It's been a rough 12 months

Allan Houston had the same "arthritic left knee" that Roy now has and it robbed him of his career. Having this same injury I just don't see how Roy can play at a high level again, even with the medication.

 

I'd say there's a slight chance; Nic just doesn't appear to have that dominant scorer's mentality that Brandon does (did?) and unless he gets a lot more skilled with his dribble it's going to be tough for him to become a true first option scorer, which would need to happen before I'd call him a better player than Brandon on offense. If we're just talking about overall game (defense, offense, glue guy, etc.) then that's a little bit different.

 

To me, better player means better overall player. Meaning he has more of a positive impact than Roy did.

 

We better hope so because Portland isn't going to be able to bring in anyone better then Batum in the near future.

 

thank you doctor

STOMP