<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">DENVER -- Standing in front of his locker in the bowels of the Pepsi Center, Brandon Roy is the center of attention. No, Roy is not the Trail Blazers' best player (Zach Randolph has that distinction) or the most outspoken (again, Randolph) or a locker-room lightning rod (we give that one to the oft-injured Darius Miles). But there Roy is, peering over the assembled masses and calmly answering questions like a six-year veteran, not someone who just played his 43rd game and has a self-professed phobia for tight spaces. "He really is," Randolph said, "the most mature rookie in the league." He has also been the best. Despite being a rookie by definition, Roy is hardly playing like a first-year player (though Randolph is quick to add that Roy still must fulfill his rookie duties, which include carrying the veterans' luggage). Besides leading all rookies in scoring (15.9), assists (4.1) and minutes (34.6), Roy has emerged as a stabilizing force on a young Blazers team desperate for leadership.</div> Source
