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Brandon Roy
No. 7 – Portland Trail Blazers
PositionShooting guard/Point guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1984-07-23) July 23, 1984 (age 40)
Seattle, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolGarfield (Seattle)
CollegeWashington (2002–2006)
NBA draft2006: 6th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career2006–present
Career highlights and awards
2006 Pac-10 player of the year
2007 NBA Rookie of the Year
2007 NBA All-Rookie Team
2008 NBA All-Star
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Brandon Dawayne Roy (born July 23, 1984)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He was selected sixth in the 2006 NBA Draft, having completed four years playing for the Washington Huskies. In 2008, he serves as the team's co-captain, along with LaMarcus Aldridge. His nickname is "B Roy".[2]

Born in Seattle, Washington, Roy became known for his immediate impact on the Trail Blazers.[3] Zach Randolph, then the team captain, was traded to the New York Knicks at the end of Roy's first season, which cleared the way for Roy to take on a leadership role on the team.[1] Though hampered by an injured ankle, Roy won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for 2006–07 in a near-unanimous vote. He played 57 games as a rookie and averaged 16.8 points per game in the 2006–07 season. He was selected as a reserve to the 2008 NBA All-Star Game, where he played the most minutes of any Western Conference player, and tied for the most points in the West.

Early years

Roy was born in Seattle, Washington on July 23, 1984. He first started taking basketball seriously while playing for the Amateur Athletic Union, one of the world's largest sports organizations in the United States.[4] He attended Garfield High School in Seattle. Roy was considered as one of the state's best high school players.[5] He was an early-entry candidate for the 2002 NBA Draft straight out of high school, but he withdrew his name after consideration.[6][7]

Roy attended Nate McMillan's basketball camp in the 1990s when the current Blazer coach was still playing for the Seattle Supersonics.

College career

Roy faced challenges before entering college. His parents and his older brother had not attended college, and due to a learning disability Roy had difficulty with the Scholastic Aptitude Test; his reading comprehension was slow, which increased the time he needed for tests. He had taken the test four times (with tutors) before finally meeting the National Collegiate Athletic Association requirements.[4] Unsure whether he would be able to attend a four-year college course, Roy worked on the Seattle docks, cleaning shipping containers for $11/hour.[4]

In 2002, Roy started to play for the University of Washington (UW). He remained there for four years under head coach Lorenzo Romar. He majored in American Ethnic Studies.[8] After his junior year, Roy considered entering the draft, but changed his mind when he learned that teammate Nate Robinson and high school senior and UN signee Martell Webster intended to enter the draft. He saw an opportunity to rise in the ranks on his college team, and improve his draft position.[4]

During his senior year Roy averaged 20.2 points per game while leading the Huskies to a 26–7 season and a second straight Sweet Sixteen appearance.[9] Roy was named Pac-10 player of the year and received All-American honors at the end of the season, while also being a finalist for the Wooden, Naismith, Oscar Robertson, and Adolph Rupp awards.[8] Roy was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, but traded to the Trail Blazers for the draft rights of Randy Foye.[3][10]

Professional career

Roy's NBA debut was in his hometown against the Seattle Super Sonics.[11] He scored 20 points in that game, and 19 in the following game.[12] An impingement in his left heel kept him out of 20 games early in the season, but he scored his first career double-double shortly after his return, on December 22, 2006 against the Toronto Raptors.[12] At the end of January 2007, Roy led all NBA rookies with 14.5 points per game. He became the fourth Trail Blazer to be selected for the rookie squad of the NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge since its inception in 1994. He was the first Trail Blazer to participate in the All-Star Weekend since Rasheed Wallace's selection as an all star reserve in 2001.[13]

Roy's uniform number is 7. He was the Western Conference's Rookie of the Month in January, February, and March 2007.[12] After averaging 16.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game during the 2006–07 NBA season, Roy was named NBA Rookie of the Year. He received 127 out of 128 first-place votes.[12] Due to injury, he played in only 57 games in that season, the second-fewest games for a Rookie of the Year.[12] He was the third Trail Blazer to win the award, the others being Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks.[12]

