You want a nice little laugh? Dig this: Brandon Roy's $82 million contract is only the second-largest deal in Blazers history, behind guess whose? Yep, Zach Randolph's $84 million deal he signed in 2004.
True, B-Roy's deal is more lucrative on a per-year basis, but you have to admit that piece of trivia is still funny.
Want another factoid? Okay, this one is less laughable and more, say, telling: For Roy's player-option fifth year in the 2014-2015 season, he's expected to earn about $20.1 million, which just clips the $19.7 million Scottie Pippen earned as a 37-year-old, averaging about 11-4-4 for the embryonic "Jail Blazers." Roy will be a "still in or near his prime" 31 that final year and, very realistically, maybe a couple rings deep.
Yeah, I said it: Roy and the Blazers might cop a couple rings within the next six seasons. Portland has that much potential and, perhaps more importantly, Roy is that good.
If you're not a hoops junkie with NBA League Pass or you're an early-riser that can't stay up for West Coast games, you might not know just how good this young kat is. Even his Second Team All-NBA and precocious debut in the Playoffs -- where he averaged 27 points, five rebounds and three assists -- was overshadowed by a loss to the Rockets in the first round.
Don't get it twisted, though. There's a reason why Roy and the Blazers played tug-o'-war over that fifth year of the contract extension..............................
