Brandon to be amnestied

[3RA1N1AC]

oh i get it, just trolling, fuck i fell for it

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Not Roy's fault we retired numbers for average players. Roy is hardly average.

Part of greatness is longevity. We know the answer on that regarding Roy. Brandon coulda, woulda, shoulda. Lots of guys with amazing talent just couldn't stay healthy enough. I'm really on the fence about retiring his number. The way he went downhill so fast. I don't know. He did some amazing things, but it's hard for me to say we should retire his number based on a few good seasons.

 

[magnifier661]

Part of greatness is longevity. We know the answer on that regarding Roy. Brandon coulda, woulda, shoulda. Lots of guys with amazing talent just couldn't stay healthy enough. I'm really on the fence about retiring his number. The way he went downhill so fast. I don't know. He did some amazing things, but it's hard for me to say we should retire his number based on a few good seasons.

How many years did Walton play for Portland?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

yeah fuck walton

 

[Minstrel]

The Blazers do have too many numbers retired, IMO. If it were up to me, I'd only have Walton and Drexler as retired numbers. I would think hard about Roy, though. He didn't have a long career with the Blazers (as Walton didn't) but, like Walton, his talent was really high.

 

[Nikolokolus]

oh i get it, just trolling, fuck i fell for it

"Trolling?" Sarcasm certainly, but if you think that qualifies as "trolling" I don't even know what to say.

 

[Boob-No-More]

How many years did Walton play for Portland?

From another post I made a couple days ago:

Brandon Roy played 321 games and 11,439 minutes as a Portland Trail Blazer.


By comparison, Bill Walton played 209 games and 7033 minutes in a Blazer uniform.

Maurice Lucas played 257 games and 8620 minutes as a Blazer.

Dave Twardzik: 280 games, 6921 minutes

Lionel Hollins: 315 games, 9236 minutes

Of the 10 players to have their numers retired by Portland, 4 played fewer games for the Blazers than Brandon Roy and 5 (LLoyd Neal: 435 games, 11,015 minutes) played fewer minutes for the team than Brandon Roy. If games/minutes played is your criteria for getting his number retired by Portland, Roy definitely qualifies.

BNM

 

[3RA1N1AC]

lol i jest

 

[3RA1N1AC]

The Blazers do have too many numbers retired, IMO. If it were up to me, I'd only have Walton and Drexler as retired numbers. I would think hard about Roy, though. He didn't have a long career with the Blazers (as Walton didn't) but, like Walton, his talent was really high.

i think walton drexler and roy in the rafters would show the average person the 3 most important people arguably in the history of the franchise

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

How many years did Walton play for Portland?

I actually understand retiring Walton's number. Dude was just amazing. One of the best at the position, and ultimately, he was a HUGE part of us winning the championship. We would have done more if he could have stayed healthy.

Brandon? We'll never know. But one thing is a fact: we never got out of the first round under his guidance.

Some of the other guys who have had their numbers retired by us are complete jokes. Let's be honest, though, part of the reason some of the career games numbers are short is guys typically had much shorter careers back then.

 

[illmatic99]

Brandon and Troutlaw amnestied on the same day. Must be kismet.

 

[ABM]

Well, Coach Iavaroni called and confirmed it, so I feel better.

Exactly.

 

[THE HCP]

Gotta' retire his number!

 

[Natebishop3]

Gotta' retire his number!

You can't retire Kenny Anderson's number!

 

[bigbailes]

seriously how many numbers do we need to retire??? walton - yes and anyone who says otherwise doesn't have a clue about this franchise. Drexler - without a doubt deserves it. lucas - i'd be on the fence about but could understand it. that's it, nobody else from the past deserves to be up there.

as for roy, that's tough. he brought us out of the jail blazer era and did some great things but he never got us out of the first round of the playoffs either. i'd be ok with it but if i had a vote i'd probably so no.

 

[Natebishop3]

Don't worry Nik, we'll just start using letters instead.

Maybe someday they'll retire the number J

 

[maybeso]

Does the amnesty nullify our request for the injured player exception? At first glance they seem like different things, but ...?

 

[SantaDora]

We had 1 playoffs series with Roy healthy and he was amazing. We certainly did not lose that playoffs series because of him... We lost it because no-one else on the team came to play. If that dude does not belong in the rafters, I do not know who is...