However, I believe Brandon Roy deserves the attention. He's another talented player hindered by a career threatening injury. The unfortunate thing about this injury is that there's no surgery or special treatment to heal it.
Instead, the clock is ticking on a career that never really got started — a career many believe will be drastically cut short.
The chips are stacked against Brandon Roy. But if there's anyone who can bounce back and defy the odds, it's him. Roy faced challenges even before entering college. He led the team to two Sweet Sixteen appearances and was named Pac Player of the Year as a senior. Brandon Roy was selected number 6 overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in traded to Portland on draft day.
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Here's what we know:. The Lakers announced yesterday that Metta World Peace underwent successful surgery on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus, and will miss six weeks. Whether or not the Lakers make the playoffs, World Peace's season could be over, and Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News wondered yesterday if the veteran forward has played his last game as a Laker.
World Peace isn't necessarily in the final year of his contract, since he has a player option for next season. However, if he exercises that option, he becomes a prime candidate to be amnestied.
If he declines the option, he'll hit unrestricted free agency. Either way, the man formerly known as Ron Artest may sign a new contract before he plays in his next NBA game. A number of players are in the same situation as World Peace, with potential free agency looming and an injury keeping them off the court. Here are a few guys who we may not see play for their current teams again, and whose free agent stocks could be affected by their current injuries:.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Brandon Roy , who has missed most of the season after undergoing knee surgery, addressed media in Portland before the Wolves faced off against the Trail Blazers. Roy reflected on his five seasons in Portland as well as updating on the status of his rehab and the future of his career. Ben Golliver of BlazersEdge has a full transcript of Roy's comments. I'm doing good. I've been doing good for a few weeks now.
Working without any setbacks. I'm getting closer to getting back out there on the court. I was talking to Kevin [Love] and Chase [Budinger] and those guys, once they're healthy, I'll be that much closer and we'll give ourselves a good look at what we could have been had we been healthy. Maybe it's just timing also. I'm not sure. My body has a lot to say about that. At the end of the year, I'll do some reflecting on how this season went and if I want to continue.
I made the commitment at the beginning of the year that I'm going to stick with this season no matter what through the ups and downs and at the end of the year I'll reflect on things and do I still want to go forward.
I'm not going to make that decision now, I know maybe people want me to. I made a commitment and I'm going to stick it out. Thoughts on Blazers rookie guard Damian Lillard :. He's a good player. Being in Minnesota I don't get to watch as many Portland games, but the games I've watched, he's a really tough player.
I didn't know he could shoot the ball that good. He's a really good three-pointer shooter. He's just tough on the court and he makes big shots, timely shots. He's going to be a special player in this league.
He's solid. I've never really been one to compare guys to myself but I see a lot of Chauncey Billups in him. Chauncey wasn't at that level so early but you could see a lot of similarities. He just comes down and makes timely baskets.
Playing against guys like Chauncey, that's what they did. He's going to be a really good player in this league. I never really do it. But people will sit around and watch games and go, 'man, if you guys could have stayed healthy,' and they will mention Greg, me and LaMarcus, we had a lot of young talented pieces.
Some people say you guys could have been this, you could have been that. I'm the type where unless you work and actually get that, it's just a what if. If you think too hard on the what ifs, it takes too much credit from the teams that are actually going out and doing it.
The outlook for Brandon Roy hasn't been positive for a while, and a setback a few weeks ago as he recovers from knee surgery derailed his hopes of returning before the All-Star break. Paul Pioneer Press documents. Roy has suggested he'll retire if he can't make it back on the court this year. Neither Richardson, writing in his report, or Adelman appeared to rule out a return this season, but the idea that Roy is finished has apparently led Minnesota's front office to pursue trades that would attract teams looking for an expiring contract.
Roy would have to play in either 65 games or reach 1, minutes this season to trigger a guarantee on next year, and both thresholds appear far out of his reach. He's appeared in only five games and played a total of minutes this year. The Wolves are also interested in a buyout for Roy at some point this season, an idea that's met resistance from Roy's financial adviser.
Minnesota may make a stronger push for a buyout after the deadline if they're not able to include Roy in a trade. Username or Email Address.
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