OK, OK. Get the jokes out of the way -- a Trail Blazers organization intent on cleaning up its renegade image drafted an Outlaw on Thursday.

But 18-year-old Travis Outlaw, a 6-foot-9 small forward from Starkville (Miss.) High School, doesn't appear to have traits that would relate to his last name.

He still calls his parents "mommy" and "daddy," hates to kill animals and has lived under the watchful eye of his father, John, who is an officer in the Starkville Police Department.

"The reason why I have been clean all my life is my dad is a police officer," Outlaw said. "He is 6-6, 300 pounds -- so whoa! It was either (be good) or I would just get beat. It's like my last name, Outlaw, my dad outlawed me from everything."

The Blazers chose Outlaw with the 23rd pick -- the second time they have chosen a high school player -- then selected 7-3, 225-pound center Nedzad Sinanovic from Bosnia with the 54th pick.

Via Portland Oregonian

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