Such a shame to see an amazing, fun player retire so early.
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Such a shame to see an amazing, fun player retire so early.
Too bad.
Great player, great guy.
Damn, Blazers Curse.
One of my favorite players in the league easily. Dude was a straight baller. Feel bad for the guy, maybe he can make a comeback?
Anyone else remember this game against the Rockets?
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdj9wmCIzM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdj9wmCIzM[/URL]
[QUOTE=(e)]One of my favorite players in the league easily. Dude was a straight baller. Feel bad for the guy, maybe he can make a comeback?
Anyone else remember this game against the Rockets?
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdj9wmCIzM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdj9wmCIzM[/URL][/QUOTE]
I was there for that game and his 52 point game. Roy gave me the best in person memories of basketball in my life.
It truly is a sad day for Blazer fans (and basketball fans in general). Our beloved Roy has retired after only 5 years in the league. So crazy that he plays only 5 years and makes 3 all-star teams, with many predicting he could surpass Drexler in many ways for the Blazers. It just unraveled so fast. To me, this is sadder than amnestying him. If we amnestied him and he signed elsewhere, it could have helped the team but we could have remained happy for Roy. Now, it is just a sad situation. I grew excited to see one more season of Roy, but at least he gave us one last memorable moment in versus Dallas. Some of my greatest Blazer memories have been due to Roy even though he was only here 5 years. I thank Brandon for all he did for the city of Portland and basketball fans everywhere. I hope that the team finds a position for him in the future.
:( Poor Roy. He has such awful luck. It's a shame really. He still gave us one last memory with his game against the Mavs this past postseason.
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HAHAHAH. No. /thread
[QUOTE=Semi]Seems like all of you have forgotten the past. The playoff-series against Phoenix where he played despite the doctors where saying he shouldn't. When this happened I thought to myself, what a idiot, I'm sure this will haunt him. And it did. The only one he has to blame is himself, I'm sorry but he could've done something against it.[/QUOTE]
If you've ever played any sport in your life you would understand why he didn't just call it quits in that series. Tnx 4 being an asshole tho.
used to be my favorite player
that playoff game vs Mavs was just :bowdown:
Its sad to see his career ending so early, he was such a good player.. really talented.
One of the guys in the league I really liked. When you have so many arrogant a -holes in the league as stars this guy was a hard worker and let his play do his talking. Injuries ruin careers. Life goes on I wish him the best. Someone told me he may take a year off (retirement) and come back.
[QUOTE=c3z4r]If you've ever played any sport in your life you would understand why he didn't just call it quits in that series. Tnx 4 being an asshole tho.[/QUOTE]
I have played very much sport in my life, don't talk shit here. And I also know that you always want to win and you're competitive, but when my carear is in the balance I would just think about it and would do the right thing. Come on, I don't understand why nobody gets this even a little bit. I understand you're all sad for this guy and all that but I just state the obvious and don't even want to troll or be the asshole here!
Lesser Blazers have had their jerseys retired, so I think they will. 3 all star teams and a rookie of the year in his 5 year career, plus dragging the team out of their worst years in existence.
[QUOTE=Semi]Seems like all of you have forgotten the past. The playoff-series against Phoenix where he played despite the doctors where saying he shouldn't. When this happened I thought to myself, what a idiot, I'm sure this will haunt him. And it did. The only one he has to blame is himself, I'm sorry but he could've done something against it.[/QUOTE]
:facepalm
Roy is not retiring because of that. His knees were more of a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' type of situation. It was known since college that his knees were an issue, and he would have lost all the soft tissue regardless of the Suns series.