New owner! New arena! New coach! New big money contract for a not-so-talented basketball player! That's me paraphrasing the new marketing campaign for the once proud (maybe to their mama?) New Jersey, soon to be Brooklyn Nets.
To the tune of $35 mil over 5 years, the Nets got what's behind door #3 in the name of Travis Outlaw. Who? Right. Travis Outlaw. A forward that has seven years of experience (Portland wasted a first round pick (#23) on him in 2003. He has averaged 9.5 points and 3.4 rebounds in 22 minutes/game. If that wasn't enough to convince you that he's worth his weight in Blintzes, he has shot .441 from the field and .363 from beyond the arc. His best season was in 2007-08, when he averaged 13.3 points and 4.6 rebounds so I guess his average numbers can improve slightly provided he plays more than 34 games like he did in 2009-10?
Let the consolation prizes start rolling in but you can't blame the Nyets, it's not like they could have signed Wade, Bosh, and LeBron. Oh wait...
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