Anyone remember Magic Johnson's mini-comeback? He returned in 95-96 and played in 36 games then retired again. He put up very decent numbers, so I"m not sure why he retired. Without AIDs, he seems like the type of guy that could play till he was 45 like Robert Parish.
I suspect he'll come back, struggle through a year, and then retire again. He won't be able to take the long term beating on his knees that a full season entails.
Roy's days of playing even below-average defense are over. If he's not scoring on the offensive end, he'd be a liability. He'd have to be the focal point of a team's offense to really work out, and I don't know if he can or if any team would trust him to do that. He insisted on a max contract even though the team and he knew he had bad knees. Somehow, even the cynics on this have not turned on him. However, if he makes another comeback, especially with the lakers, they will. I still love the guy, I just hope that he figures out that there are other things he could do in the basketball world that don't require him playing an 82 game season.
The fact-challenged Bruce Jenkins wrote in Sunday's SF Chronicle that the Warriors have the inside track on BRoy. Take that with a barrel of salt considering: 1) the source of the rumor is Peter Vecsey. 'nuff said. 2) Jenkins also said the Warriors had the inside track on LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Yao Ming 3) he wrote that Brandon was one of the league's "most influential point guards" during his playing time. How much credibility can you give a so-called sportswriter who doesn't even know what position Brandon played? 4) while BRoy was playing Jenkins never had a good word to say about him, but now that he {{{{may}}}} be a Laker or a Warrior he is "one of the most influential" something or others.
He's the billionaire hedge fund guy who bought a bunch of land just south of Safeco Field in Seattle to build an NBA/NHL arena. The stadium is up for city and county approval right now. Sonics fans in Seattle are giddy about it, but it could get derailed by local idiots (of which there are many lol) despite the fact it is a pretty sweet deal in terms of the load and liability being placed on the prospective owner rather than on the public. That all said, it's years away and, assuming he's serious about a comeback, Roy likely wouldn't wait around for something that might not happen.
Even Danny Westneat (who's normally leading the "keep that sports *$_% out of my taxpayer dollars!" bandwaagon) says it's basically a historically unprecedented deal for the city and they'd be dumb not to.
I don't think so. Nate loves Roy, but I think he's too over cautious to let him work back into the starting line-up. I really think Chicago is the best place for him. He doesn't have to focus to be the man and he can switch being the playmaker with Rose. That would be a good duo, IMO.
I gave you fuckers a heads up. I usually take a break in the summer. Just popping in to say high. Missed ya too man!
LOL. I'm not 100% back yet. I usually get way in around Summer Camp. But I will definitely be here on draft day. I have a feeling we make a ton of moves. Probably the most active during draft day IMO.
Yeah I will be extremely upset if he went to the Lakers. Roy knows how much Portland fans hate the Lakers. I doubt he thinks twice. Anyway, he would do much better on the Bulls, IMO.
