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Hey how about all us fans look past our differences and enjoy this win. I love Roy and almost went into tears with his game play tonight. We are all fans of the Blazers and we won. 2 days of rejoicing please!
 
I said it in November and I will say it now: Roy is a scorer. That is what he brings to the table. Shooters need to shoot in order to get a ryhthm. Coming in cold off the bench will not work every night. Same with all bench players. So when he gets in the lane he needs to be aggressive. He did pass well tonight, but he is not a PG. He needs to be in the game with a PG. Next year I bet Rudy will be gone and the Blazers get a real PG to compliment Brandon.
 
To me it Brandon starting off looking like his usual uncertain self, then all of a sudden said "Fuck it, I'm fucking doing this" and just started making plays. Good for him.

Apology accepted! :)

Roy just has figure out what he CAN do, and do that. That's what he did tonight. Now, Do it again! :)
 
If Roy can be the poised, veteran scorer off the bench this playoffs, that would be huge. I'm not going to overreact to one game, but it certainly is encouraging that Roy might still have a higher ceiling than mediocre reserve. If he can become a latter-career Steve Smith...awesome.
 
Minstrel said:
If Roy can be the poised, veteran scorer off the bench this playoffs, that would be huge. I'm not going to overreact to one game, but it certainly is encouraging that Roy might still have a higher ceiling than mediocre reserve. If he can become a latter-career Steve Smith...awesome.
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THIS... I won't be too over-confident with Roy. I hope he keeps it up!
 
Roy showed he still has it. No more of this point guard deferring crap go in and score!
 
Time for Roy to transmogrify into a rich man's Outlaw. Come in and starting shooting!
 
Can he be the scoring spark off the bench like tonight on a consistent basis? He's still a good shooter and should be able to knock down open shots and get the separation he needs to hit a J, but I just can't get behind giving him more minutes and saying he's back until he begins to do this on a regular basis. 1 good game every 3 games isn't going to cut it, this isn't the regular season anymore. It's a huge risk because he's a liability on defense if he's knocking down shots or not. I agree with what was stated above, he shouldn't be hopelessly driving to the rim when he has no chance to finish to ultimately make a bad pass with a high probability of turning the ball over. His role should be hitting down open jump shots and creating separation to hit his nice little 12 foot fade-away. He's a shooter and we should let him shoot, he can still get hot. Beyond that is out of his skill set at this time. When he tries to force it he turns the ball over. He just needs to figure out what he is still capable of and stick with it.

Oh and I can't stand watching him when he doesn't have the ball. He stands on the wing and watches, no movement or energy at all. He should be running around trying to get away from the defender, coming around screens to hit jump shots. It's not just Roy, for whatever reason this team goes through stretches of stagnant offense.
 
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These are my favorite threads. Roy mixes in 1 good game out of his last 10 and some jack wagon comes on here and tries to say he is still a good player.


Last night was probably the worst thing that could have happened to the team overall. Roy had his 1 good game and now Nate will overuse him going forward and the team will suffer.
 
I found myself yelling, "Yeah! Go in there and MAKE Nate give you minutes by producing when you get on the floor." It's what Brandon should have done in the first place, instead of going to the press.

Go Blazers
 
Mediocre Man said:
These are my favorite threads. Roy mixes in 1 good game out of his last 10 and some jack wagon comes on here and tries to say he is still a good player.


Last night was probably the worst thing that could have happened to the team overall. Roy had his 1 good game and now Nate will overuse him going forward and the team will suffer.
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Hey maybe, he just needed something to lite a fire under his ass....

Or maybe it's like we suspected and it will be one good game and three or four bad ones?

I would just like to see Roy go all-out for the rest of the series and earn that damn paycheck.
 
Roy got off to a good start. He seemed to move better without the ball and set himself up to score. The second half he petered out. All in all it was one of his better games of the season.
 
It's become patently obvious that Roy should be playing WITH a PG and NOT as a PG, he can be effective but the odds og him being so are greatly reduced when he has to be a PG.
 
ROY SHOULD NOT GET OFF THE BENCH!!! :MARIS61: :MARIS61: :MARIS61:

I am soooo glad that Nate is smarter than the majority of internet posters.
 
Blazinaway said:
It's become patently obvious that Roy should be playing WITH a PG and NOT as a PG, he can be effective but the odds og him being so are greatly reduced when he has to be a PG.
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Roy played well as PG last night for a while. You're right, though. The line-up of Miller/Roy/Batum or Matthews/Wallace/LMA is easily the best offensive team Nate can put of the floor, and it defended well last night.
 
