<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Ready To Play</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 17</span> - As of today, Brandon Roy is scheduled to make his exhibition debut Friday at the Rose Garden when the Trail Blazers take on Sacramento, provided his left heel withstands the rigors of two more practices.</p> </p> Roy, the NBA's reigning rookie of the year, has been held out of the Blazers' first three exhibition games after pain in his left heel resurfaced during the team's first practice two weeks ago. It was the same heel, and the same injury, that caused him to miss 20 of the team's first 25 games last season.</p> </p> "I feel good about it; I'm confident I will play on Friday," Roy said Tuesday. "It bothered me once last week, but it has been pretty good since then." -- <font color="#000000">The Oregonian</font></p></div></div>
