On talent, Roy's number deserves to be retired. On career value, no. Just depends on what you want out of the retired jerseys. IMO, currently, only Walton's and Drexler's jerseys should be retired. I'm ambivalent about whether Roy's jersey should be retired. He was a phenomenal talent who put his stamp on the franchise, so I wouldn't see it as a terrible decision if so.
If he had stayed retired, I'd have been in favor of retiring Roy's number based upon his stats and his contributions in rebuilding the Blazers' brand. With the comeback attempt and playing for a division rival, no way in hell.
Absolutely... he was our first Frenchman, right? And we should retire Patty Mills' number for being our first Aussie.
Blazers shouldnt retire roys number at all; not after the cluster fuck that is a medical retirement slash amnesty slash comeback
Rather than retire, we need to have a Blazers HOF and just induct people like Roy into the Blazers HOF. Retiring a number should be reserved for players that were so good that you couldn't possible envision someone else wearing that number.
What cluster fuck? He was amnestied, which is what the Blazers wanted. Amnesty got the most money off the books the quickest, as I recall. Roy didn't screw the Blazers over in any way.
I agree. Though I was thinking 'Blazers Circle of Fire' lol. Seriously, the retired numbers in this franchise is an utter joke. And no, Roy doesn't deserve his number retired any more than Twardzik or Steele.
Does the amount insurance pays change when he comes back and plays again? I wonder what the policy says.
If you have numbers retired for people who are pretty much complete unknowns to anyone outside of Portland, you probably fucked up. Even the casual fan would know who Walton or Drexler is, but pretty much everyone else would have people scratching their heads.
cant really fault the guy for accepting 10 million dollars, but he was a sort of mythical creature before, now, just another flash in the pan
Not so fast. RoyToy can stay alive if we get Roy Hibbert. I thought it's already been covered here that he is not making extra money. The 5 million per is covered as part of the money we're paying him.
