Crazy suggestion: Start Brandon Roy

So, Roy looks done. He played too much in game 1 and it hurt us.

My suggestion: play him at the 2 when DeShawn Stevenson is on the floor. Here's why:
1. He looks much more tentative than he should, even with no meniscus. I think he's overthinking being the backup point. McMillan played him as a PG early in the season and it failed. Then there was a short stretch when he was playing SG and he was at least adequate, hitting the odd buzzer beater. Let him be a pale shadow of what he used to be rather than being a pale shadow of Steve Fucking Blake.
2. This way he's not guarding anyone who can score. Stevenson can't take ANYONE off the dribble.
3. This is a way to flatter his ego while at the same time dramatically reducing his minutes. Stevenson doesn't play much.

Downside: benching Matthews. But I think Matthews can take it. And a bench squad of Matthews, Batum and Rudy is pretty awesome. Also Patty should get some burn as backup PG, particularly against that annoying little pest Barea.

 

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(Some might call me a hypocrite, but I just see a symmetry in my suggestions.)

 

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Am I missing something? What does the "X" stand for?

 

Default sig when posting from my phone. I could have it say "sent via tapatalk". Its more for me so I know when I'm posting on my phone. But yeah sometimes autocorrect fucks posts up.

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Horrible idea. I want Roy in there as little as possible. He's horrible on D, he can't shoot, he won't attack and finish, he just kicks to Camby or Miller with the shot clock running down. He's a total liability and we don't need him to win games anymore. I expect Nate to sit Roy for most of the game on Tuesday. This is a business, feelings be damned.

 

Someone didn't read the original post...

 

Counter proposal:

Cut Brandon Roy.

 

Not uncommon. But thank YOU for reading it.

Here's the game I was thinking of when Roy played well this season against Dallas. I remember him doing most of his damage against Stevenson.

 

Let's also run a shit load of ISO's for hm and freeze Aldridge out of the offense evern more than he already does

 

I never bought the notion that Miller couldn't play with Roy. The irony is that now it's plainly obvious Roy can't play with Miller. He sucks even worse on defense than Miller, leaving us trying to compensate for two sub-par perimeter defenders, while also sucking away ball movement as he incessantly dribbles at the top of the key, fantasizing about how he could break down defenders if he could just...get...his knees back.

Roy should only see playing time when Miller is on the bench and we don't really have any sort of organized offense and Roy can match up against Dallas' smaller backup guards.

 

Dude, that sounds like a horrible idea. What's wrong with you?

 

Roy looks so tentative....alot of times he gets into the lane and passes the ball out. he needs to look to score

 

What I don't understand is that Roy used to be a decent shooter. He could shoot the three, he could shoot the mid-rangers..... do you need good knees for that?

 

My bad. Blinded by the title of the thread. I still don't like it. Playing him with Miller is not good even for a few minutes. We don't need to stroke Roy's ego right now. Not a priority. We need to do what it takes to WIN.

 

His shot has flattened out considerably, which could certainly be attributed to knee or leg problems.

 

I vote for this. Roy is next to useless out there.

 

Our only hope is the CBA.

$14,940,153

$16,359,805

$17,779,458

This is what Roy is due to receive after this season. He's simply not an NBA player anymore. The worst contract in pro sports right now.