I know Brandon gets his full contract paid, but I thought the Blazers paid the first year and insurance paid everything after the first year. This is wrong?
Re: According to Chris Broussard, Roy to announce medical retirement today! Is that the new CBA? Isn't it one year from the last game played? (Sorry if this has been answered in the next 15 or whatever pages. I just got here. )
This is bizarre. How does this develop BEFORE Training Camp even begins? What about the meeting at Larry Miller's House where Roy said he "felt great" and has been working tirelessly on his perimeter shooting? How do you go from that, to retiring? It would be one thing if we were several days into Training Camp and he was getting abused and in serious pain, but they haven't even started yet. Is it possible that the Blazers Front Office talked him into this? They didn't have the balls to Amnesty him with the ensuing backlash from the fans, so they begged Brandon to retire (or they would Amnesty as a last resort)? I just can't understand this. Why now? What changed in the last few days? Roy seemed so certain that his health was good, and he could still contribute.
Hmmm ... that I don't know. I think the insurance kicks in as soon as he files his papers, but maybe not.
Maybe he realized after playing at the PF the last few days that there is no way his knees could hold up in training camp and the grind of the fast and furious NBA season.
Not insensitive at all. Insensitive would be celebrating a lose-lose. This is a win-win, and the best thing for Brandon today. His wheels came off a long time ago. It just took a while for everyone, including Brandon, to come to grips with it. If he keeps grinding his knees, he's going to have terrible pain and lost mobility for the rest of his life. Just like Joel, he needs to do what's best for his body and his family.
that is what I'm thinking, as he upped his pre camp play the knees already were already acting up, we'll see
It's official if Adrian Wojnarowski confirms it. "Portland's Brandon Roy has been diagnosed with a "career-ending (knee) injury," league source confirms to Y! Sports. "He's done."
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Portland's Brandon Roy has been diagnosed with a "career-ending (knee) injury," league source confirms to Y! Sports. "He's done."
No what Kerby is saying is that if Roy wanted to screw the Blazers he could pull a Darius and come back and play for somebody else with the express purpose of putting his contract back on the Blazers' books for the life of his contract ... I think the question being raised is whether or not Roy is trying to leverage the Blazers to use the amnesty on him so he can go somewhere else and play.
His knees are too fucked ever to play again. That can't change, and has no bearing on the celebration or sadness. What he did have control over was not fumbling around for the next couple of years like Miles on a 10-day, tarnishing his image and looking foolish. I celebrate that.
this was on blazersedge Roy's retirement would eventually give the Blazers salary-cap relief. League rules call for a waiting period of one year from the date of the player's injury or illness. Since Roy played all the way into the playoffs last season, that date will likely be April 28, 2012 -- one year from the day the Blazers were eliminated from the playoffs. his contract comes off the cap before the FA period and even before the end of this season
Re: According to Chris Broussard, Roy to announce medical retirement today! Oh, mix, don't be such a negative nancy. The sun will come out tomorrow. OK, maybe next June. But it will come out.
