For Roy to take the next step

[Further]

I freaking love Roy and think he is one of the best SG's in the league. But, there are a few areas that he can improve on to improve his game and turn him into the true superstar we all think he can become. The most important thing that I see is defense. We all know that he has the ability as seen last year v joe johnson, but often he just plays a little passive on D. I think a large part of that is that he conserves his energy since he knows that in the 4th he will have to be THE MAN. But I think this is the most important thing for Roy to improve on. Blazers perimeter D this season was a weak point, and all of that can't just be blames on the PG's and SF's. Roy needs to take the lead here. If the Blazers get a better D PG like Miller, this will hopefully allow Roy to be a little more aggressive on the D end with his player knowing that the PG is covered.

Other areas that could be improved include distance shooting, especially running a fast break and pushing the ball more often. In general, he is one of the last down court every time regardless of if he has the ball or not. Once in set, he is freaking great.

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

I think Roy needs more of that "I'm going to kill you know" but I think he's more of a Tim Duncan type of player...which still means he can be a quiet assassin.

 

[retroblazers]

if he's saving his energy till the 4th quarter, maybe nate should take him out of the game earlier or for longer durations so he can have energy to play closer to all out the whole game. by saying he plays a little passive, you mean he plays lazy defense right? personally, i don't think players should be conserving energy on a team that is supposedly 10 deep. nate should be on his players to all play as hard as they can when they're on the court. i think if our guys all played 100% the whole game, but got longer rests, maybe we'd put teams away earlier so roy wouldn't have to save something for the 4th quarter.

 

[blue32]

lol - the biggest thing that we need is a PG that plays defense, and our center to not get fouls. Brandon is fine.

 

[cdub503]

Running, moving without the ball and a little pick me up on defense.

Out of the three moving without the ball is the most important although. If he played lock down defense he'd be beastly

 

[SnakeOiler]

lol - the biggest thing that we need is a PG that plays defense, and our center to not get fouls. Brandon is fine.

If we had a pg that could defend the bigs wouldn't have to cover for them and would get far fewer fouls. Greg Oden needs a badass pg.

 

[hasoos]

You know, I really don't think we need to worry about Roy and improvement. It's the other guys on the team we need to worry about (Needlessly, because we can't do anything about it of course.)

 

[Further]

You know, I really don't think we need to worry about Roy and improvement. It's the other guys on the team we need to worry about (Needlessly, because we can't do anything about it of course.)

lol - the biggest thing that we need is a PG that plays defense, and our center to not get fouls. Brandon is fine.

I am not worrying about Roy or saying that he is not great, I think he is a very dynamic player and one of the top 10 players in the league. He is smart and works hard, so I do have confidence that he will improve. I was just saying that there are things that Roy can do to take his play to the next level. I can't believe that I am saying this considering how average I thought Roy was when he entered the NBA, but I think he has a decent shot at becoming a top 5 player in the league. That's great news. But he is not there yet, and the things I listed above are just a few of the things that he needs to work on to make the jump to legit superstar.

This team will go as far as Roy takes them. Here's to Roy taking them to the top.