IMO Brandon Roy should play point. he can run the offense,hes got the handle and hes good passer and would of had Webster at the 2 but my problem with that is that Webster has been struggling this summer and i dont believe hes ready to start so i think Juan Dixon should play the 2 Guard but Guard the Opp. Teams Point Guard. so the line-up would look like this 4 now Roy/Jack/Dickau or Blake Dixon/Webster/Miles Miles/Outlaw/Webster Randolph/LaFrentz/Skinner Pryzbilla/Aldridge/Skinner Hopefully they trade Randolph Miles Dixon
i really see Brandon Roy having a great year like a 16PPG type stuff and become the face of the team and be All-Star game snub like Chris Paul
PG is normally not a position you can just thrust people into, so I'm not sure if that would be the best situation for him. I think it would be good for him to handle some point duties, but he shouldn't be "the PG" of the team. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">i really see Brandon Roy having a great year like a 16PPG type stuff and become the face of the team and be All-Star game snub like Chris Paul</div> Who did Paul deserve to make the All-Star game over? You're not a snub just because you deserved to make it and didn't. Go check the definition of the word. You're a snub if someone else who didn't deserve it made it over you. Every year you have guys who deserve to and don't make it, doesn't always mean they were snubbed. People have an obsession with using the word thinking it just means if you don't make it you were then snubbed.
I said in the other thread that Roy is probably best suited as sort of a free-lance player; a guy that plays a bit of foward, 2 guard and the point. If Roy is going to be the playmaker for the majority of the game then I don't think its a good position to put him in since Jack, Dickau and Dixon all need playing time at that position.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting asdf:</div><div class="quote_post">I said in the other thread that Roy is probably best suited as sort of a free-lance player; a guy that plays a bit of foward, 2 guard and the point. If Roy is going to be the playmaker for the majority of the game then I don't think its a good position to put him in since Jack, Dickau and Dixon all need playing time at that position.</div> Yup, exactly, I agree. I think he's a guy that you can use to set up the offense once in a while and to share playmaking duties, but you don't make him the primary PG, especially as a rookie. Also it's not like Jack is bad, and I mean he's had the summer so his game should also improve.
I haven't really seen Roy play, but isn't he a little tall(6'5) to be PG? If he has good handles, he can play PG in the NBA. If he doesn't, I really would avoid putting him at the PG spot. Aren't Jack, Dickau, Blake, or even Dixon are better suited to be PGs for Portland?
You can't truly be too tall to play PG as long as you have the skills, I mean if a 7'4 guy came that could handle the ball like a guard and pass like one, hey, no one will stop him from playing PG. Livingston is a 6'7 PG, Lebron can play PG and is 6'8, so can Joe Johnson and he's 6'7, and of course you know this. So of course we wouldn't be contemplating the idea if he didn't have the skills to do it, so yes, he does have the ability Also Dixon is not a PG, though he is 6'3 and rail thing, he's a SG at heart, really has minimal PG skills.
yea that what i ment im PREDICTING that some one thats less deserving then Roy will be be in the all star game and he will be a snub
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Char:</div><div class="quote_post">I haven't really seen Roy play, but isn't he a little tall(6'5) to be PG? If he has good handles, he can play PG in the NBA. If he doesn't, I really would avoid putting him at the PG spot. Aren't Jack, Dickau, Blake, or even Dixon are better suited to be PGs for Portland?</div> A little too tall? Wow, I've never heard that statement before. I don't think that being "too tall" is a bad thing. Just ask a 6'11 guy named Magic Johnson.
What I meant by being too tall is that unless Roy has the ballhandling skills, he has no chance at PG. Also, Magic was 6'9, not 6'11. When a PG is tall, he has to be extremely quick and talented like Livingston, because they will get matched up with much quicker and smaller guys who can pester them on defense. As I said, I haven't really seen Roy play. The ratio of tall guys playing PG to 6'-6'4 guys playing PG is big, isn't it?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting asdf:</div><div class="quote_post">A little too tall? Wow, I've never heard that statement before. I don't think that being "too tall" is a bad thing. Just ask a 6'11 guy named Magic Johnson.</div> Yea like Char said, Magic was 6'9, also Char, you're right, there's a lot more guys who are 6'0 - 6'4 playing PG than there are taller guys, but like I said in the previous post, it's unlikely that there would be a thread contemplating this if people didn't actually think Roy had the ability to do so.
I think Roy could play point guard, but he'd have to be groomed into that position. PG is the hardest position in the NBA to learn in my opinion, and not everyone can do it. While I think Roy has the ability and intangibles to do it, I don't think he will, not with Jarret Jack and Dan Dickau on the roster, both of whom are capable of playing the PG spot.
