I'm fine with Roy getting the ball a lot. I'm fine with him getting the ball more than he has in the past. What I'm not necessarily fine with is an attitude of "To make this team successful, just give me the ball and let me figure it out." No player has been terribly successful that way, not even Michael Jordan. I realize that Roy is willing to pass the ball, and he's not a selfish scorer. However, demanding he be the focal point all the time I think would be detrimental, because it limits what the team can do.
What it comes down to is that I don't think Roy is a point guard. I don't think he can function like a point guard and be the initiator every time down the floor. In some ways, his hybrid nature is a strength...but it's a weakness also, if he can't execute/accept roles, at times, that off guards generally take on, like being off the ball weapons. The fact of the matter is that Roy is not a transcendent player. He's Portland's best player since Drexler and fans associate him with the team's turnaround, but he's not a generational type of player (from an NBA standpoint). He isn't so good that he should be able to dictate what he does and everyone falls into line around that. Being the "best player" isn't qualification enough; I can only imagine the howls of anger if Zach Randolph had made comments like this as Portland's best player at one point.
Even Jordan adapted his game. It's not too much to ask Roy to do the same. The tone that some people seem to be taking ("How dare you question Roy, he's our best player") is overmuch, in my opinion. He's an excellent player, but it's still his responsibility to adapt his game to fit the personnel around him, just as it's the responsibility of every other player. The coaching staff should want the ball in his hands a ton, but everyone, including Roy, should be open-minded as to how the ball is put in his hands.
