Roy is Mr. Irrelevant

Now CBS Sports is doing a Top 100 list and Roy is #100 in this one too.

100. Brandon Roy, G, age 27, Portland Trail Blazers.
2011 Stats: 12.2 ppg, 2.7 apg, 2.6 rpg, .8 spg, .400 FG%, .491 TS%, 13.9 PER
Composite rankings (random order): 100, 100, 91

Now, this is just sad. Mr. Irrelevant in our list is a former All-Star, a former franchise player, a former superstar in this league. Brandon Roy would have been a top 20 player, unquestionably. But now he's simply a shell of himself. He cracks this list as a reminder of what he can be on those rare nights like Game 4 of the first round versus the Mavericks. When Roy is healthy enough on the night to get his run and space the floor, he's a shooter with range, a scorer with versatility, a defender with savvy. But too often he's simply not physically able to get up and down the floor, to stay in front of his man, to create the space to find his shot or to keep himself on the floor.

Roy continues to insist he can return to form, that he can overcome his limitations. Rich Cho's firing is rumored to have been influenced by his conflict with Roy. Roy's contract means he's in Portland either for a long time, or until a new CBA allows for an amnesty clause to remove him. His legacy has taken a major downgrade since the injury robbed him, and he's been resistant to face any hint of that downgrade being permanent. Roy seems intent on proving it's all eventually going to go away and he'll be back to his normal self. But that time appears over, and Roy's odds of cracking the top 100 next year seem incredibly low.

http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/31050965

 

89. Marcus Camby, C, age 37, Portland Trail Blazers
2011 stats: 4.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.6 bpg, 39.8 FG%, 14.85 PER
Composite rankings (random order): 75, unranked, 92

Funny that Camby is right ahead of McGee because really, Camby is the goal for someone like him. Camby's finest hour might've been the impact he made in the 1998-99 playoffs as the Knicks made an improbable NBA Finals run. He blocked everything, rebounded, defended and scored.

Eventually Camby evolved into a quality but not great big man. Someone that could plug the middle, influence the paint defensively, rebound and sometimes step out and hit a little jumpshot. And that's still he is now. He's not a marquee big man but in terms of having a player that's going to consistently impact a game, Camby is still that even at 37.

 

81. Raymond Felton, PG, age 27, Portland Trail Blazers
2011 stats: 15.5 ppg, 8.3 apg, 3.6 rpg, 42.5 FG%, 35.3 3P%, 16.68 PER
Composite rankings (random order): 68, 84, 90

For a while there last season, Felton was a borderline All-Star with the Knicks. He was running Mike D'Antoni's show pretty well and was meshing really well with Amar'e Stoudemire in the pick and roll. He was finding his places to shoot and score, but knew when and where to play setup.

Then he got dealt to Denver in the Melo deal, found himself out of the starting five and while still finished strong with the Nuggets, wasn't exactly anything close to an All-Star level player. Not to say he didn't have a good year, because he did. Especially when you think about it being a follow up to what's probably his breakout season in 2009-10 with the Bobcats.

The Blazers picked him up on draft night for Andre Miller and there's a good chance he's going to return to that borderline All-Star level play now that he doesn't have Ty Lawson hogging minutes in front of him. That is if he can keep away from the cupcakes.