Who are you going to trade him to? Who is going to bail the Blazers out on that 82 million dollar deal?
Smith and Roy were completely different personalities. The past couple of seasons, it has become clear that Roy (mistakenly) believes himself to be on the same level as Kobe or LeBron. Now that that is no longer even remotely true, he needs to completely change his attitude and game. Smith was willing to make those kind of adjustments. I wouldn't bet 2 cents Roy will do the same - at least not as long as he is in Portland.
No. Teams don't win by rebuilding. They win by retooling. And I think Roy can still be an effective player in this league. He's had some good games for us this season despite the injury. Also- remember that we just had the toughest 11 game stretch of the season Before the game against Memphis. FOUR back to backs and he played heavy minutes. Now he only misses two games between now and next Friday. That's a lot of time to rest without missing a lot of action. The schedule is better from here on out.
THANK YOU SPEED!!!!! You follow the mavs path. Never try to get bad.... just reload. Look at the pats, steelers in the nfl.
Those would be the "at least one." But this year they have McDyess and Jefferson, and they've had guys like Bonner, Roger Mason, Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen, Drew Gooden, Kurt Thomas, Brent Barry, Robert Horry, and other significant contributors they didn't draft.
