Batum at #1 and it’s not close, man did everything the team needed when they needed it
tr1vve
Batum>Outlaw>Melo
And it’s pretty clear in my head
GoodMorningSpliff
Was thinking about it yesterday about how Travis Outlaw’s run as our 4th quarter heroics guy got me back to being a big fan as a kid.
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Batum>>>outlaw>>>>>>>>>>melo
Far_Drummer5003
I’d honestly put Gerwald Wallace up there, I know he was a year but man what a year did he have in portland espically in the playoffs, I wish he could have stayed him, Aldridge and Brandon Roy could have been something.
ARedHouseOverYonder
Batum >>>>>>> Outlaw >>>> Melo
No-Impression8118
How could you be Mo Harkless?
BlazerWookiee
Batum, Outlaw, Jack Dorsey, Anthony.
gerrard_1987
Huh? I don’t get the point. Batum’s so obviously on another level from the other two.
As far as talent, I’d argue the Gerald Wallace was right there with Batum. He was just a bad fit, with LaMarcus taking up that power forward slot.
Davtorious
Melo played the 4 here
royalewithchees3
Melo is a blazer legend
SlamDunkleyKong
The ranking is inverse to how much they were a favorite of mine lol.
The ranking: 1. Batum, 2. Melo 3. TrOut
Who I loved the most: 1. TrOut 2. Melo 3. Batum.
TrOut is like, one of my top 5 favorite Blazers ever even though he wasn’t that good.
iWr1techky12
Melo wasn’t even a 3 when he was with us. 99% of the time he was exclusively a 4.
tomhalejr
Nic started 76 games averaging 18 MPG’s in 08-09. Travis played 81games, starting 6, playing 28 MPG’s in 08-09. Travis played 60% of his career minutes in POR as the “PF”. Nic played 85% of his minutes in POR at SF.
Melo played 78% of his minutes at PF, and 14% of his minutes at C, when he was in POR.
So, Nic was the only SF in that group.
rexter2k5
A better conversation is Batum, Kersey, and Gross.
E: That said, Batum over Outlaw and Melo any day.
toadtruck
Outlaw was cool till he fell in love with long 2s
FractalFractalF
The correct answer is Jerome Kersey.
Corr521
1. Batum
2. Outlaw
3. Melo
Outlaw and Melo are close in my mind but Batum clears them by miles. Outlaw was an incredible athlete but just wasn’t great at team basketball and didn’t have that great of defensive ability. His shooting was solid but low volume. He’d have great moments with some clutch shots and then absolutely shit the bed and make bone headed mistakes to go along with it.
Melo’s 3p shooting was really good here in Portland (40% combined over 2 seasons) and provided some good rebounding to go along with his overall scoring. But no defense or much else.
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Batum at #1 and it’s not close, man did everything the team needed when they needed it
Batum>Outlaw>Melo
And it’s pretty clear in my head
Was thinking about it yesterday about how Travis Outlaw’s run as our 4th quarter heroics guy got me back to being a big fan as a kid.
Batum>>>outlaw>>>>>>>>>>melo
I’d honestly put Gerwald Wallace up there, I know he was a year but man what a year did he have in portland espically in the playoffs, I wish he could have stayed him, Aldridge and Brandon Roy could have been something.
Batum >>>>>>> Outlaw >>>> Melo
How could you be Mo Harkless?
Batum, Outlaw, Jack Dorsey, Anthony.
Huh? I don’t get the point. Batum’s so obviously on another level from the other two.
As far as talent, I’d argue the Gerald Wallace was right there with Batum. He was just a bad fit, with LaMarcus taking up that power forward slot.
Melo played the 4 here
Melo is a blazer legend
The ranking is inverse to how much they were a favorite of mine lol.
The ranking: 1. Batum, 2. Melo 3. TrOut
Who I loved the most: 1. TrOut 2. Melo 3. Batum.
TrOut is like, one of my top 5 favorite Blazers ever even though he wasn’t that good.
Melo wasn’t even a 3 when he was with us. 99% of the time he was exclusively a 4.
Nic started 76 games averaging 18 MPG’s in 08-09. Travis played 81games, starting 6, playing 28 MPG’s in 08-09. Travis played 60% of his career minutes in POR as the “PF”. Nic played 85% of his minutes in POR at SF.
Melo played 78% of his minutes at PF, and 14% of his minutes at C, when he was in POR.
So, Nic was the only SF in that group.
A better conversation is Batum, Kersey, and Gross.
E: That said, Batum over Outlaw and Melo any day.
Outlaw was cool till he fell in love with long 2s
The correct answer is Jerome Kersey.
1. Batum
2. Outlaw
3. Melo
Outlaw and Melo are close in my mind but Batum clears them by miles. Outlaw was an incredible athlete but just wasn’t great at team basketball and didn’t have that great of defensive ability. His shooting was solid but low volume. He’d have great moments with some clutch shots and then absolutely shit the bed and make bone headed mistakes to go along with it.
Melo’s 3p shooting was really good here in Portland (40% combined over 2 seasons) and provided some good rebounding to go along with his overall scoring. But no defense or much else.
You have them in the right order