Brandon Roy back in Portland!

[Natebishop3]

Complaints about Roy "fucking us over" is some of the stupidest sentiment I've ever seen expressed here ... And I was here for Mixum and PapaG.

I think it stems from a misunderstanding about how the amnesty process works. I think they thought that the Roy situation was the same as the Darius Miles situation with Memphis. All Roy might have done is cost the Blazers some insurance money, but it didn't impact our cap or our ability to sign players.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Right. "Stupid."

 

[BlayZa]

looks like a chipmunk in a hoodie.

smh - how the mighty have fallen

 

[Chris Craig]

Sign him

 

[Natebishop3]

Sign him

To do what?

 

[Chris Craig]

To do what?

To sit on the bench and every once and awhile pretend he's gonna get up and enter the game

 

[TBpup]

Roy was very good in his time here and beloved by fans. He did have his issue with Miller and LA seemed to have an issue with him so it wasn't all roses in the locker room. What does bother me a bit is he does seem to have completely turned his back on Portland. The only reason he was in town was because a Seattle team was playing in the Les Schwab Invitational. Given all the $$$ Mr. Allen gave him when he wasn't playing basketball, you'd think he'd show a little more appreciation.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

all this does is make me contemplate what could have been...Roy, Oden and LMA......meh

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

all this does is make me contemplate what could have been...Roy, Oden and LMA......meh

And to think, they all had personality issues

 

[jlprk]

I'm much happier with dame and absolutely love his personality. He's the true leader we needed.

The appearance of Lillard being a strong leader, and Roy a whiny one, is only our perception through the crappy media. The media ran the team in Roy's era, but not now. Every article was dominated by quotes garnered from Roy. Now, articles are more professional and less personal. Paul Allen found a GM who would keep the Oregonian at arms-length.

If articles and interviews were now Lillard-centric with excessive quotes from Lillard, he'd occasionally appear whiny, too. Familiarity breeds contempt. The opposite aphorism...Absence makes the heart grown fonder.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Don't hate him, don't love him.

Appreciate what he offered the city for a short time, despite a certain level of it being a facade we discovered years after the fact. Solid talent that clearly was on borrowed time as an athlete.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

The appearance of Lillard being a strong leader, and Roy a whiny one, is only our perception through the crappy media. The media ran the team in Roy's era, but not now. Every article was dominated by quotes garnered from Roy. Now, articles are more professional and less personal. Paul Allen found a GM who would keep the Oregonian at arms-length.

If articles and interviews were now Lillard-centric with excessive quotes from Lillard, he'd occasionally appear whiny, too. Familiarity breeds contempt. The opposite aphorism...Absence makes the heart grown fonder.

I'm gonna go ahead and call that bullshit. One could make the argument Roy was a whiny bitch just by watching interviews of him speak. He never had the presence that lillard does

 

[jlprk]

I'm gonna go ahead and call that bullshit. One could make the argument Roy was a whiny bitch just by watching interviews of him speak. He never had the presence that lillard does

Just because he had a high voice doesn't make him whiny,. He was a hundred times as present in media quotes as Lillard. Every pimple was exposed.

If Pritchard were still here, putting the players under the Oregonian's thumb, we'd see a hundred times as many quotes from Lillard as we do now. Lillard would be as exposed as Roy was for his trivial thoughts.

 

[BBert]

Roy had some good games, made some big plays, and made McMillan look like a better coach than he was (especially out of time outs). His wheels came off, and he cashed in when the getting was good. He didn't do enough to make him a 'beloved' Blazer to me, but I know some others credit him with resurrecting the team's image, popularity, and fortunes after a very difficult time. And yes, he clearly turned his back on the city, the fans and the franchise since his big payday and big let down. Meh. Brandon Roy doesn't care about Blazers fans, the city, or the franchise, and I don't care about him, one way or the other.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

That's be awesome if he came to the Blazer game tonight!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Roy was very good in his time here and beloved by fans. He did have his issue with Miller and LA seemed to have an issue with him so it wasn't all roses in the locker room. What does bother me a bit is he does seem to have completely turned his back on Portland. The only reason he was in town was because a Seattle team was playing in the Les Schwab Invitational. Given all the $$$ Mr. Allen gave him when he wasn't playing basketball, you'd think he'd show a little more appreciation.

I lived in worked in Los Angeles for 3 years in my early twenties. I never go back, I don't care to and I barely spare it a thought. Why would Roy be any different? He doesn't have any familial connections here (that I know of), he ended his career on a somewhat sour note and I suspect his memories are more bitter than sweet when he thinks about how his body failed him and cut his career short.

 

[Tunchi]

Roy had some good games, made some big plays, and made McMillan look like a better coach than he was (especially out of time outs). His wheels came off, and he cashed in when the getting was good. He didn't do enough to make him a 'beloved' Blazer to me, but I know some others credit him with resurrecting the team's image, popularity, and fortunes after a very difficult time. And yes, he clearly turned his back on the city, the fans and the franchise since his big payday and big let down. Meh. Brandon Roy doesn't care about Blazers fans, the city, or the franchise, and I don't care about him, one way or the other.

How so? What did he say or do that showed he didn't care or any of that you mentioned?

 

[BBert]

Mostly it was the whole bunch of nothing. The silence has been deafening.

 

[handiman]

I lived in worked in Los Angeles for 3 years in my early twenties. I never go back, I don't care to and I barely spare it a thought. Why would Roy be any different? He doesn't have any familial connections here (that I know of), he ended his career on a somewhat sour note and I suspect his memories are more bitter than sweet when he thinks about how his body failed him and cut his career short.

That's an interesting angle. One possible counter-point is that a job is usually identified with a company, not a city, whereas a pro athlete is largely tied to the city and the state. Whether he/she identifies with such as much as the fans do in return is a tougher question to answer.