Roy to retire today????

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  1. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    I agree. But the Roy fan in me is sad. Just a terrible way to go out. I will remember him forever. Actually this is great knowing Roy will never wear another teams uniform. He is forever a blazer!
     
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    Roy probably realized he had maybe one year left in the NBA and at the cost of speeding up the need for a total knee replacement. In the end, he leaves knowing he played some amazing basketball for as long as he could, earned the money he was paid, gets financial security, and can enjoy his life after basketball. Kudos to Roy for making a pretty good decision, if in fact his career was going to be pretty short and at significant cost.
     
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    i appreciate roy for what he was and did for this franchise BUT he is not retiring (if this is true) in his PRIME. his prime was three years ago, as of last season he was a bit player that still had the attitude of a superstar. he was great and again the blazers curse (or whatever you want to call it) robs another athlete of what could of been his greatest years. if this all comes to fruition it will help the team out immensely. some say back to the building blocks, i say we were already there.
     
    bigbailes, Dec 9, 2011
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    I will be shocked if this happens
     
    BlazerBeav5, Dec 9, 2011
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    I'm thinking that the one year of decline is acceptable. Like I said, he didn't do the Willie-Mays-to-the-Mets thing, he had one year of seeing if he could be great on two bum wheels. He couldn't, he gave us a Game 4 to remember, and now is moving along.
     
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    does this mean we can restructure his contract down the road?

    :(
     
    HailBlazers, Dec 9, 2011
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  9. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    What?
     
    Nikolokolus, Dec 9, 2011
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    I'm just going to go out there and say "no."
     
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    They pay him for this season. I think that is it.
     
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    I'm skeptical it's going to happen, but if it does:

    Thanks for all of the memories, Brandon.
     
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    This is worse than the amnesty.

    We'll never see Roy play basketball again.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Dec 9, 2011
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  14. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Wrong. He gets his full contract paid, but part of it picked up by insurance and for cap purposes it comes off of Portland's books in a year.
     
    Nikolokolus, Dec 9, 2011
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    Yea I'm just in Denial, thinking maybe he's got something up his sleeve
     
    HailBlazers, Dec 9, 2011
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    The fact that Martell Webster tweeted about it makes me think this is legit. I'm thinking Martell would call Roy to confirm its true before tweeting about it. They are very good friends.

    This opens up more PT for Elliot Williams.
     
    BoBoBREWSKI, Dec 9, 2011
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    wonder if there is any way we could "combine" amnesty and retirement so we could ge a full MLE this year?
     
    Blazinaway, Dec 9, 2011
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    Completely disagree. We won't have to see Roy wear another team's jersey which would have been even more painful than this.
     
    ppilot, Dec 9, 2011
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    yeah anyone trying to spin this as good news is a heartless fuck

    its good news for brandon that his knees are too fucked to ever play again? wha?

    yes it is better to have his money off the books if he cant play, thats it
     
    3RA1N1AC, Dec 9, 2011
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  20. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Here's something to think about.

    Trey Kerby:
    http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2011/...really/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

    *snip*
    That would be the ultimate, double-barreled "fuck you" to Paul Allen I could ever imagine.
     
    Nikolokolus, Dec 9, 2011
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