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
We've got to stop trying to cruise so much. Right now, we're just doing SOME of the things it takes to win.
Right now I feel very confident down the stretch that it's hard for opponents to stop me.
It's almost flipped now to where they stopped going to the tournament and we started going to the tournament. He may never admit it, but he may be thinking in the back of his mind, he could be a part of that right now.
He's back to being scrappy-tough, and that's the makeup of our team. When we stop doing that, we're not very good. He understands that. We need him 100 percent going hard, and he knows that.
He's made me a better player over four seasons. All summer, we played pick-up basketball and we'd match up against one another. When I penetrate to the basket, there are times when he stops me. His ability to guard big men and small guys definitely helps.
We just totally turned the page on that Thursday game. It was important not to come in here and worry about making shots, and we did a good job of that.
We're going to be a threat, inside and out.
I've seen where you can score 35 in two games in a row, and once you lose, you can't get it.
It was welcome back, Mike. It's fun having him out there because he stretches out the defense so much.
It would have been really special if he had come here. We would have been really good.
There's something about late in the game that's when I feel like I'm at my best.
Right now, we don't have very good chemistry offensively.
Practices are like they were in January. He's definitely stepped it up a lot more. We're not going to the tournament just happy to be there. We're past that level.
People give me a lot of credit for being a team guy, but Bobby brought us a winning attitude. I never won a state championship.