This is the worst possible scenario for the team. B-Roy going in and out of the starting lineup, preventing the team to form any kind of cohesion as a unit. Fuck
That sucks for me. I was looking forward to listening to fan reaction tonight at the RG. Probably a good thing for Brandon. Also, the Blazers had better call up Dwight Jaynes, since he has solid intel that says Brandon's real problems are a mix of undiagnosed OCD as well as some generic faking and pouting.
This is fantastic news. (Well, it's shitty of course if you aren't in the "Acceptance" phase of Roy's plummet. I've already been there for a couple of weeks, though.) I keep thinking about how good Roy's looked in those three games where he's had several days of rest. I still hold out hope he can be useful to us, but it just isn't going to happen with him playing 37 mpg. He needs to take several games off, recover, and then get eased back into the rotation with more rational numbers of minutes. Meantime, the timing is perfect for Aldridge to take over this team. He's coming off one of his best games ever, looking like a true franchise player. Batum's energy is at an uptick, and Miller and Matthews are bringing it every night. Hopefully the team will jell over this three game home stretch against mediocre competition. Roy comes back a week or so from now, having seen us rattle off three straight wins. We've got a little momentum going, so Roy accepts playing a lesser role and he explodes because he's well-rested and recovered and playing fewer minutes (possibly off the bench). The dye is cast for how we finish out the year. This could be the announcement that turns this team around.
Batum needs to be starting and this clears that to happen. BRoy will come up with season ending news is my thought and the transition can begin. His last three games have solidified him coming off the bench I think in everyones eyes. This is better for the team, their chemistry, and most importantly ball movement!
Or possibly the Best. That's why they choose to do it. Dude needs to get his mind right as-well, hopefully he seeks some help/mentoring/coaching. Plus... Best Possible Scenario!
Assuming we can't trade Roy for a major talent upgrade, well, yes. I'll also concede that it could be a disaster, and we'll look back at this just as the day we lost all hope of making the playoffs. But I'd lost complete hope as long as the Blazers continued doing what they had been doing for the past couple of weeks. Stopped watching most of the games. Just stopped caring. There's now at least some hope.
The big problem here is that for the last few weeks no one wants to wear the egg on their faces for this mess! BRoy is a shell of the player he was and management, BROY and even the coaching staff kinda just hoped this ship would right itself. Now after many losses something must be done or there's a large chance the team might just mentally check out. With Roy out the team can find it's NEW rhythm with a new first option. This was invitable, to bad this many losses had to happen in the meantime.
I think my main concern right now is that this team not be "Allen Houston'd" for the next 4 years. That was the capper that sent the Knicks into the dead pool for the greater part of a decade.
Is that worse than not retaining a single quality player out of your 1st round draft picks for 3 years on end?
