Brandon Roy will undergo knee surgeyr

[Arcavian]

I was hoping he could stay healthy

 

[beenz]

Damn. I was rooting for him. Guy loves the game but sometimes you gotta know when to fold 'em, especially when the circumstance is totally out of your hands.

plus he's still off that max contract he got paid from. what is he trying to prove out there?

 

[Microfracture]

 

[El Jefe]

A damn shame but he gotta let it go for his quality of life in the future. Between this and Oden I swear the Blazers are the most cursed organization.

u forgettin they took sam bowie before michael jordan lol ??

 

[TYBG]

dude needs to stop fukkin around and take care of his health.

 

[Greenhornet]

what is a successful surgery ?


THROW IN THE DAMN TOWEL !

 

[Greenhornet]

 

[Q2EEzY]

TMac and Yao was a more unfortunate situation. Trailblazers werent going do anything .

We beat them in teh playoffs when they're squad was completely healthy(including Oden)

nate mcmuffins fault, Roy held his own

 

[PTBG]

Not just one doctor, but multiple doctors have told Roy that he should stop playing basketball. His knees are getting worse by the day. By now, at 28, he has had so many surgeries, so many treatments and seen so many doctors, he sounds like a specialist. He explains that he has degenerative arthritis, which erodes and eventually eliminates cartilage, with the same precision and ease that came to define his run of three consecutive All-Star appearances. And with the calm that made him one of the game's best finishers, he explains that his knees have reached Level III arthritis. There are only four stages.

"Level IV," Roy says fearlessly, "is when you get a knee replacement."

Give it up Roy. You were a great player, but its time to give it up man. This shyt is too sad.

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

feel bad for him...it wasn't his spirit and determination that failed him, it was something he couldn't control. That's the worst

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

feel bad for him...it wasn't his spirit and determination that failed him, it was something he couldn't control. That's the worst

yep, people like Vince,T-Mac, and them are wasted talents who didnt give a fukk.

B-Roy,Grant Hill are built from the same cloth.

 

[HiphopRelated]

Give it up Roy. You were a great player, but its time to give it up man. This shyt is too sad.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Give it up Roy. You were a great player, but its time to give it up man. This shyt is too sad.

Roy is on some Melvin from the Temptations shyt with this knee.



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[Heretic]

A damn shame but he gotta let it go for his quality of life in the future. Between this and Oden I swear the Blazers are the most cursed organization.

Passin up jordan for sam bowie
But actually at the time it wasnt seen as an awful pick since he had all the intangibles and they just got drexler the year before.

 

[malbaker86]

Roy returns to Wolves practice after knee surgery

Posted Dec 13, 2012 4:07 PM - Updated Dec 13, 2012 5:30 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brandon Roy has returned to practice on a limited, no-contact basis with the Minnesota Timberwolves a month after arthroscopic surgery on his right knee - an accomplishment by itself given the chronic problems he's had.


The former NBA Rookie of the Year and All-Star decided to revive his career in Minnesota this season. Roy said the latest knee trouble didn't prompt him to consider retirement, like he did a year ago when he was with Portland.

"I never thought about walking away. It was just, for me, do I want to go through another procedure? Or do I want to play through it?" Roy said Thursday.

Roy said he felt fine in training camp, but he banged knees with another player in an exhibition game against Milwaukee on Oct. 26, and the discomfort worsened after another collision in a game against Indiana on Nov. 9. He had the operation on Nov. 19.

Roy has been doing light drills with the team but said there's no timetable for his return to the lineup. The Wolves have four games in the next five days, so he won't be back for that. He said he'll start to practice at full speed next week.

"The goal was to try to come in and help this team out, so I still have a lot of time left to try to do that. You can't prepare for something like that, but now I've gone through it. About a month later, I'm happy we got it done, and I feel better," said Roy, who played in five games before the surgery.

Roy acknowledged "that small concern" in the back of his mind that he'll never reach 100 percent strength in his knees again but said several times in a post-practice interview with reporters that he feels good and the pain is gone.

Whenever Roy retakes the court, he'll be overshadowed by certain other backcourt player coming off a knee injury. The Wolves host Dallas on Saturday, when point guard Ricky Rubio could make his season debut. The standout from Spain has been practicing at full speed and is simply waiting for clearance from the team. Coach Rick Adelman said Rubio hasn't had any setbacks.

"I really have no idea. Every day they're testing. They're doing work on him, to see where he's at. I'm sure we'll make that decision come Saturday," Adelman said.

Backup point guard J.J. Barea spoke eagerly of Rubio's return, echoing the sentiment of everyone on the team and around it.

"He wants to be out there with us and help us win, so I think for the whole city and for us it's good to have him back," Barea said.

Malcolm Lee, who has been starting at shooting guard lately with Roy out, left Wednesday's game with a hyperextended right knee. He didn't take part in Thursday's light workout, and the team said he wouldn't travel to New Orleans for Friday's game.