The Return of Brandon Roy?

[THE HCP]

Seen some tweets in the past few days about him coming back. How much would it hurt if he came back and could still get it done on the court?

@PeterVecsey1

Brandon Roy is considering Lakers should he come back. I say he's coming back 4 sure...but to Warriors, where ex-agent Bob Myers is GM

 

[3RA1N1AC]

hes going to do about as well as darius miles did

 

[THE HCP]

But Miles played SOLEY on his athleticism. Brandon, not so much.

 

[Natebishop3]

If he needs to come back to get peace of mind, I say do it. I think BRoy will come back, see that he can't play anymore, and then retire for good. I don't think he ever really got that closure that he needed.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i think he would be a good fit in charlotte

 

[jlprk]

Moneymaking idea for the Harlem Globetrotters: Have the Washington Generals sign Roy, Miles, Oden, Walton, and Bowie.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

He should join Team USA, win gold, call it a career.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

He should join Team USA, win gold, call it a career.

This.

repped

 

[e_blazer]

At this point, I'm fine with BRoy coming back and playing for another team. Given his knee situation, there's no way that he's more than 15-20 minutes a game man and it's debatable how long he can keep that up. It would suck to see him in a Laker uniform, but any other team and I'm fine with him getting some closure on his career. More power and luck to him.

 

[Blazinaway]

I don't five a flyin fuk, lets move on

 

[crandc]

I'm with e_blazer. If he wants to try, anyone but the Lakers. Why go there? He's not going to ride them to a championship, he'd play maybe 5 minutes a game if that. Does he really want to go from one of the most loved to one of the most reviled Blazers ever?

 

[mobes23]

I'd imagine he's also watching to see whether Chris Hansen gets a team back in Seattle -- having grown up in Seattle, I bet he'd love to be on that first new Sonics team.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'd imagine he's also watching to see whether Chris Hansen gets a team back in Seattle -- having grown up in Seattle, I bet he'd love to be on that first new Sonics team.

Player coach!

 

[Rhal]

I'm with e_blazer. If he wants to try, anyone but the Lakers. Why go there? He's not going to ride them to a championship, he'd play maybe 5 minutes a game if that. Does he really want to go from one of the most loved to one of the most reviled Blazers ever?

I agree ,anyone but the Lakers. It would KILL me to see him on the Lakers.


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[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'll burn his jerseys on youtube if he plays for the L*kers.

 

[PapaG]

I'd imagine he's also watching to see whether Chris Hansen gets a team back in Seattle -- having grown up in Seattle, I bet he'd love to be on that first new Sonics team.

Chris Hansen?

 

[Masbee]

Dear Brandon,

Don't play for the Lakers.

Most Blazer fans really, really, really, really fucking hate that pompus, privileged, entitled, star-cock sucking, ego driven, star-call given, always on TV, late arriving fans..... do I need to go on.

That you would need to even be reminded of this is disturbing enough. You would soil your legacy and place in Blazer history by (essentially) giving the finger to many Blazer fans who couldn't stand the sight of you in Purple and Piss and playing with Kobe and for the the Buss Boys.

Pick any other team in the NBA. Not the Lakers. Not now. Not ever.

Sincerely,

One of Your Many Fans

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

His knees are bone-on-bone! If he wants talk walk when he's in his 40's/50's he should not consider a comeback. It's not worth it.

 

[SecretAgentMan]

His knees are bone-on-bone! If he wants talk walk when he's in his 40's/50's he should not consider a comeback. It's not worth it.

If I were him I would try. Walking is overrated. Kidding, but by the time he's 50 I bet there will be better ways to make knees at least functioning, even with his condition.

 

[Draco]

I think he could be amazing if he only played once a week. He had a few awesome games in his last year when he was fully rested. When he came back early in the season against Phoenix. But he just can't play anywhere close to 82 games. Even sitting out all back to backs wouldn't be enough, he needs to only play ever 3rd game or less.