Mediocre Man said:
These are my favorite threads. Roy mixes in 1 good game out of his last 10 and some jack wagon comes on here and tries to say he is still a good player.


Last night was probably the worst thing that could have happened to the team overall. Roy had his 1 good game and now Nate will overuse him going forward and the team will suffer.
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This is a legitimate concern. Has Brandon put together back-to-back good games since he's come back from the surgery? Now is the time if he is going to do so.

More often than not, the team goes completely out of synch when Roy is in the game. Like Uncle Ty alluded to, it's been pretty frustrating watching Roy drive the ball, make a move, then panic and throw a flaming bag pass to a teammate.

Last night looked to be more of the same, then it looked like he just said "fuck it" and forced up a long jump shot. Thank god it went in, and he seemed to push himself to move, jump and make some shots after that. We all hope Roy can find a way to contribute. In fact, I don't think we can win this series if he doesn't. He needs to decide what he still can do, work a little harder and do it.
 
The thing that remains obvious is that even if he can't cut as sharply as he once could, Roy still has fantastic moves to get his shot off. He's a born scorer, and needs to stay aggressive. Jason Terry couldn't guard him before, and still can't.
 
BlazerBeav said:
The thing that remains obvious is that even if he can't cut as sharply as he once could, Roy still has fantastic moves to get his shot off. He's a born scorer, and needs to stay aggressive. Jason Terry couldn't guard him before, and still can't.
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That double-crossover on Peja was flat-out ridiculous, and he can blow by Terry at will. It all comes down to defense at this point, but last night, Roy was as good as he's been all year, and the team couldn't score in the 4th when he was out and LMA was being doubled.
 
Aside from that crossover on Peja (and I'm still pissed that Wallace couldn't finish that play off), I think Roy looked most effective in the post last night. I would love to see him taking his man down low more often. Considering his physical state, that might be his best option
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Aside from that crossover on Peja (and I'm still pissed that Wallace couldn't finish that play off), I think Roy looked most effective in the post last night. I would love to see him taking his man down low more often. Considering his physical state, that might be his best option
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Did you noticed Barrera didn't get his typical offensive foul called on Roy? Roy is still respected by the refs. Roy should be exploiting Barrera any chance he gets on him.
 
i am satisfied looking at his entire season as a whole compared to one game, and knowing that he is an average player over the long haul. unfortunately that means when he has a good game, he needs to have a bad game to even it out.

that being said, pleaase aliens, abduct roy and insert miracle healing space goo into his knees. because i really miss nights like last night :(

go blazers!
 
3RA1N1AC said:
i am satisfied looking at his entire season as a whole compared to one game, and knowing that he is an average player over the long haul. unfortunately that means when he has a good game, he needs to have a bad game to even it out.

that being said, pleaase aliens, abduct roy and insert miracle healing space goo into his knees. because i really miss nights like last night :(

go blazers!
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THIS! rep'd
 
Roy had 16pts and it seemed like his best game in over a month. I'll wait to over-react. If he can string together a few games like this I'll be estatic, but I fear most of those long jumpers won't regularly fall and the teams offense will stagnate when he's in the game and everyone stands around watching him.

I've become more of a Roy hater this season but I hope he can prove me wrong. If Nate keeps a short leash on him maybe we can have the best of both worlds, ride him on nights like last night but park his butt on the bench if he has performances like game 1 or 2.
 
I'm thinking the same thing I thought before last night: put him in, and if he's effective let him keep playing. If he's not, then get someone else in there.

I don't think the team has any obligation to run him out there for 26+ minutes a game if his shots aren't falling given that the other things he does (especially defensively) aren't all that great nowadays.

Ed O.
 
Watching Roy play last night, I noticed he was playing with confidence and getting good elevation on his jump shots. Based on that single performance, I wonder how much of his recent poor play has been mental vs. physical. I realize he will never be the player he once was, at least consistently, but last night he was still clearly capable of competing physically. He has a tremendous size advantage over the Dallas guards. Last night he simply rose up and shot over them. I'd like to see him continue to do that. He hasn't complained about any knee pain in months. In the playoffs, there are no back-to-backs. He has time to rest and recover between games. If he can just focus on using his size advantage to score over the smaller opposition, and continue to play and shoot with confidence he can really help this team.

He also seemed to get a big boost from the home crowd last night. They gave him a huge ovation when he entered the game. My only fear is, that like the rest of our bench (in general), he will only play well at home. He needs to be able to play the same way, on the road, in a less favorable environment.

BNM
 
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