bench Roy?? Not a flame.... Seriously. Come on. We're on a serious slide since his return. The guy goes 33 mins and has 2 rebounds, 0 assists and 2 turnovers on 3-9 shooting. I'm frustrated. Things are not going well... What the heck is the answer? It certainly isn't, 'I want the ball more and need to shoot more, Roy'. I cursed Barkley for his harsh words about Roy several years ago, but it's coming to pass....
This game has to be something he can point to and say "See? We tried." Matthews deserves to start. I'd say Nate has a case if Roy continues to slide and Batum can manage to produce for a couple of games. If Batum can outscore Roy three games in a row, the writing will be on the wall. If not... I just think there's no way you can get away with benching a player with that much pride unless it's at least partly his idea.
You didn't even have to finish the sentence... all you had to say was "Does Nate have the balls..." and the answer is "NO".
He might have. But I still this team can come back and right the ship. If he does "this". They won't.
More like, does he care enough about the team? Or is his ego too big to play off the bench right now?
I think a better question would be if Nate has the authority to do it. If Nate benched Roy he would lose his team all the way IMO
I don't spend a whole lot of time here on the Blazer board, so I am somewhat pleased I wasn't blasted for my comments. However, I'm also somewhat pleased that I am not crazy, and very displeased that it is THAT bad. The topper is that he just signed a huge contract, too. I used to laugh at all the 'curse' talk, now, well, ok, I just smile. Anymore of this nonsense and I might start to wonder too. Come on, Blazers!
well, then you're completely foolish. And I say foolish, because I am guessing it's not enough of a personal attack to get edited, whereas stating the truth would be. But, whatever. I know people are upset, so feel the need to go overboard in any criticism. Hey, right now, Roy's playing like my dead grandpa. Only, my dead grandpa is probably better.
No. But I don't think Roy needs to be benched. He just needs to play a different role, and fewer minutes. Whatever. +1
