In the 2006 draft, the Blazers actually traded two lotto shows, one is LaMarcus Aldridge, the other is today's protagonist, Brandon Roy, and without that damn injury, who would be the best player in the world in these two lotto shows may still be unknown.
2006 season trailblazers inside and outside the young talent
Roy, who just graduated from high school, may have been good enough to test the NBA at that time, although because his grades were too bad, and he ran into walls in the pursuit of scholarships, but he was polite and easy-going, and finally chose to be tempered in college, and he finally spent four years in college, and college was not in vain, he not only turned the decadence of high school scum and successfully graduated, but also honed his basketball skills to a very mature degree. For example, the cultivation of the still admirable left-right fighting, excellent scoring skills, the ability to connect teams, the strong and calm personality, and the strong and strong physique, these are all important factors that helped him, the older rookie, occupy the sixth pick in the 2006 draft. In fact, the Blazers' second attempt against an older rookie with the sixth pick was still very successful, and that one of the offspring also played off the Rockets in the same corner of the court. But apparently, if Roy hadn't ended up injured, they wouldn't have picked Lillard in 11-12. Of course, this is all an afterthought.
Roy in college
A tribute to the seniors of the Lillard Rockets
Roy showed a super high level in his first season for the Timberwolves, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team that can compete for the top three of the worst management in the twenty-first century, traded Roy to the Blazers in the draft, and I don't know how many times he missed the opportunity to find a good helper for Garnett, Roy was able to average 16.8 points, 4 assists and 1.2 steals per game in his rookie season, and was absolutely reliable on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. What is rare is that he is almost a finished product, his style of play is difficult not to be reminiscent of Tim Duncan, low-key, simple and deadly, although the efficiency of the near basket end is not ideal, but the shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate are excellent in that era, his arsenal is actually very complete in the rookie season, and the team only needs to wait quietly for him to slowly show these weapons. Sure enough, in the first season of the Blazers with Roy as the core of the team, but also the second season of Roy himself, Roy once again improved his performance, He averaged 19.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game in the regular season, won 6.5 points more per 100 rounds than non-existent teams, led the Blazers who had just won the previous season to a 50 percent win rate, and he was also selected as an All-Star in one fell swoop, although the team still did not enter the playoffs in the Wild West, but it was clear that the Blazers at that time could be called the future.
The Blazers of the 08-09 season welcomed the returning emperor Auden, the team's internal and external double-core Roy and Ade performances are steadily rising, Otello and Batum are important forces in the team's front line, and Fernandez on the bench is a master of nothing, and their head coach McMillan is also experienced. The Blazers of the 08-09 season look so vibrant, the only vignette may be Roy's left knee inflammation in the preseason, he asked the team doctor to cut a small piece of meniscus in order to catch the regular season, and the collapse of The City of Maxims often starts with a brick, leaving these vignettes aside, brandon Roy in the 08-09 season is further than the previous season, he scored 22.6 points, shooting 48%, both of which are career highs. His attack through the block is not fast but very sharp, the mid-range shot is accurate and deadly, the dribble gets rid of the realistic fake action, the left and right hand ends after breaking into the basket are extremely balanced, and there is a soft three-pointer, he has a pass above the level of a point guard but also has excellent physical fitness in the quantile, and even staged a good play of a seven-foot center in the compartment. Such a player is obviously difficult to limit.
In this season when he won the All-Star and the All-Roc Second Team, his most talked about game is definitely the regular season game with the Rockets, on November 6, 2008, the Blazers sat at home to welcome the Houston Rockets gathered by Yao Mai, the process of this game was very anxious, until the final thirty seconds of overtime, the score was still tight to 96 draws, and the next round, Maddy held the ball with Yao Ming, and then got the opportunity to single Out Aldridge at the top of the arc, he shrugged his shoulders to the left and tricked Ade into taking half a step back. Maddy pulled the ball with one hand and shot a shot, but unfortunately short did not score, the Blazers quickly returned to pick up the rebound, Roy did not hesitate to hold the ball quickly, sticking to Atai to break into the rocket box, Maddy patted immediately forward to delay the breakthrough, only to see Roy a half turned over Atay, dry pull shot clean and clean, look up at 1.9 seconds, leave a rocket time is not much. Back from the timeout, Yao Ming received the ball against the Przbila, at a forty-five-degree angle on the right side of the penalty area, the iconic turn jump shot hit, and the Roy bag who came on the other side sent two plus one, Yao Ming of course asked to hit the free throw, and overtook the Blazers by one point. The next round came to the Blazers' side, Roy received the ball with almost no obstruction, jumped, shot, hit this anti-kill ball, full of joy, crisp and sharp, confident comparable to Lü Buyuan's shooting, and later Lee guided Yan to shoot Parsons' record of seeing the bloody throat is similar to the predecessor Roy.
