Travis Outlaw Leaps Tall Humans
by Ben Golliver on Sep 24, 2008 8:31 AM PDT
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PrintRemember that post from about a week back where I wrote that I was still an undecided voter in the Martell vs. Travis campaign and I wondered if perhaps Travis was behind in the polls?
Well, in what I can only assume to be a spectacle staged by Travis's press secretary, Mr. Outlaw apparently is just randomly jumping over "dudes" for no reason.
Awesome. Get em Travis.
I couldn't believe my eyes.
It all happened so fast. Travis Outlaw took about five to six steps backwards, ran forwards and jumped in the air.
Over a dude.
No basketball. No hoop. Just an NBA player jumping over a dude.
The dude had to be about 6-2....just a guess....but an accurate guess. But still, Travis got up there real quick, glided through the air and stuck the landing. He left the dude in awe. That made two of us. Outlaw had just finished another intense core workout with Martell Webster and a personal trainer and two other fellas getting their workout on at Club Sport in Tualatin on Tuesday morning.
Here's the full story, in part 2 of the Club Sport Chronicles by Wendell Maxey. Your move, Martell. What's it going to be: kissing babies, or buying groceries for the elderly?
At this part of the post, I normally would link to Vince Carter's famous dunk over the french guy, but Vince Carter isn't worth it. So, instead, you can read my name and email address and throw your lighters in the air in honor of us never trading for him.
UPDATE: Not sure how I missed this earlier but Brian Hendrickson has Trout penciled in to a hypothetical starting lineup after talking with Nate about a possible slimming of the team's rotation.
If you cut it to an eight-man rotation, for instance, you could be looking at starters of Blake, Roy, Outlaw, Aldridge and Oden, a three-man bench of Przybilla, Fernandez and Bayless, and have no room for Frye, Webster, Rodriguez or Diogu. And don't forget, three of those guys left out of that hypothetical rotation will be free agents next summer, and may not be too happy about the lack of showcase time.
Martell might have something to say about that talk.
-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)
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huh?
when did 6’2" become tall for a human?
Someone 6'2" is in the 98.5 percentile of height in America
I read that somewhere once, so it must be true.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
Travis jumps over a 6'2" guy
Vince Carter jumps over a seven-footer.
Scoreboard.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
So?
We already knew Travis could jump. I want to know if he can dribble, pass and play semi-disciplined D. I’m not holding my breath.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Sep 24, 2008 9:16 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
+1
I’m still not sold on him either.
"Greg Oden is the strongest guy in the NBA" - Channing Frye.
for what it's worth
he held the “dude” to zero points.
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben Golliver on Sep 24, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Walter, but what about the toe?
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Sep 24, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Right
It’s the National Basketball Association, not the National Jumping Over 6’2" Guys Association. Not that I wouldn’t watch that too, but until that exists, I will judge him on his ability to play basketball.
by zach2046 on Sep 24, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1 again
I was waiting for someone to make these comments so I could jump on.(no pun)….I guess they could use him on the USA track team, but he won’t get the shots he wants.(or the money)…..so I guess we get to keep him……As an individual athlete, he’s great ….but will he ever get the idea he is on a basketball TEAM….?
And Kobe Bryant jumps over driving cars (not, but he could if the insurance would pay)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIWeEFV59d4
Who really cares. In open space, a lot of NBA players are great leapers. Even sprinters are. http://www.atoboldon.com/video/vertical.ram
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
If Travis jumps over Greg Oden standing on Yao Ming's head
then I’ll be impressed.
Nice try Ben
Sophia
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
That came off way more bitchy than I intended...
i was trying to be sarcastic :)
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
yeah soph remember is s/ = sarcasm font
#=means how much I gain at Thanksgiving
# 10 Top Charles Barkley Quote: On the Portland Trail Blazers (back when they were known as the Jail Blazers) serving Thanksgiving meals: "In between arrests they do community service."
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 24, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
coming across bitchy rather than your intended emotion is an occupational hazard of being a chick
Their 'thinking' is based not on critical judgment, but on what authority figures have said to them.
Many of them would attack France, Massachusetts, or the moon if the president said it was necessary "for freedom."
Highly compliant with social conventions, pro-conformity. Feel safer in the presence of powerful authorities. Often highly religious, zealous, dogmatic, moralistic, moderate to little education, narrow-minded, intolerant, highly prejudiced, hostile and bigoted towards minorities, bullying, mean-spirited, severely punitive, panic easily.
As distasteful as these qualities appear, for authoritarians they can be (secretly or even openly) very attractive.
occupational
haha ok
Sophia
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Well said
I love me some Travis but this says nothing to me either.
When asked about his thoughts during the Olympic games about playing against Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, Rudy responded "My first thought was respect. My second thought was to kick their ass".
Man I love him.
#25 to all you haters.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Hate is a close second to love
The opposite of love is indifference. For love can quickly turn to hate but rarely turns into having no opinion.
Can any of you take 5 steps and jump over a 6'2" object? I doubt it.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
can one of the steps be on a trampoline?
it’s a tough crowd this morning…
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben Golliver on Sep 24, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I can, but only with a high jump flop ;-)
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
I think most would be more amazed
If it wasn’t the guy we all knew could leap large buildings in a single bound, Travis Outlaw. Hearing about his amazing leaping ability after 5 years of knowing he can leap higher than anyone isn’t gonna turn most people’s heads.
