I feel bad for Brandon Roy

[rsxnova]

Im starting to think BRoy is just going to have a short NBA career. He has no knee cartlege. I guess he should have thought twice about not wanting to play for Charlotte... Also, a huge shoutout for the Portland Training staff/Front office. Who lets a player play in the playoffs 8 days after surgery?

Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy doesn't need to have surgery on his aching left knee.
Doctors determined that the reason Roy's knee has been swelling up to the point where it needed to be drained twice already this season is because there is no cartilage left in the knee.
"Nah. None. Not in my right, either," Roy said.
"The problem is bone-on-bone there," he added. "Dr. [Don] Roberts calls it 'arthritic knee.' It's just something I'm going to have to deal with for the rest of my career."
Roy admitted that there were times this week when he feared that he might need microfracture surgery.


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[teej]

Damn. At least he's going to get enough money to be set, because he's not going to be walking at the rate he's going.

[Toocool]

He's 26 now roughly yeah? I would give it until he's about 27 if he's lucky until his knees blow out and would probably need micro, like T-mac.

Seriously the wear and tear of a basketball game on your knees is intense. I wouldn't be surprised if his knees blew out mid-season, same with Dejuan Blair.