Get your SI this week! A big Brandon Roy feature inside. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1151486/index.htm
I liked this part "So where does Roy go from here? The answer goes against everything he believes in. "I need to make some mistakes," he says. "I need to make that tight pass, because I'm always trying to make the right pass. Even this year I've learned to shoot shots I wouldn't shoot in the past. Let go a little bit, don't try to play so under control. And I think that's where my potential lies—taking more risks, trying to play with more flair and having more fun out there." His scoring and postering dunks have gone up this year
And he likes being in Portland, since he's from the Pacific Northwest. So, he seems like a long-time fixture as a Trail Blazer.
Maybe the Celtics view Rivers' family as a sort of farm system. Therefore, training videos for his children is simply an investment in player development.
I see people in here sometimes complain that Roy doesn't look like he's trying hard. Roy sets the record in this article. He IS playing hard.
can roy get this team to the playoffs first? maybe he can get us a win vs good teams like dallas before we talk about him retiring as a blazer
Like you can't notice by just watching him play? 20, 5 and 5 is playing hard I don't care how effortless he makes it look.
What a pleasant surprise it was to see this 4 page spread when I was reading my latest SI last night. I love the comments that Doc Rivers made about how his assistants capture film of Roy to use for teaching Doc's sons how to play the right way. I also thought it was a good sign to have Roy say that Portland was his #1 choice. Let's hope it stays that way, but I don't see why it would not.
classic response to a mixum post. I've been searching for words that describe how i feel after reading some if Mixum's posts and this is a pretty close.
Totally. He's not flashy. He's fundamentally sound at both ends. He's all about winning. And when the game is over and his filled up the box score and his team has won, opposing players and fans are left wondering - when did he score all those points, grab those boards, nab those steals, and dish those assists? B-Roy might be my favorite Blazer of the last ten years.
I was going to go with "warm bath, sharp knife" but I like your straightforward approach much better. -Pop