On December 18, 2008, the Blazers played against the Suns, Roy shot 14 of 27 shots, 19 of 21 free throws, and scored a season-high 52 points, and there was not a single mistake in the whole game, setting a record for all-time scoring at portland Rose Garden, and the Blazers also ended their eleven-game losing streak against the Suns. The Trail Blazers made it to the playoffs again after six years that season, only to fall in the first round. To be sure, Roy was good enough, averaging 26.7 points in six games against the Rockets, and in the second game of the first round against the Rockets, Roy scored 42 points to help the Blazers pull the score to 1-1. Artest, as an opponent, also praised him. Although the Blazers lost six games to the Rockets, it was thought at the time that this was just a small setback for this young and talented team, and no one thought that this was already their peak.
In August 2009, the Blazers signed Roy a five-year, $82 million contract, the second-largest contract in Blazers history at the time, demonstrating the Blazers' confidence in the future of each other's teams. In fact, in the 09-10 season opener, Roy led the Blazers to victory over the Rockets, and after two games, he scored 42 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists against the Rockets, and a month later, he used a three-second deadlock to lead the Blazers to victory over the Rockets again. Roy's unreserved performance once again helped the Blazers win fifty to reach the playoffs in sixth place in the West, and he himself won the best team three and third All-Star. However, it was also an important part of the team this season, Fernandez, Batum, Oden repeatedly suffered injuries, Roy had to use more mid-range shots to solve the team's poor offensive space problem, 74% of his shots this season came from jump shots, and then dry pull mid-shots This killer is like a dragon slaying technique, users have to endure huge power of regurgitation, Roy's knees are fragmented under repeated impacts, on January 13, 2010, Roy's right leg was strained, he insisted on not resting, A week later the same position aggravated injury was set off the court, april 11 MRI showed his right knee bone consultation, further examination of the meniscus minor tear, the doctor's advice was to take at least one round of rest series, but he then took conservative treatment and rushed back after the eighth day, which was the fourth game of the Blazers against the Suns series, when the Blazers were 1-2 behind, Roy hit a key three-pointer in the fourth quarter to help the team win the game, but the injury affected him so much, and the game after that, His performance was not good, and the team fell again in the first round. No one expected that the return of the king of the fourth game was the removal of the meniscus on both knees, and Roy's meniscus, who had been tortured since high school, finally said goodbye to him completely, which also led to Roy being able to serve as a substitute for the rest of his career. In the regular season, the efficiency of the appearance is worrying, and the efficiency is a sharp decline, Losing 8.8 points per hundred rounds than the team that wasn't, Brandon Roy, the star who rose quickly seemed to be about to fall so quickly, but he was not reconciled, in the fourth game against Dallas in the first round of the playoffs, it was on the edge of the cliff that was 1:2 behind, Roy stood up again, scored 18 points in the quarter of eight out of ten in the fourth quarter, and shot the winning goal in front of Sean Marion, leading the team to reverse the Mavericks by 23 points, but following the team in two routs, Roy seemed to burn out the last energy. The Blazers eventually pardoned Roy, who immediately announced his retirement.
Brandon Roy, in the '00s they were the genius number two who could compete with Kobe Wade, in the 10s, he was the most painful retired star for fans, and now there are not many rumors about him on the Internet. The 0.8-second killer ball was 12 years ago, when the flowing and calm Yellow Mamba was no longer on the NBA court to show his talent, replaced by the big-bellied Roy coach on the sidelines to escort the stubble of basketball-loving teenagers, perhaps full of his own youthful appearance.