Candid Roy interview with MB-- sigh of relief

Agree!

 

Agree. He needs to learn to become a MUCH better facilitator by drawing the defense to him and trusting his teammates to hit the shot.

 

true, but Quick Jaynes and other local media types have at least as good reason to stir shit up with negative spin as their $$$ are directly tied to how many hits their articles generate via advertising exposure. A Brandon Roy should be fine article doesn't have the same news breaking sizzle for the drama obsessed in the fan base. Since Brandon's dollars in this new max contract are of course guaranteed, it would be reasonable to argue that the local hacks motivation to be negative about things is actually much stronger then BR's to be positive.

salt for everyone!

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How could he become more of a facilitator in iso situations?
Probably by attacking the rim then kicking out to the open man.

Not saying that is the perfect setup but this is almost certainly what B-Roy was thinking about.


B-Roy says what's on his mind regardless of who is interviewing him.
It's one of the things I appreciate about him.

You may not agree with what he says but you have to admit that not many athletes say much of anything at all.

Here's to hoping that B-Roy learns to deal with his knee problem by developing a post up game. I think he has the skills to be pretty devastating on the block.

 

I think that, whatever else may come, it's bizarre--and not necessarily a good thing--when your best player has to have his knee drained of fluid twice, and is for the first time that i can remember calling for limited minutes, very early in the season no less. It actually makes me feel worse that Roy paints this as a chronic issue rather than an acute ailment that could be remedied.

 

Can Always Trust B-Roy to be Honest, Candid, and humble. That's why he's our Star and I wouldn't trade him for anyone.

Knees are a very tricky thing, when I had surgery they told me hey your knee is fixed but you'll have pain the rest of your life, just the way it goes where there is only so much cartilage to go around

 

Brandon had knee issues coming into the draft... I recall at the time that being sited as why he fell as far as he did. In other words, his knee health issues played a part in him becoming a Blazer

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You can see the video version of this tonight at halftime.

 

Thank you. The disadvantage of chat rooms is no facial expressions or tones of voice to indicate tongue in cheek, and yes, we are hearing the Blazers are doomed to lottoland.

 

I wouldn't call it bizarre at all. Roy got off to a slow start last seaon, too and the schedule was much easier. Last year, the Blazers first 8 games were spread out over 15 days, with only three games on the road, and not a single back-to-back. This year, the first eight games occurred over 13 days, with much more travel. The Blazers have played 5 road games and 3-back-to-backs, including two of the very unusual home/away back-to-backs, and a coast-to-coast flight from LA to NY. And, Roy's minutes are up. Note:. I only included the first eight games as that was when Roy asked for his minutes to be reduced (which they were in the Detroit game).

Simply put, he hasn't had any time to rest and recover between games. I'm not a professional athlete (no kidding, I'm not, really), but I regularly get swelling (fluid build-up) in my right knee and both ankles. The best cure, sit down, relax and elevate the feet and legs. With the hectic schedule, increased minutes, all the travel, and multiple back-to-backs, it's possible Roy's knee just hasn't had a chance to recover on it's own between games.

Granted, it's not a good thing, you'd prefer there was no swelling, but it's not necessarily the end of the world. As the schedule becomes less hectic, with more days off and fewer back-to-backs, Roy's knee may be just fine. Or, perhaps not. I'm not a doctor and we haven't heard one word from a licensed physician on the current condition of Roy's knee. I'd prefer to wait until we do before I suspect the worst. All we have so far are quotes from the patient and all sorts of random, unqualified speculation from the media and fans.

BNM

 

Right on Boob.

 

My daughter has a preliminary diagnosis of Lupus, and you know this because I posted about it to you yesterday. If you posted this to get a rise out of me, well, it worked, as it is totally disgusting.

Why not make fun of cancer? Or Down's Syndrome? Those are big laughs as well.

Make fun of me if you want, but mention my daughter's disease again as a slam toward me, and we're going to have issues.

 

Yea that's F'ed up ^^^

 

It seemed like a mixed bag report to me. While it was good for him to talk about stuff, it still seemed there was doubt in his mind about this situation.

 

hey barfo, are you really that much of a ahole?

 

I'm guessing he used lupus because it always seems to be mentioned early in the show House as a possibility, but nobody ever has it. But if we can make this about PapaG, that works, too.

 

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree; or maybe I didn't use the right word. Instead of "bizarre," I should have said "not normal for most professional athletes who have long, healthy careers." Of course, most professional athletes DO NOT have long, healthy careers, but I honestly would rather an injury be something acute than chronic.

To me, a chronic issue means you get to watch someone on a slow slide to irrelevance, and there's nothing that can be done. That's how I take it, anyway.

 

Barfo was obviously making a joke about the show House and how lupus is always brought up as a potential diagnosis.

And I just happen to see this post on twitter by a lady from the Lupus Awareness Foundation or something to Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy.

SethMacFarlane
RT @LALupusLady: Please "use Lupus" on Family Guy. Raising Lupus Awareness is fun/funny!

Also:
LALupusLady
if you "use Lupus" to raise Awareness & get a laugh in the process ~ i don't have a problem with that!

Not saying she speaks for everyone who has been affected by lupus.