph1sh55** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 8:21 am

I don't see how travis is so far from dirk/tmac. Poor man's xxxx seems pretty accurate. He ain't nobodies homeless man.

Post #70 » by **mojomarc** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 8:45 am

ph1sh55 wrote:I don't see how travis is so far from dirk/tmac. Poor man's xxxx seems pretty accurate. He ain't nobodies homeless man.

I'm sorry, but if a player has only scored more than another player's career average four times in five years, rebounded more than that other player's career average only six times, he's not a poor man's version of that second player but a homeless man's version. And that's just Dirk. With McGrady, it's even worse since McGrady's career scoring average is better than Dirk's, but that's not even the point--McGrady is just so much better at every aspect of the game. You're comparing two players that are perrenial all-stars and likely hall of famers to a player in Travis that isn't even a starter for his team because he can't seperate himself all that much from Martell Webster.

Comparing Travis to those two is just simply wrong. If he ever gets close to the levels they've maintained over their careers for even a season I'll be shocked.