Merged: Finally, it comes out. Brandon Roy is hurt.

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Get well Broy.

 

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So he isn't trying to get Nate fired? I am so confused.

 

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Aren't you the guy who has spent the better part of the early season bashing Brandon Roy in multiple threads, saying he has no heart, that he is a quitter, a bad leader, a bad teammate, selfish, etc. etc.?

Or, was that all a bad dream?

 

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Kind of makes you wonder whether Blazers management didn't see this coming with the decision to spend so much acquiring Mathews in the off-season. Wesley will never be Brandon, but it's great that this team has two qualified SGs to keep Brandon's minutes down.

 

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Depending on the severity of the injury I think people are overreacting.

He isn't the same player right now because he's been dragging his leg around this season because it hurts and that's why his explosiveness is gone. I almost find that to be good news. I'd be more worried if his knee was fine and the explosiveness wasn't there. This just tells me he needs to get his knee right so he can be playing at a high level again.

People have been making it out to be that he's lost his athleticism and he won't be the same blahblahblah. While it's true he has, it's because his knee is killing him right now. Who's to say it wouldn't come back after the swelling goes down and he doesn't have to keep draining it? We don't know.

I don't think this is the end of the road with Roy being a great player in the NBA.

 

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I disagree. IMO you don't get this many knee injuries on one team without training being a factor. There have been other professional teams that have found out that something they have been doing for years has harmed their players. This wouldn't be the first time. Phoenix completely redid their training regiment when they figured out that some of the stuff they were doing was causing their players knee problems. I believe there have also been a couple of NFL teams which did as well.

 

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Pretty amazing for the Blazers' training staff to have been able to have had an impact on Roy's knees before he became a Blazer. Those guys must really suck at what they do.

 

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Ok so I did not hear about this ti'l this morning. Listen we all knew something wasnt right. Of course we knew he was hobbled. The question is how bad? I cant really get a good feel just how bad it is. hes getting a 2nd opinion and im assuming its basically wether he needs micro fracture. However reading all 500 articles and interviews on Roy this morning.... it seems its all speculation on how bad he is or if cutting PT will help.

Quick - is all but hinting hes done.

Roy - seems to insist its not that bad from his post game interview and with SI

National media - are saying limited minutes

Bill Simmons - gloating

I guess we find out results today. But it sounds like (unless this doc finds a major issue) that roy is really gonna pace himself till mid season. Thats my guess again assuming this isnt season ending. I really think the early schedule has made things worse. But as far as whats being written it seems everyone ha stheir own thoughts on roy. While roy seemed pretty cool in that interview AFTER the game. Its really strange. Last year when roy got hurt in LA... he talked as if he knew he was out. Right now he sounds like he just needs to pace himself. I dont fucking know. It is another day in blazer bizarro world.

 

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Finally, after all these years you post a complete sentence with which I can find no fault.

 

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Mods Please Merge.

 

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If I ever see Bill Simmons on the street I am going to kick that guy right in the gnads.

 

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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SlyPokerDog again." Now that is what I would call ambiguously gay.

 

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A lot of us have wondered about the training and medical staff for a long time. We have good reason to wonder. I also wonder, as someone else wondered a while back, about the Blazers practice facility floor. The Ducks used to have horrible injury problems until they changed their football field turf. Is the practice facility simply maple planks on a concrete slab or what? What is wrecking these guys' bodies? Knees, backs, our players are taking a beating.

 

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That thread was a lot more fun. What is there to say, really?

They said on the radio the doctors were going to review some months-old imaging on Roy's knee. It's only the first month of the season. Imaging rarely tells the whole story. Why not just scope his damn knee now and get it over with?

 

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That argument might work if it were only BRoy, but virtually every player that has spent significant time on this team has suffered a major injury (except for one of our stars and I won't say who because I don't want to curse him).

Batum? Injured.

Joel? Injured.

Greg? lol... yeah

Roy? Yes.

Martell was here how long and that foot injury was a fiasco.

Travis? Same problem as Martell.

I think we've seen some extremely poor judgment on the part of the training staff over the years, and they need to be held accountable.

 

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Maybe a little like Paul Pierce, and pick his spots?

Roy is definitely going to have to learn to trust his teammates. And his teammates are going to have an opportunity to step up.

I was actually thinking about this last night in my car listening to the game on the radio. Roy wasn't playing and I was thinking (hoping) that Roy would eventually realize he needs to voluntarily adjust his game, and with Roy being forced to play reduced minutes until his knees get better his teammates would take it upon themselves to take up the slack and get into a groove. That's not far fetched. Then I thought about the fact Nate would have to adjust his coaching style and offense, and my bubble burst. But hey, it could happen, right?

 

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I don't know why either of these things would shock any of us. Neither of these things are new news. The latest confirmation is new, but not surprising or entirely unexpected.

 

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Anyone who has been watching the team should not be surprised by this news. Saddened? Definitely. Surprised? No.