Brandon Roy: don't be suprised

[blazedanugz]

He had an interview last night an they just played it on the 750. He said he is exploring tons of treatment options and said dOnt be suprised if you see him in the court again. If he sits out this whole season he would become a restricted free agent. For the right price I would love for him to come back. Especially because I woul personally would still take Roy over any gaurd we have on this roster. Perfect 6th man

 

[RR7]

he cant play here for like 3 more years.

 

[BlazerBeav]

He's done, and just holding onto delusions of resuming his playing career.

 

[blazedanugz]

I would take a 29 yo brandon in 3 years if he was healthy

 

[Mediocre Man]

he cant play here for like 3 more years.

Is this the amnesty rule?

And someone mentioned he was restricted? How do we have any rights to him?

 

[B-Roy]

I would take a 29 yo brandon in 3 years if he was healthy

If he wanted to play again, why would he wait 3 years just so he could come to us?

 

[blazedanugz]

At this point nobody knows when/how/if he could. what if he tries a procedure in a year that takes a long time to recover and be at full strength? I'm just saying.... Not sure everyone on this damn message board always has to nitpick so much.

 

[jaspitzer]

I'm confused. Are we not eligible to resign him for another 3 years because we amnestied him?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I'm confused. Are we not eligible to resign him for another 3 years because we amnestied him?

I think the poster says 3 years because that's what Roy had left on this deal, so I'm thinking he must know of a rule that says if you amnesty someone, that you cannot re-sign them until their original deal is over. I haven't heard this rule, but it may exist (and again, I'm just guessing what the poster was meaning when he said we can't sign Roy for 3 years).

 

[james3921]

Here's an exerpt from an SI article:

Former Portland Trail Blazers guard, Brandon Roy, has thought about returning to the game after retiring prior to the 2011-12 season due to numerous knee injuries, according to ProBasketballTalk.

“It’s the truth. It’s really hard being so far away from the game. I spend time watching Jamal (Crawford) and following all of his games; Will (Conroy) and Tre (Simmons) are both doing their thing, so it’s driving me to wanna come back out there.” Roy told US Basket, “If the treatment I’ve been looking into can work, I believe there’s a good chance you will see Brandon Roy back hoopin’.”

Roy played in just 47 games last year due to knee issues. In 2009-10, he was limited to just 65 games for the Trail Blazers. Once considered one of the games rising stars, Roy ended his career after just six seasons.

Roy was a three-time All-Star, and the 2006-07 Rookie of the Year. Last season he averaged 12.2 points per game, 2.7 assists and 2.6 rebounds. His career average is 19 points per game, 4.7 assists, and 4.3 rebounds.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Larry Coon says that you can not reacquire an amnestied player by signing or trading for the player for the years of the amnestied contract.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/salary-cap-chat-with-larry-coon-12142011

I’m not going to get into the details in a chat, but here’s a summary:

* A team can use amnesty one time and one time only.

* Amnesty is available before each season. If they used it in a prior season, they can’t use it again.

* Amnesty can only be used for players who were with the team on 12/9. If they sign a new contract or were traded, they can’t be amnestied.

* The team waives the player. They still have to pay his salary, but he comes off their cap and tax.

* The team that waives the player cannot re-sign or re-acquire the player for the length of his contract.

* Teams under the cap can claim the player before he clears waivers with a partial bid.

* The team with the highest partial bid gets to keep the player.

* The winning team has to pay the player’s salary according to their bid.

* The team that waives the player gets to reduce what they owe the player by the amount of the winning team’s bid.

 

[blue32]

interesting, wonder what treatment this is..

 

[Mediocre Man]

Larry Coon says that you can not reacquire an amnestied player by signing or trading for the player for the years of the amnestied contract.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/salary-cap-chat-with-larry-coon-12142011

Cool. Thanks for that. Any idea why he would be a RFA?

 

[e_blazer]

Cool. Thanks for that. Any idea why he would be a RFA?

He wouldn't be. The Blazers waived him so they have no rights to him.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Cool. Thanks for that. Any idea why he would be a RFA?

I am guessing he would be a UFA assuming he passed through all the silent auction processes.

 

[crowTrobot]

kobe's new backup

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Damn . . . should of just let him retire.

 

[magnifier661]

This is why I didn't want to amnesty him. We would need to wait 3 years before we get him again. Oh well... Good luck BRoy! We know you aren't like Oden. You will actually work hard to get back on the court. Wonder which team he goes to?

 

[magnifier661]

Damn . . . should of just let him retire.

Yep, now BRoy is forced to go to another team if he wants to play again. And if he wants to come back, he will. I bet he does well too.

 

[RR7]

This is why I didn't want to amnesty him. We would need to wait 3 years before we get him again. Oh well... Good luck BRoy! We know you aren't like Oden. You will actually work hard to get back on the court. Wonder which team he goes to?

and yet if he medically retired, we'd still have no rights to him, but we'd also have no cap space this offseason. That'd be worse.

 

[magnifier661]

and yet if he medically retired, we'd still have no rights to him, but we'd also have no cap space this offseason. That'd be worse.

I thought through medical retirement; if he decides to come back, Portland would be on the hook for the contract and would still have the rights to him? I'm not certain, but I think that's the case.

 

[RR7]

I thought through medical retirement; if he decides to come back, Portland would be on the hook for the contract and would still have the rights to him? I'm not certain, but I think that's the case.

nope. He retires, and you waive him. Same thing that happened with Miles. Otherwise, if we still held his rights, we could have sat his fat ass on the bench, and had more cap space

 

[tlongII]

This is why I didn't want to amnesty him. We would need to wait 3 years before we get him again. Oh well... Good luck BRoy! We know you aren't like Oden. You will actually work hard to get back on the court. Wonder which team he goes to?

Now why do you have to take a crack at Oden like that? It's ridiculous the amount of criticism the guy gets for something he has no control over.

 

[magnifier661]

Now why do you have to take a crack at Oden like that? It's ridiculous the amount of criticism the guy gets for something he has no control over.

Sorry, personally I think Oden doesn't take care of himself. But I guess that was foul to dig on him on this thread.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I'd be shocked.

Both knees are bone-on-bone! There is no coming back from that.

 

[e_blazer]

I'd be shocked.

Both knees are bone-on-bone! There is no coming back from that.

Agreed, except that Kobe, reportedly, was pretty much bone on bone in one knee before he had some fancy pants new treatment in Germany last summer that has his knee feeling good again. I don't know if it's possible Brandon could get the same results, and I wouldn't expect a long playing career if he does, but could happen, I suppose.

I wish him the best, but man it would suck to see him in another uniform.

 

[Mamba]

Would Roy benefit from the knee surgery that Kobe had done over in Germany during the lockout?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I'd be shocked.

Both knees are bone-on-bone! There is no coming back from that.

Agree. He aint coming back. I'm not even gonna waste my time thinking about it.

There needs to be a picture size limit for signatures. Mamba's is just ridiculous.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

What Kobe had done was similar to the plasma treatment Roy has been doing.

Coming back with no cartilage is not only dumb, it's dangerous.

 

[magnifier661]

So if he comes back, then Paul Allen will be on the hook for the contract? I mean the insurance will stop paying?