What was Brandon Roy's ceiling if he stayed healthy?

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I would say Drexler.

[Kvnzhangyay]

I would say Drexler.

cmon man ur seriously underestimating Drexler. I'd say a bit better than James Harden level currently

[RoseCity07]

Somewhere between Pierce and Kobe.

[L.Kizzle]

Rich Mitchmond.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Paul pierce level is a decent comparison I guess...

[Milbuck]

100% healthy? Seeing how Wade and Kobe are right now..best SG in the game by far.

I mean the guy put up 23/5/5/1 on 57% TS as a 24 year old...if he was fully healthy, he probably had something like 4-6 years of improvement to go considering his game was never really reliant on athleticism. A year or two ago would've been his peak, and if was allowed to get to that uninterrupted, he probably would've been a top 5 scorer..something like 26/5/5/1.

[NuggetsFan]

I think statistically he was around it. He put up 22.6 at 24 and than at 25 put up a point less in 65 games. He played 4 years of college and came into the NBA ready. He made strides but Roy was kinda Roy after his rookie season.

19/6/5
23/5/5
21/5/4

Rounding up/down. Rebounding was basically the same every season. Assists dropped every year but only went below 5 when he played with Andre Miller.

I think playing on Portland with all that talent he would have been a 21-24/5/5 type player.

[Smook A.]

Roy was putting up 20+ ppg before he hit his prime.

If he stayed healthy, I think he could've easily averaged 25-27 ppg.

[NuggetsFan]

Roy was putting up 20+ ppg before he hit his prime.

If he stayed healthy, I think he could've easily averaged 25-27 ppg.

He stayed 4 years at college, and came into the league more ready than most. High IQ player that was well rounded.

I don't get the 27 a game thing. He scored 22.6 or whatever at 24 and than below that at 25. Didn't have many holes in his game outside of defense/off the ball which he later proved that regardless of injuries he wasn't capable of that. He wasn't going to become an elite shooter, elite athlete, and was already really solid at most things.

24-25 is the start of most players primes.

[Dragic4Life]

Lebron's average divided by 2.

[oarabbus]

I think statistically he was around it. He put up 22.6 at 24 and than at 25 put up a point less in 65 games. He played 4 years of college and came into the NBA ready. He made strides but Roy was kinda Roy after his rookie season.

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That's just usually not the case though. Look at any of the relatively consistent, talented players. Pierce came out the gates hot, but rose from a 16ppg to a 26ppg scorer. Griffin went from 22 to 24, but his game has improved tremendously and I wouldn't be surprised if he averaged a few more points than that in the upcoming years. Even Duncan, arguably one of the top 5 most NBA-ready players of all time, increased his scoring from 21 to 25.5.

Would Roy put up 27, 28 points? Not sure, but he had a good shot at it.

[04mzwach]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0wm...GZLRKlxRNs_E_g favorite

[dubeta]

Remember, he put in 4 years in college, and like 3-4 in the league, its not like he would get substantially better

I think he would get the same numbers he got in his last healthy season

22, 6 , 5 not bad but not that special either

[oarabbus]

Remember, he put in 4 years in college, and like 3-4 in the league, its not like he would get substantially better

I think he would get the same numbers he got in his last healthy season

22, 6 , 5 not bad but not that special either

Duncan went from 21 to 25 ppg

[houston]

lower level ray allen