An actual new article about the Blazers.....

Hmm. So it's consensus that someone in the front office knew how risky Roy's knees were, yet that anonymous person signed him. I think that's only based on one little quote somewhere, but I'll accept it.

It's also been reported many times that Pritchard was put in charge of negotiating the contract with Roy (the first time Pritchard had done any real GM duties other than talent evaluation like a scout), and was so soft (telling Roy that Pritchard was annoyed with the organization underpaying Pritchard, taking Roy's side when talking to superiors, etc.) that the negotiation was taken away from him and given to Larry Miller. But too late, the negotiation was almost done and Roy's position had solidified, and they could not get Roy to reduce his position.

So I'm sitting here wondering who in the front office knew about his knees, yet paid him the big bucks...Pritchard. But Pritchard's fans will say no, Miller could have started the negotiations from scratch. No, he couldn't have. Yet I never see Pritchard's name associated with Roy being overpaid.
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By the way, I thought Roy was overpaid even if he had perfect knees. I thought he was a little overrated, supposedly one of the top 3 or 5 at his position. If not for McMillan-ball, in which one guy takes over at the expense of his teammates, Roy wouldn't look as good under any team-oriented coach. He'd still be very good, but all those clearouts wouldn't have happened many times per game as they did here. There were several guys in the league his size who, given the freedom he had to ignore teammates, would have gotten the same stats and clutch shots.