Outlaw is our road MVP

by myemic23 on Jan 22, 2008 4:44 PM PST

Well, at least our road MVPNNR(most valuable player not named Roy). Since the teams turnaround that started in december, outlaw has been killing people in their own arena. His late game scoring has kept us in, and won the blazers several road games, two of which ought to be quite obvious. Here are his road game stats from December and January:

17.4 ppg, 52%fg, 65%3pt, 5.8rpg, 1bpg

and his stats for our current road trip:

18.5 ppg, 54%fg, 71%3pt, 5.7rpg, 1bpg

Thats big time for a bench player, not to mention he has 2 game winners during this stretch. His ceiling just keeps rising higher and higher. How sweet it is to see the potential start to turn to consistency...

So, how good can Outlaw be??? How will he fit our team in 2 seasons??? 3rd option? 2nd option? 1st option? role player? All star? Nba finals MVP??? How much better will Outlaw get and how will he fit the team???

Poll

Who is the MVPNNR for the first half of the season

Aldridge

9 votes

Outlaw

50 votes

Joel

1 votes

Jack

0 votes

Blake

3 votes

Webster

0 votes

Jones

7 votes

Sergio

2 votes

Frye

0 votes

other(I like to sabatoge polls)

6 votes

78 votes | Poll has closed

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Ime who?

I rest my case.

I'm hip, I'm slick, and all the women want my phone number!

by silkybrown on Jan 22, 2008 5:11 PM PST reply actions

Trade him while his value is high

For real ya'll, we're running out of player to propose in trades. I don't want to trade Outlaw but I would like another piece of pizza.

Will someone go to Flying Pie Pizzeria and write a diary about it for me?

Our blog administrator could beat up your blog administrator.

by tominhawaii on Jan 22, 2008 11:48 PM PST reply actions

Right

If there was ever a day to trade him, it was yesterday. KP needs to learn to read the markets and strike while the iron is hot.

Fire KP, he just doesn't get it.

by jscot on Jan 23, 2008 12:25 AM PST up reply actions

No Surprise I Am A HUGE Travis Fan... but...

I had to vote for Aldridge as the MVPNNR of the first half of the season. Are we forgetting how November went? In this first half of the season, Travis has had 14 games scoring 9 or less while Aldridge has had only 6.

Aldridges stats also trump Outlaw as:
more points per minute
better field goal percentage
more blocked shots per minute
more rebounds per minute
better free throw percentage

Outlaw does get more free throw attempts per minute and more steals per minute. And, they both contribute big in the ways that don't translate to stats like LaMarcus shutting out the offensive game of other big guys and Travis taking the other teams fans out of the game.

But I'm not swayed. All in all, I'd have to say Aldridge deserves MVPNNR for the first half of the season, and Travis deserves MVPNNR for this seven game road trip. Woohoo!

by ladygonegrey on Jan 23, 2008 1:14 AM PST reply actions

I second the motion

LaMarcus may also turn out to be MVPNNR for this road trip because his education had to be jolting. He either soars from here or he wilts. I think he will soar and become more physical and better prepared to play on the road.

by lee3022 on Jan 23, 2008 1:59 AM PST up reply actions