I don't think we'll drop Brandon Roy

all the Bball columnists are talking as if players can be amnestied for the 2011/2012 season which I believe is correct from everything I have read, if correct the key question is WHEN does the amnesty event have to occur , I am "assuming" it has to be before the 2011/2012 season (reg season games) begin - but that is the crux of the matter for me as to whether Roy is waived.

 

especially if Oden is signed which puts is over the tax threshold, then every dollar of Roy's contract is doubled, so his real cost is twice as much. I can't believe mgmt would pay 30 mil (prorated at 66/82)) to "see" how his knees are, unless he can still be waived later in the season and he still comes off the 2011/2012 books.

 

it all depends on the details

 

They hopefully have Crawford on speed dial if they get rid of Brandon. Man that will be a tough sell to fan base.

 

I think if he looks like he can play fairly well, the best thing is to trade him at the trade deadline to some team that is in the playoff race and needs a spark off the bench; this would also be a team that does not have a amnesty candidate on their roster. I was thinking that then we could get some value back for him because i don't think he really fits with the team anymore; but then I realized that the new team would still be responsible for paying his salary even if he is waived and I don't think they have that thing like MLB has where the trading team can agree to pay most of the salary... So, the most prudent thing seems to be to wait a year but I really think this will hinder the development of the team.

 

why is it "prudent" to wait if he can come totally off the books now? Does anyone think his knees will get better? if anything they get worse as he plays. Lets start NOW with a team without Roy and add the players now and next yr that we need without him. Frankly IMO waiting a year does nothing for us and if anything delays the process of playing and developing without Roy.

 

I would personally like to know what the blazers plan for this season is? What is goal?

 

You do know the Blazers pay him WHETHER OR NOT they amnesty him? So if it's "unlikely Blazers will pay 2 c how he looks this season" that also applies to seeing how he looks playing for the Heat or Lakers, right?

 

Given that Amnestying Roy won't get us under the salary cap, speed-dialling Crawford would result in a very quick conversation.

 

So Paul Allen has (a) personally decided to get rid of Roy and Oden (because there's no GM to do it) and (b) personally got on the 'phone to the Blazers store to tell them to mark down the jerseys, but NOT TO ASK HIM WHY?

I'm convinced!

 

I'm not convinced that Brandon is shot as a player. I haven't read a single article by any one who's seen the x-rays that indicates his condition is truly bone-on-bone, it's all speculation by NBA 'experts'. He's had a long off season to sit, rest and hopefully adjust his game to any physical limitations he has. I'm not suggesting he's our old all-star Roy, but I am suggesting using the amnesty clause without seeing what he's got isn't prudent.

 

It seems to me it is an acknowledged fact that he is bone on bone in both knees, this IMO is not in dispute.

 

That is the consensus here on the forum, but I'd love to see a source for that opinion, from a qualified professional that has seen the x-rays. Is that too much to ask?

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always To be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

 

All I know is, I'd hate to see Brandon drop 18 points in the 4th quarter for the Lakers or Bulls while they stop all over Portland.

 

Therein, lies the key point in this almost dilemma. "Almost" being the operative word in light of the so-called amnesty clause.

 

Paul Allen can worry about the money.....I am more concerned with the idea of having a crippled ex-star in denial throwing his ego around the locker-room.

There is also the "Nate" factor. I have visions of him playing Roy starters minutes and putting up with repeated 4-20 FGs/zero defense performances in the blind hope that he will have a few big games.

 

It took me 15 seconds to google and find this:

"The Portland Trailblazers star – who inked a 5-year extension last August that could be worth about $80 million – is playing in considerable pain. He has no cartilage in his knees. “The problem is bone-on-bone there. Dr. Roberts calls it ‘arthritic knee.’ It’s just something I’m going to have to deal with for the rest of my career,” Roy said matter-of-factly. It sounds like dreaded microfracture surgery is an option, perhaps in the offseason. For now, Roy, who is averaging 19.7 ppg -will take anti-inflammatory medication.


Seems that both Roy and Dr Roberts agree?

 

Here's more, it is FACT not fiction or some fabrication of this board.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2010/11/no-meniscus-left-in-brandon-roys-knees/

 

Its' always going to be fiction to those who don't want to believe it