Dame on Brandon Roy

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  1. tykendo

    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    That's funny. You we're on the Ol' Iron Boots Patrol. I remember y'all hammering Brandon. Like our country, Blazers fans are divided too. Be nice if we could all enjoy the ride again, together. Go Blazers!!
     
  2. riverman

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    Paul Allen offered Brandon any job he wanted with the organization when Brandon said he had to choose between playing with his kids and walking or basketball. That's what I remember..then Brandon signed two years with the Wolves for 10 million, came to one game after that and never showed his face in Portland again...not for playoff games or anything so to me...he blew Portland off...if he had been like CJ about it his jersey would be retired...a happy parting of the ways but Brandon contributed to Andre Miller leaving, Nate getting fired and Raymond Felton coming to Portland....I was always a fan so Brandon didn't have that affect on me at all. Great talent...blew his knees out doing martial arts contact kicking from the time he was a kid...which stopped his NBA playing career. I don't see Brandon at any basketball events actually...he just disappeared pretty much to coach in his hometown. He couldve been our coach today had he taken an assistant job when offered a spot here. As it was I didn't care for the way he left the Blazers at the end.
     
  3. Wade Garrett

    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    Brandon was critical, not so much of Andre, (whom I also was a fan of) but the choice of Andre.
    Roy was not fast.
    Neither was Miller.
    That was his main issue, and, he was right.
    But, I guess, they were "cool" with each other.
    https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2010/12/after_listening_to_brandon_roy.html
     
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  4. riverman

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    I think Dre was cool with everything his whole career ..he didn't seem like a guy with baggage after a game. I'm sure in hindsight they are all cool with each other...that was my least favorite season of Blazer basketball ever....the Canales hard hat season.
     
  5. Haakzilla

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    Still a no from me.
     
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    Andre Miller didn’t play in the Canales season.
     
  7. riverman

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    I know....He was traded before Nate was fired...Felton played the Canales season with Jamal Crawford. Canales only coached half a season
     
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  9. Propagandist

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    The Andre Miller stuff bothered me a lot…not really team leader behavior.
     
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  10. SlyPokerCat

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    The story goes Roy forced us to move Z-Bo too.

    And he wanted us to draft Oden. Aldridge wanted Durant.
     
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  11. Kell

    Kell Port with an S

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    Great while a blazer yes, retire the #7 is a hard no for me. They need to have a player use it so that this conversation can die.
     
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  12. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

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    A looooot of unconfirmed stories in this thread. Feel like now I need to poke around a bit and get the real backstory to all of this.
     
  13. Phatguysrule

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    For sure. Would appreciate reading anything you can share.
     
  14. Phatguysrule

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    No on retiring #7. Loved Roy. I'd take a healthy Roy over Drexler.

    But he didn't last long enough.

    I'd retire Sabonis' jersey before Roy's. And I don't think I'd retire Sabonis' jersey if it were up to me.
     
  15. calvin natt

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    Roy’s agent at the time…Bob Myers.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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  17. Kano John

    Kano John Start 'em young!

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    Please do - inquiring minds want to know!
     
  18. oldmangrouch

    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    "No" on retiring his number - for a variety of reasons.

    That said, it surprises me how many fans have forgotten how good he was and how important he was to the franchise - albeit only briefly.
     
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    For anyone who has a strong opinion about Roy's number being retired (yes or no): Why do you care? The numbers up in the rafters have had zero impact on me as a Blazer fan for many decades, and #7 being up there or not won't change that.
     
  20. blazerkor

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    We just come off as bushleage. That's my issue. We have a guy who led our team but he led our team to zero playoff series wins. He only had five seasons where he played well and only three where he played at an allstar level. Teams like the Lakers and the Celtics look at a guy like that and appreciate him without making his number untouchable. Maybe we need a ring of honor or something due to our lack of real success but I think a player's jersey should only be retired when they are leading real success, not just making the team competitive after a time of insignificance.
     

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