fvck that sucks one of my favs
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fvck that sucks one of my favs
Just saw this 5 minutes ago on ESPN and I really cannot believe it. Grew up around this guy. Watched him play since he was like 14. He is easily the most talented player to ever come out of Washington and definitely the best out of Seattle overall. Lost my team a few years ago and now we lose a real hometown hero.....and he's literally in the prime of his career. Shit is the definition of ****ed up. Glad I got to see him play while he was in his "prime". Ughh man this is horrible.
I don't think Brandon Roy had the potential to be better than DWade. He wasn't anywhere near hall of fame. The man was good and it's sad to see him go, but everybody will forget soon enough.
You needed to make a new thread for this? Couldn't put this profound thought in the retirement thread?
Noooo!
I'm sure he could of still been a valuable asset to a lot of teams.
I still have hope like I still have hope for yao. Never say never!
Although my hope could be better served if I knew he would be going to phoenix in a few years
[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]That's all speculation. Considering the circumstances it's a dick move to blame the player for the injury. He may have pushed it a bit but so do all star athletes. Not to mention it's insensitive because Blazers fans are obviously devastated by the news.[/QUOTE]
I just state my opinion here and therefor I don't care about insensitivity to any fans. It's not like I talk about the relatives of some people here or something. It's not all speculation, come on, the doctors said before he played that there is a possibility he could never play at his current level again. If it wouldn't have been this drastic, I wouldn't have remembered it.
So he decided to play in a somewhat meaningless postseason (because the Blazers weren't going anywhere) to put his career as a star player (and like we know now, his whole career) into jeopardy. It's really a shame because I also think he was a great player but this happens to guys who have done a much less stupid decision and who only had bad luck. I'm not saying Roy didn't have bad luck but he could've done something against what happened.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47RfYKBnHcA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47RfYKBnHcA[/URL]
his body control:bowdown:
Brandon Roy is the type of player who could have been a 8-10 time All Star. Sad news
I just feel bad for Roy and the Blazers. By now that team should have been close to becoming a possible dynasty with Roy, Aldridge and Oden.
I agree with you, Conan, Roy could have been one of, if not, the best SG in the League had he remained healthy. He was a joy to watch. Pure fundamentals. Unfortunately, now we'll never know what his ceiling was. Just when he was starting to dominate, he gets a bad injury, and now this.
This is really sad. He was one of my favorite players, could have been the best 2 guard in a year or two. I hope he has a future ahead of him as an assistant coach or something. You can tell the guy just loves basketball.
Oden is next.
When he was healthy, he was averaging 27/5/5 on 48+ FG% for 22 straight games (Nov-Dec 09). Then, he got injured and was never the same.
Usually, most elite wings peak scoring-wise when they are 27 or 28. For Brandon, that's supposed to be this year. Unfortunately, we won't get to see that.
I had so much respect for his game and attitude. The "could have been" list is always so depressing to think about.
Best wishes to him, though.