Brandon Roy back in Portland!

Don't hate him, don't love him.

Appreciate what he offered the city for a short time, despite a certain level of it being a facade we discovered years after the fact. Solid talent that clearly was on borrowed time as an athlete.

 

I'm gonna go ahead and call that bullshit. One could make the argument Roy was a whiny bitch just by watching interviews of him speak. He never had the presence that lillard does

 

Just because he had a high voice doesn't make him whiny,. He was a hundred times as present in media quotes as Lillard. Every pimple was exposed.

If Pritchard were still here, putting the players under the Oregonian's thumb, we'd see a hundred times as many quotes from Lillard as we do now. Lillard would be as exposed as Roy was for his trivial thoughts.

 

Roy had some good games, made some big plays, and made McMillan look like a better coach than he was (especially out of time outs). His wheels came off, and he cashed in when the getting was good. He didn't do enough to make him a 'beloved' Blazer to me, but I know some others credit him with resurrecting the team's image, popularity, and fortunes after a very difficult time. And yes, he clearly turned his back on the city, the fans and the franchise since his big payday and big let down. Meh. Brandon Roy doesn't care about Blazers fans, the city, or the franchise, and I don't care about him, one way or the other.

 

That's be awesome if he came to the Blazer game tonight!

 

I lived in worked in Los Angeles for 3 years in my early twenties. I never go back, I don't care to and I barely spare it a thought. Why would Roy be any different? He doesn't have any familial connections here (that I know of), he ended his career on a somewhat sour note and I suspect his memories are more bitter than sweet when he thinks about how his body failed him and cut his career short.

 

How so? What did he say or do that showed he didn't care or any of that you mentioned?

 

Mostly it was the whole bunch of nothing. The silence has been deafening.

 

That's an interesting angle. One possible counter-point is that a job is usually identified with a company, not a city, whereas a pro athlete is largely tied to the city and the state. Whether he/she identifies with such as much as the fans do in return is a tougher question to answer.