Brandon Roy

oint guards going into the 2009-10 season.
Andre Miller, starter
Steve Blake, backup
Brandon Roy, may pick up a few minutes here and there at the point
Bayless, not likely to see much time at this position unless there is an injury to Blake or Miller.

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Oden will appreciate his lob passes he loves to throw to his streaking posts.
This deal makes Brandon Roy happy, which is the number one goal in the Rose City. With that said this deal does not make much sense. Yes, the addition of Andre Miller makes Portland better, but it does not make them better than the Lakers, Spurs, or even the Nuggets. So it appears that Portland really isn't better in the standings. Houston will fall of next year and Portland will likely still be the four seed out west.

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re than having an All-star guard.  And secondly, Greg Oden isn't an All-star center yet.  Brandon Roy is one of the top ten players in the league.  He played hard during the playoffs.  He carried the team to the fourth seed when everyone was just hoping to see the postseason.  But, without a strong low post presence, a first-round beating is about all the Blazers can hope for.  The Rockets shredded the Blazers with Yao Ming and Luis Scola playing a simple high/low game.  Lamarcus Aldridge is the perfect high, but Oden is still a year or two away from being a dominant low.  Which takes me to the second part of why Portland absolutely has to make this trade if given the chance, Greg Oden showed some extreme potential this season but he's not quite ready to make the leap yet.  Joel taught him quite a bit about how to play NBA defense.  He looked markedly better as the season went on, at least in the few games he wasn't in foul trouble.  Now Greg needs someone to show him how to score around the basket.  He needs to see a fellow big demonstrate how to hold the ball with his back to the basket or when to release that baby-hook or where to go when there are two or three gremlins hanging off his arms.  The kind of thing that Shaq's been dealing with for 17 years.  Oden is coming along and the best thing that the Blazers can do for him is keep as much pressure off of him.  Shaq could relieve quite a bit of that pressure just by coming in and being Shaq.  Greg isn't ready to play the savior, but I know Shaq is. 

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Congratulations Portland Trail Blazers on a great season. You overachieved, brought the city to hysteria not seen since the early 90s and created a solid foundation on which to work on. Now get over it.

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ble with the ball in their hands at the end of the game. 

 Portland depends so much on Brandon Roy at the end of games, that once the Magic began to double team him everywhere on the court, it threw the Blazers out of whack.  The Blazers took bad shots, turned the ball over and were non-existant on the offensive boards in the final two minutes.  They let Orlando play them.

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execution tonight, I don't think that they should rely heavily on running pick & roll sets with Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge or their other bigs, seeing as how pick & roll defense is something that Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis and Kevin Garnett especially excel at as much as anyone else in the league.  Garnett's length and physical play will bother both Aldridge and Roy if they run a lot of these sets, so it's probably better to run more isolation plays for Roy (he's especially good at these) and force the Celtics to defend him one on one. 

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the second unit.  Batum can be that defensive playmaker who doesn't need a lot of shots, while Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge can look for their shots more with the first unit.  A

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day trades in the last two years that have netted him some of basketball's finest young prospects (Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge) while simultaneously cutting out some of the worst clubhouse cancers in this league (Zach Randolph).  In just a few short seasons, Pritchard has taken the Blazers from an irrelevant team toiling in obscurity to a semi-intriguing, slightly less obscure team full of young talent and good character.

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floor. 

And then, there was the decisive play of the game ( watch the highlight), in which Brandon Roy dribbles right past the entire Laker team, marches down the lane right to the rim and lays it in while getting fouled by Pau Gasol (in the closing minute of a 3 point game!).  Watching the play, you will realize that not even Charlton Heston playing Moses (R.I.P.) could have parted the defense quite like that or make a wider lane for

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reliable perimeter shooters that are somewhat incapable of creating their own shots.  Lastly, Brandon Roy should benefit on offense as opposing defenses will be prevented from helping on his slashing drives.  If defending big men commit to stopping Roy, Oden will be open underneath for many easy dunks, however if the big men stay home, Roy has proven that he can score on just about anyone in a one-on-one situation.

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a victory telling me they wont be able to stop Kobe Bryant.  Saying that it is inevidable wtih Brandon Roy still out on his hip injury.

Joel Przybilla: holding the team up as best he can with 8.4 Rebounds,  1.24 blocks, and  .547% field goals

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Portland has a brutal april schedule ahead of them  loaded with playoff teams.  So beating the Bobcats (26-45) record at the Rose Garden will be an important step in finishing better then 50

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