Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy
Brandon Dawayne Roy is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association. He was selected sixth in the 2006 NBA draft, having completed four years playing for the Washington Huskies. His nickname was "B-Roy", but he was also referred to as "The Natural" by Trail Blazers announcer Brian Wheeler. On December 10, 2011, Roy announced his retirement from basketball due to a degenerative knee condition, though he...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 July 1984
CitySeattle, WA
I don't think it's a big secret that he'll be leaving.
I wouldn't want to play in that system because I think they're too structured. It's too much that this guy is going to shoot on this play, or this guy is going to shoot on this play, instead of having a little more freedom offensively. But it works.
Right now I feel very confident down the stretch that it's hard for opponents to stop me.
My teammates like me, they enjoy me. I'm not being too dominant in the locker room or anything like that. As long as all the things are good, I'm having fun.
I was still trying to go to him.
Louisville was bigger and more physical than us. Jon brings that for us now. Even if he doesn't get the rebounds, he's diving for balls and keeping other guys from getting them. He makes Mike and the rest of us play harder.
Last year we had huge confidence because teams didn't know how quick we were or how fast we were going to play.
Last year, with a No. 1 seed, we might have gotten a little relaxed. Now everybody's hungry. I think we have more fight.
Mike stretches the defense out so much. Late in the game I started getting fouled a lot because I started penetrating the middle and guys didn't know whether to help or not because Mike had hit six or seven threes.
Mike just stretched the defense out and it created more opportunities for me to drive. He came out so aggressive.
Let's throw that one out the window and play Oregon.
I'm a little shocked that their record doesn't show how good they are.
If I played on the East Coast, I think I would be a household name. But on the West Coast I'm a household name, so that's good enough for me.
I feel like I let the young guys down.