If this was, like, Steve Blake or Channing Frye, it’d be purty cool.
My worries and doubts about Travis have never been vertical-leap based. I think he excels at jumping and maybe even is an MVP candidate in the ‘having hops’ category.
I’m sure Outlaw just jumped over the guy with his legs spread over the dude, so yeah… seeing VC do the same over a 7+ footer in an actual game is cooler, so the bar is raised high in the competitive race to impress people with leaping-over-people-lympics.
I love that there Travis Outlaw kid, and I’d feel more comfortable if I knew he could play in the NBA after he can no longer leap over a 6’2" guy. With a rebel yell, I want more, more, more.
MORE MORE MORE.
Mortimer
Wow
Kind of hard to impress people here.
OK….I’ll bite.
Color me impressed with backing up 5 or 6 steps and jumping over a 6’2" dude. I don;t see anyone else on the Blazer roster being able to do that.
I do wish TO would focus on that part of his game (power and fly towards the hoop) than hoisting up 3s.
are you prelapsarian, antediluvian?
Their 'thinking' is based not on critical judgment, but on what authority figures have said to them.
Many of them would attack France, Massachusetts, or the moon if the president said it was necessary "for freedom."
Highly compliant with social conventions, pro-conformity. Feel safer in the presence of powerful authorities. Often highly religious, zealous, dogmatic, moralistic, moderate to little education, narrow-minded, intolerant, highly prejudiced, hostile and bigoted towards minorities, bullying, mean-spirited, severely punitive, panic easily.
As distasteful as these qualities appear, for authoritarians they can be (secretly or even openly) very attractive.
I am plistocene
Hunter gatherer kind of guy
by southern oregon on Sep 24, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
My kind of individual.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Well I'm impressed
Jumping over a 6’2" guy is a very cool party trick — I bet there aren’t a whole lot of guys in the NBA who can do it. Maybe it’s just me, but I LIKE my Blazers to have freakish athletic talents.
(Or at least freakish athletic talents related to basketball. I wasn’t impressed that Ha Seung Jin could do the splits.)
Well poo on you!
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
by MiledAnimal on Sep 24, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
You're not still mad about that turtle photo, are you?
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
by MiledAnimal on Sep 24, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Travis has his strengths
but he also has his tendencies… which all to often drove me nuts last year. I know when we put him at the four he generally did good getting around the bigger men guarding him. To often though against another 3 he settled for one of only a few moves he seemed to have in his repitoire. His turn around leaner over his right shoulder looked unstoppable at the beginning of the year, but by the 3/4 point of the season guys were getting close and sometimes even blocking it. I’m glad to hear hes been working on his game this off season. I just want to see a hungry Travis, who can use his sweet jumper because he wants to not because hes simply not having faith in his ability to get to the hole. He has one of the longest strides in the NBA but what he needs to work on is his initial setup, he needs to get his defender off guard before going at him. The Jumper is a start, but that burst that comes along with a well conditioned, hard working off-season is surely going to help him out this season.
I hope to have travis in the plans for Portland for years to come! I just hope he is wearing a nut-cup the next time he decides to take a few steps back and launch over someone. All it takes is one head bob from the wrong human statue to bring Travis to his knees.
I've got second hand diabetes from eating to many candy cigarettes.
I think we are seriously under valueing the value of a quality.....
tickle-me-elmo impersenation, and the ability to dress down to the level of geekieness of the world. Martell, and ONLY Martell can provide these things for this team.
Dixon had the dressing like a geek down on parity with martell, but still thought ill of martells geekie-ness.
but I trust ya’ll judgment.
I'VE NO PROOF. NONE. NADA. I BASE MY OPINION ON FAITH AND FATE ALONE. BEFORE IT'S DOUBTED AND THROWN UNDER THE RUG, READ THIS AND TELL ME FATE DOES NOT EXIST.
May 23, 2006
"And come on now, really...had we gotten the #1 selection would we have been happy or just talking about how our cursed luck continues because this is the first year that high schoolers (and thus Greg Oden) aren't allowed in the draft? Save it for next year guys...save it for next year."
--Dave
a tribute to what it was, and the way it is. Mad respect Dave.
waddaya call Trout if not a geek?
Jeez, the dude screams geek from a mile away.
Their 'thinking' is based not on critical judgment, but on what authority figures have said to them.
Many of them would attack France, Massachusetts, or the moon if the president said it was necessary "for freedom."
Highly compliant with social conventions, pro-conformity. Feel safer in the presence of powerful authorities. Often highly religious, zealous, dogmatic, moralistic, moderate to little education, narrow-minded, intolerant, highly prejudiced, hostile and bigoted towards minorities, bullying, mean-spirited, severely punitive, panic easily.
As distasteful as these qualities appear, for authoritarians they can be (secretly or even openly) very attractive.
Great point Ben
If the Blazers aren’t going to trade those guys before the deadline (Martell, Channing and Sergio) and they are going to revoke their rights to them (if they have other free agent targets and need the cap space), then the only thing that makes sense for Portland is to not play them.
They should be giving the playing time to the guys who are staying. And there is no benefit in letting those guys get showcase time if they aren’t going to be traded.
They are basically lame duck players.
So if Travis cant earn to play D
He still has a future as a slam dunking with a hula hoop team mascot?
by southern oregon on Sep 24, 2008 9:20 PM PDT reply actions
#25
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
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