Roy started in the first 48 games of the 2007–08 season, averaging 19.7 points, 5.8 assists and 4.6 rebounds. He also led the Blazers to a 13-game winning streak in the month of December. Roy was selected as a reserve for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game. He scored 18 points in that game, and also had 9 rebounds. He injured his right ankle in the final game before the All-Star Weekend. Although he earned accolades for his play over the weekend, the injury impacted his play in the following weeks.[14] He played in the Rookie Challenge for the second time, this time as a "sophomore"; teammate LaMarcus Aldridge was also on the sophomore squad.[15] Roy played nearly 29 minutes in the All-Star game, the most of any Western Conference player. He also tied Chris Paul and Amare Stoudemire for the most points with 18.[16]

In the 2008 preseason, Roy underwent a 20-minute medical procedure in Vancouver, Washington, during which team physician Don Roberts removed a piece of cartilage that was causing irritation in Roy's left knee. Roy missed several weeks of action because of the rehabilitation, but was ready on the opening day of the season against the Los Angeles Lakers.[17] On November 6, against the Houston Rockets, Roy hit a game-winning 30-foot jumper at the buzzer in overtime.[18]

Personal life

Roy's longtime girlfriend Tiana Bardwell delivered their first child, Brandon Jr., whom they nicknamed BJ, on March 27, 2007 in Seattle.[19] About two months later, Roy had taken Bardwell out to look at rings "just to get the idea of what she'd like". On June 16, 2007 in Roy's home in Renton, Washington, he sent Bardwell a text instructing her to look into the drawer of his closet, saying she can have what she finds. Bardwell, confused, finds a ring she mentioned she liked.[20] Roy, entering the room with their son, asked "BJ wants to know if you will marry his daddy?" Bardwell immediately accepted. Roy said the entire proposal was "free-styled".[20] They plan to marry in August 2009.[20]

Awards and honors

Regular season

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Portland 57 55 35.4 .456 .377 .838 4.4 4.0 1.2 .2 16.8
2007–08 Portland 74 74 37.7 .454 .340 .753 4.7 5.8 1.1 .2 19.1
Career 131 129 36.7 .455 .355 .787 4.6 5.0 1.1 .2 18.1
All-Star 1 0 29.0 .800 .667 .000 9.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 18.0

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Brandon Roy Statistics". Basketball References. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "Brandon Roy". Retrieved December 3, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "NBA.com - Trail Blazers' Brandon Roy". NBA.com. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d Hendrickson, Brian (December 9, 2007). "The Real Roy". The Columbian. Archived from the original on November 13, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2008. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; December 11, 2007 suggested (help)
  5. ^ "Player Bio: Brandon Roy". Retrieved November 12, 2008.
  6. ^ "Brandon Roy". InsideHoops.com. Retrieved May 15, 2007.
  7. ^ "BLAZERS: Brandon Roy timeline". Retrieved November 12, 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Prospect Profile - Brandon Roy". Retrieved May 15, 2007.
  9. ^ "UW Huskies Have Sweet 16 Matchup With UConn Huskies". Retrieved May 15, 2007.
  10. ^ "Trail Blazers Land Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge". Retrieved May 15, 2007.
  11. ^ Kelly, Steve. "Roy is just the player to help the Blazers make a turnaround". Retrieved November 12, 2008.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Roy receives 127 of 128 first-place votes as top rookie". Associated Press. espn.com. May 2, 2007.
  13. ^ "Guard Brandon Roy makes rookie-sophomore game at All-Star event". Associated Press. espn.com. January 31, 2007.
  14. ^ Freeman, Joe (February 25, 2008). "Roy could miss L.A. trip". The Oregonian.
  15. ^ Arnold, Geoffrey C. (February 16, 2008). "Roy crashes a party". The Oregonian.
  16. ^ "2008 NBA All-Star Boxscore". February 17, 2008. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
  17. ^ "Report: Brandon Roy Will Be Ready for Opening Day". August 14, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  18. ^ "Roy's Buzzer-Beater Lifts Blazers Past Yao, Rockets in OT". Retrieved November 9, 2008.
  19. ^ "LaMarcus has a big March; Roy is a new daddy". Associated Press. March 29, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2007.
  20. ^ a b c Quick, Jason. "Part I - Roy's marriage proposal: Little BJ gets an assist". Retrieved November 9, 2008.
  21. ^ "Trail Blazers' Brandon Roy Named 2006-07 T-Mobile NBA Rookie of the Year". NBA. Retrieved November 11,, 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  22. ^ "Roy Headlines 2006-07 NBA T-Mobile All-Rookie Team". NBA.com. May 11, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
Awards
Preceded by NBA Rookie of the Year
2007 		Succeeded by
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