DeJuan Blair is missing his ACLs, not his meniscus. ACL is a stability issue, not bone on bone, to my understanding.
No I remembered reading that the Blazers could still get insurance with the Amnesty. It was on O-live.
The same will and desire that pushed Roy to being "the man" for Portland and being clutch in the 4th is the same will and desire that is pushing him to come back. It's how athletes like him operate. A lot of athletes will tell you they're willing to do whatever it takes, but don't actually get what "whatever it takes" means.
At the very least, some team will sign him to a 10-day contract or two, just to see if he has anything left. Hell if a team was willing to take a chance on Darius Miles, someone will surely take a chance on Brandon Roy. BNM
I have a feeling he's coming back and actually gonna be much better than many think. He has the drive to overcome and the will to be the best. Hopefully he finds an eastern conference team. I think he would work hard to stick it to us everytime he plays against us.
Link please. I couldn't find anything definitive, just a bunch of idle speculation by fans. The only official statement I found was a comment by Chad Buchanon: Will you still get insurance relief on Roy’s contract? “I prefer not to comment on that one.” BNM
I think that's all I heard to. So we had to pay regardless? Well why would we amnesty him then? That doesn't make sense. If he wanted to come back, then we could have amnestied him then.
I was hugely in favor of amnestining Roy even before his retirement announcement, but I think many of you are now underrating Roy's potential impact. Can he be a guy who plays major minutes for 82 games? No way in hell. But he could be an exceptional player for 20 games during a season and the entire playoffs. He would have many more amazing games like game 4 in the Dallas series. The problem is he only has so many steps left in his knees and he needs far more recovery time then a normal basketball player. A contending team that wants to add him as an auxiliary piece shuffled in and out of the lineup when fully healthy would get a ton of production from him. Now for his long term health, and ability to walk in his late 30's or early 40's I'd rather see him stay away from the game. But if he doesn't care about hobbling around like Bill Walton or being in a wheelchair in a decade I definetely think he could be an extremely valuable player on the court.
Jason Quick reported that the team would get insurance reimbursement regardless of an amnesty decision. I assume Chad or someone at the Blazers told him this but wanted it off the record. The team isn't going to officially make statements on all financial details of their business operations.
Ya me too. Maybe something to do with stem cells? He'd have to go to Europe or Asia to get it done, but the success rate of these treatments is still very low.