I'm so over my Blazer homerism with Roy and Oden. Its just a freaking shirt, I care more about those two guys as people and I'd love to see them overcome horrific injuries. It would be a great story and very exciting to watch no matter what logo its under.

 

[Sinobas]

Anyone remember Magic Johnson's mini-comeback? He returned in 95-96 and played in 36 games then retired again. He put up very decent numbers, so I"m not sure why he retired. Without AIDs, he seems like the type of guy that could play till he was 45 like Robert Parish.

 

[ehizzy3]

if he goes to the lakers, smh

 

[MARIS61]

Brandon needs to get a life, the old one's dead and buried.

 

[Natebishop3]

I suspect he'll come back, struggle through a year, and then retire again. He won't be able to take the long term beating on his knees that a full season entails.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Roy's days of playing even below-average defense are over. If he's not scoring on the offensive end, he'd be a liability. He'd have to be the focal point of a team's offense to really work out, and I don't know if he can or if any team would trust him to do that.

He insisted on a max contract even though the team and he knew he had bad knees. Somehow, even the cynics on this have not turned on him. However, if he makes another comeback, especially with the lakers, they will.

I still love the guy, I just hope that he figures out that there are other things he could do in the basketball world that don't require him playing an 82 game season.

 

[crandc]

The fact-challenged Bruce Jenkins wrote in Sunday's SF Chronicle that the Warriors have the inside track on BRoy. Take that with a barrel of salt considering:

1) the source of the rumor is Peter Vecsey. 'nuff said.
2) Jenkins also said the Warriors had the inside track on LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Yao Ming
3) he wrote that Brandon was one of the league's "most influential point guards" during his playing time. How much credibility can you give a so-called sportswriter who doesn't even know what position Brandon played?
4) while BRoy was playing Jenkins never had a good word to say about him, but now that he {{{{may}}}} be a Laker or a Warrior he is "one of the most influential" something or others.

 

[mobes23]

Chris Hansen?

He's the billionaire hedge fund guy who bought a bunch of land just south of Safeco Field in Seattle to build an NBA/NHL arena. The stadium is up for city and county approval right now. Sonics fans in Seattle are giddy about it, but it could get derailed by local idiots (of which there are many lol) despite the fact it is a pretty sweet deal in terms of the load and liability being placed on the prospective owner rather than on the public.

That all said, it's years away and, assuming he's serious about a comeback, Roy likely wouldn't wait around for something that might not happen.

 

[bigbailes]

He's the billionaire hedge fund guy who bought a bunch of land just south of Safeco Field in Seattle to build an NBA/NHL arena. The stadium is up for city and county approval right now. Sonics fans in Seattle are giddy about it, but it could get derailed by local idiots (of which there are many lol) despite the fact it is a pretty sweet deal in terms of the load and liability being placed on the prospective owner rather than on the public.

That all said, it's years away and, assuming he's serious about a comeback, Roy likely wouldn't wait around for something that might not happen.

different chris hansen then the chris hansen pictured!

 

[BrianFromWA]

He's the billionaire hedge fund guy who bought a bunch of land just south of Safeco Field in Seattle to build an NBA/NHL arena. The stadium is up for city and county approval right now. Sonics fans in Seattle are giddy about it, but it could get derailed by local idiots (of which there are many lol) despite the fact it is a pretty sweet deal in terms of the load and liability being placed on the prospective owner rather than on the public.

That all said, it's years away and, assuming he's serious about a comeback, Roy likely wouldn't wait around for something that might not happen.

Even Danny Westneat (who's normally leading the "keep that sports *$_% out of my taxpayer dollars!" bandwaagon) says it's basically a historically unprecedented deal for the city and they'd be dumb not to.

 

[magnifier661]

i think he would be a good fit in charlotte

I don't think so. Nate loves Roy, but I think he's too over cautious to let him work back into the starting line-up. I really think Chicago is the best place for him. He doesn't have to focus to be the man and he can switch being the playmaker with Rose. That would be a good duo, IMO.