RT from Wendell Maxey: http://www.talkbasket.net/6187-caja-laboral-to-sign-recently-retired-brandon-roy.html
Fewer games in Europe to put stress on his knees. Better climate to than the Pac NW. Great beneftis. But WTF. I thought he was done. Kinda makes me glad we amnestied him so that we completely avoid any chance of a DMiles issue.
Based on the style and effectiveness of "Chip" McMillan's new team, I hate to say it, but I'm glad. Good luck to you, Mr. Roy, wherever you are.
hah. Either all the Blazer fans going crazy crashed that site, or they realized that joke went too far.
I love google translate! The news came on day 27. Brandon Roy was killed in the Vitoria airport with one of their agents and friends Arm Tellem. The player arrived at dawn and taking advantage of the terminal was half empty could go unnoticed. After some inquiries, Solobasket.com has learned the real reason for the emergence of the American player on Basque soil. You can be the great dramatic effect Josean Querejeta to restore hope to their fans after the shock of having fallen in the first phase of the Euroleague. Although Roy announced his retirement a few weeks ago , the leader of the baskonistas, has managed to convince the player to try to join the squad led by Dusko Ivanovic. Alleging that the team will play European competition, the games will be every weekend and the player may well recover his battered knees between meeting and encounter. After passing the medical evidence, failure to reach financial agreement to determine if Brandon Roy finally ends up being baskonista player until end of season. The player will go to Bilbao on Thursday to see live to those who can be his companions before the Bilbao GESCRAP Basket. http://translate.google.com/transla...on/roy/paso/caja/laboral/c-28565.html&act=url
Sounds like a pretty good gig for Roy if he can get it. He gets to keep being a professional basketball player, he gets to live in the Basque region for awhile which would be fun, he only has to play maybe 2 times a week max and he won't have to play against NBA caliber wing defenders which should reduce some of the pounding he will take on the court. Good for him.
The team then announced that they still want to sign him. "We saw what he could do with no cartilage; now we'll see what he can do as a zombie. We expect no less than 12 points a game, 5 rebounds, eating the brains of two or three opponents."
This was one of the reader comments at the end of the article: I think it illustrates this local's opinion of the validity of this news. Never know, though...........
