Because Outlaw isn't quite near his full potential yet and they know he's capable of much more in just a couple of years and he is the leading guy for a future small foward starting spot, so problem would be if you let Outlaw go now and someone else picked him up and then Travis Outlaw goes on to become a very effective player for his team and continues to blossom as a player then you just know kevin pitchard will be regreting it, so right now I seriosly doubt the Blazers will not re-sign Outlaw, it's common sense to re-sign him.