Brandon Roy
Preface
If a seagull loses its wings, it cannot soar above the sea. If a player's knee loses cartilage (meniscus), every game is when the player is fighting against his own injuries, while Roy is a full 6 years, fighting against his knee without cartilage. Every time I talk about him, a lot of NBA fans feel very sorry. Assuming he's not injured, how great he should be, and whether he can lead the Blazers to a championship. Even so, playing only 6 seasons, he still proves that he is a legend, he is brandon Roy who lost the cartilage of both knees.
Roy after winning the championship in college (second from left)
During college time, Roy had meniscus surgery on both knees because of competitions. The meniscus is located in the joint cavity between the calf bones of the thigh bone and acts as a cushion. Once the meniscus is broken due to external force, then every step you take after that, the fragments will be squeezed out from the middle, and the edge of the crack is not neat, which will make you very painful. The general surgical practice is to remove small pieces, leaving the largest and most complete, and grind the edges smoothly, although this is still not as good as before the injury, but it can still be used to some extent. What Roy did not expect was that this meniscus surgery directly affected his career.
Roy if he's healthy...
Roy at the Trail Blazers
It's the Blazers again, and sometimes I wonder if the Blazers are really an injury nursing home, and the shadow of injuries seems to cover the Blazers' reluctance to leave. In the 2006 NBA Draft, the Timberwolves were selected by the Timberwolves with the sixth pick in the first round and were subsequently traded to the Blazers. Roy, who has been training in the NCAA for many years, doesn't seem to need to adapt at all, scoring 20 points in the first game. People who watch Roy play will be in between games and can't help but sigh, "This player can really play."
At this time, Roy not only became the Blazers' star, but also became the league's recognized scoring guard who could succeed Kobe. At this time, Roy has shown a perfect big picture view and mature leadership temperament, his offensive area covers this three-point line area without dead ends, and a strong sense of responsibility can also make him work hard in defense.
Roy played against Kobe Bryant
On November 6, 2008, the Blazers played at home against yao's Rockets. In the final moments of the game, Yao Ming received the ball on the bottom line and hit a back-back shot, and the Rockets led by 1 point at 99-98, at this time there were only 0.8 seconds left in the game, and the shot was only theoretically possible. At that time, I was still thinking that Yao Ming finally had a kill in his career. No one expected that Roy did not give up the game, he received the ball near half of the three-point shot, the arc of the ball was very high into a rainbow.
0.8s anti-kill rocket
Roy killed the Rockets, and this double-kill game also became Roy's classic, and Yao Ming also lost the only kill of his career. Since then, people have begun to refer to Roy more as Yellow Mamba, because this performance has only been done by Kobe In the past.
Many people think that only Rose is a rose. In fact, Roy's career has also been beautiful like a rose, delicate but blooming very short, without wings of the seagull, still insisting on his basketball dream.