Let's put it this way, a shooting guard is the secondary point guard on the floor anyway. Brandon Roy should be fine at SG, while Jack or Dickau plays the pure point position. If there is ever a time the Blazers want to get big, they can play Roy at pg during some minutes and use somebody like Travis Outlaw or Martwell Webster on somebody that can guard point guard. Actually, I don't know who on the Blazers has decent lateral movement to defend point guard. I know Roy isn't a freak. Webster is a good athlete, but he's no freak either. Travis Outlaw or D-Miles? I'm not too sure about the Blazers' chances this year because young teams don't really turn around unless there's a clear franchise player leading the way (one that makes others better). It could be Roy, it might not be. He's a safe guy, an nba ready guy, but is there much upside left? The Blazers should definitely be looking at point guard prospects in the first round if Jack isn't more than a backup. I like Jack's size and point guard mentality, but can he shoot and handle on-ball defensive pressure?
og just came into this room to hate on some blazers fans paul shoulda made the All-star game though and ray allen, pau, tmac will be ones he shoulda made it over. there are others that he could have made it over However, I think the praise on roy is a little high... i don't see him having a chris paul type season but I do think he's in one of the best positions to contribute as a rookie. I could be wrong though he could blow up like paul did. My bigger question would be long term, do u want roy at the point long term?
Dang, I'm now curious to see Roy play. Is he a 2 guard with enough ballhandling skills to play the PG spot consistiently?? If he's consistient enough to play PG, the Blazers could easily go big with him running the point at times throughout the season. I can imagine Roy getting a lot of minutes at PG when the Blazers play teams with taller PGs like Livingston. Other than Livingston, who is a "tall PG" in the NBA?? someone refresh my memory..
This reminds me of Wade's rookie year where he was basically forced to play PG and did a verygood job at it. Roy has played the point at times at Washington, so he won't be entirely knew to it, but he's better off playing as as primary SG/SF with some PG duties.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Char:</div><div class="quote_post">Dang, I'm now curious to see Roy play. Is he a 2 guard with enough ballhandling skills to play the PG spot consistiently?? If he's consistient enough to play PG, the Blazers could easily go big with him running the point at times throughout the season. I can imagine Roy getting a lot of minutes at PG when the Blazers play teams with taller PGs like Livingston. Other than Livingston, who is a "tall PG" in the NBA?? someone refresh my memory.. </div> Marko Jaric,Reece Ganes,Mardy Collins,Joe Johnson(not any more),theres more
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting babybulls:</div><div class="quote_post">og just came into this room to hate on some blazers fans paul shoulda made the All-star game though and ray allen, pau, tmac will be ones he shoulda made it over. there are others that he could have made it over However, I think the praise on roy is a little high... i don't see him having a chris paul type season but I do think he's in one of the best positions to contribute as a rookie. I could be wrong though he could blow up like paul did. My bigger question would be long term, do u want roy at the point long term?</div> I'm not hating on them. Tmac got voted into the All-Star game as a SF, how could Paul have made it over him? It wasn't even possible, the coaches didn't decide that. Gasol was chosen as a C, he was on a team with a higher record than Paul, and at the break putting up about 20 PPG, 9 RPG, 4 APG, and 2 BPG. So Paul was neither putting up better numbers, winning more, or more important to his team, and he didn't even play the same position . Ray Allen is the only actualy arguable one. He was putting up 25-4-3 with 1.5 SPG before the break. Paul was putting up about 17-6-8 with 2 SPG. The Hornets were at about .500 when the reserves were chosen, so they had the better record, but they were not a "good" team. Which is what normally get's players on, playing for a top team. Paul put up just as impressive numbers for the most part, and his team was better, so he deserved it too, but we can't argue that Ray Allen was not playing at an All-Star level and didn't deserve it, therefore Paul was not snubbed. Look up the meaning of the word. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Marko Jaric,Reece Ganes,Mardy Collins,Joe Johnson(not any more),theres more</div> I think Marko and Joe Johnson are the only ones that you'd actually want playing, though JJ is better at SG and Marko seems more suited to be a backup. There's also Bob Sura, Jiri Welsch (well he's gone now), John Salmons and Zoran Planinic (gone too). Jalen Rose can too in theory, and did for the Raptors in 03-04, but he doesn't really have a PG mentality, and he can't defend any PG's. Brent Barry can also play PG, he did for the Sonics back in 03-04, and I guess Jamal Crawford would be considered a big PG, and so would Larry Hughes, but their PG days are over. Jiri has also been used more at SG/SF on the teams he's played on, Warriors were really the only ones that used him at PG. Diaw played PG for the Hawks as a rookie and still has the ability to, Penny (though not in the league) when he's healthy can also, and that's about all I can think it.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post"> Look up the meaning of the word. </div> stop saying that, it doesn't add to your argument or make you sound smart. I didn't even use the word snub in my post so why are you telling me to look up it's definition. Also, I hate when people come in here and say that stuff because many words are used as slang so looking up the definition doesn't help anyone.
