<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">SAN DIEGO - Brandon Roy always has been an exceptionally gifted basketball player, but he was the type who took it for granted. It took a vision of life without it and a taste of what that might be like to finally get him to realize his potential. Roy is Washington's 6-6 senior star. Four years ago he was the "what if" guy, as so many great high school talents are. He'd signed with the Huskies, but failed to qualify academically because his test scores were too low. He flirted with going straight to the NBA, but found the level of interest incredibly low. "High school was like two parts," Roy says. "In the first part, I didn't take care of school. I didn't even know schoolwork was part of getting a scholarship. "In the second part, I found out what I needed to be to get a scholarship. I was trying to catch up. I just didn't get all the way there." It took time, but Roy finally did make it. He was the Pac-10 Player of the Year this season and has mushed the rest of the Huskies into the Sweet 16. Washington (26-6), the No. 5 seed, will meet top-seeded UConn in a Friday regional semifinal in Washington, D.C. The Huskies beat No. 12 Utah State and No. 4 Illinois over the weekend with Roy totaling 49 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Instead of suiting up for the Huskies or an NBA team after high school, Roy ended up suiting up for Northwest Shipping and Container, a blue-collar company based by the Seattle docks. Roy was studying to retake the SAT in the late afternoons and working at Northwest from early morning until about 2 p.m. He washed containers, swept and cleaned and even learned to drive a forklift. When the workers had lunch, he ate with them and listened to conversations about being underpaid and handling bills. "It made me see the other side of life," Roy says. "It made me realize, I have a chance to do something special, and I need to take advantage of it." Roy took the SAT again, this time having a setback of a different kind. His scores increased so dramatically that they were flagged and he was ordered to retake the exam. His parents, inspired by his academic turnaround, encouraged him to "make them flag you again," he says. "That was adversity for me to go through that year and I think it's served me since," he says. "I was nothing. I'd been so much (as a senior) in high school and all of a sudden I wasn't on a team. I wasn't in the papers. I had to handle it." The growth from that period served him well last season, after a torn meniscus in his knee shelved him for 19 days. Roy was replaced in the starting lineup and the Huskies became something of a juggernaut behind Nate Robinson, now of the Knicks, and Tre Simmons. Roy quickly became the best sixth man in the nation, but when it was suggested he return to the starting lineup, "I told everyone I wasn't going to be the one to mess things up for the team."</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Chutney:</div><div class="quote_post">What does it mean when a person is flagged from their SAT score?</div> It's a term used when they suspect someone cheated on the test.
Oh, I see. Its great that he's suddenly decided to develop a work ethic. That'll determine how long he ends up staying in the league.
He's going to be a Josh Howard kind of guy. Overlooked as a guy who "does everything good, nothing great" All of a sudden, 3 years into his career he'll be putting up 15-5-5 and teams will be like "oh, damn, how did we look past this guy?" He's being talked lottery, however, something tells me he'll slip. In my mind, I'm not minding Chicago taking him at 10 or 11 or where ever the hell they are currently.
Yeah, i think a lot of people have under estimated Roy's skills going into this tournament, at least people i know did. They were alwyas saying oh, he's not all that great, and I was just thinking that they just need to wait, and they'll see him explode for sure. Sure enough, he's done very well this NCAA tourney. He's shown a lot of people what he's really capable of. 28, and 21 points? Plus leading the team in other areas, maybe not statistically, but just his impact on their game. I hope he produces really well next year when he's in the NBA. And I agree, I think he could easily become a Josh Howard type of under the radar, good player.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting KICKSDADDY613:</div><div class="quote_post">He's going to be a Josh Howard kind of guy. Overlooked as a guy who "does everything good, nothing great" All of a sudden, 3 years into his career he'll be putting up 15-5-5 and teams will be like "oh, damn, how did we look past this guy?" He's being talked lottery, however, something tells me he'll slip. In my mind, I'm not minding Chicago taking him at 10 or 11 or where ever the hell they are currently.</div> Exactly how I would classify him, that's a very good comparasin.
I'd still say he's going in the lottory unless he gets injured or does something really horrible in the pre-draft camps.
I hope the Magic take either him, Brewer or Carney with their pick. I wouldn't be disappointed with any of them. (We are 5th worst team now so likely 5-7 range)
I could see Roy being this year's Danny Granger, in terms of moving up the boards right before the draft. Hopefully, he doesn't get passed over by so many teams, like Granger was.
Would be an outstanding fit in Seattle, and at the moment we look like picking somewhere in the 7-11 range.
