Roy is done

[LittleAlex]

I remember from the get-go when they started searching for a GM they were dead set in looking for someone with experience. That was the #1 thing they were looking for. A week or two later, they hired Cho.

Didn't make any sense to me.

I was under the impression that no one with experience wanted the Portland job after the way KP was thrown under the bus.

I think Cho was the absolute best they could do.

As of right now that hire looks pretty poor.
Perhaps Cho will do something in the near future to change that impression.

 

[blazerboy30]

He could still finish games but he's probably more of a facilitator then he's been... those who didn't want to see any more 4th quarter ISO with Roy must be thrilled :sigh:

STOMP

This is just idiotic.

 

[BBert]

Is Roy--with no cartilage--any less athletic than Miller? IMO, no. He's younger, bigger, faster, a better shooter...but less effective. Why? Maybe Miller is exactly the player we need here right now; not to mentor a young point guard, but to show Roy how to be effective as a ground-based player.

Too bad that, according to Roy, Roy and Miller have never had a conversation. Way for the "team leader" to reach out to the new guy -- for over a year.

 

[BBert]

Agreed. He can sub in at any position and play 18 minutes. He's still a good shooter, after all.

I've seen no evidence that Roy has the mental makeup to make that change or accept that role. I hope like hell he surprises me. For now, he prefers to blame the bench for his own shortcomings, it seems.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm starting to wonder how great a shooter he really is. He's starting to reveal himself to be a volume shooter who needs multiple looks to be effective. Not sure it's to the benefit of the team to allow him to shoot that much. Not now, since half his arsenal has been stolen from him. Not sure how effective he would be coming in and out as a bench player then.

He's actually pretty smart about his shots if you look at his game log this season: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/roybr01/gamelog/2011/

Look at the last seven games to see his current trend: if the shots aren't falling, he actually takes relatively few. It's only when the shots are falling that he takes more. So yes he's a volume shooter, when he's hitting his shots.

Being a jump-shooter will definitely make him look like a chucker, because he's not getting to the foul line anymore. But I think that, if he's limited to 10-15 shots by being a 6th man, he will maximize those opportunities, even driving a little because of the reduced load.