Brandon Roy of the Portland Trail Blazers is known for being a very fundamentally sound player. He can do it all with the basketball. However, it’s easy to forget how athletic he is. Cheikh Samb of the Los Angeles Clippers got a reminder the hard way.
As you can see in the video, Brandon Roy unleashed a shocking dunk on top of Samb. And Samb isn’t a pushover. In fact, he’s the leading the NBA D-League this season in blocked shots. But he didn’t see anything like Roy in the D-League.
In fantasy basketball, Roy continues to be a very solid …read more

Brandon Roy of the Portland Trail Blazers made the All-Star team last season. This season, it appears as if he may elevating his game to superstar status. Against the Houston Rockets in a recent game, Brandon Roy hit a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Blazers the win in overtime. You can see a video of Roy’s miraculous shot at the end of this entry.
In the video, Roy puts the Blazers up by two points by hitting a shot over Ron Artest of the Rockets. Yao Ming responds with an impressive three-point play to put the Rockets up …read more

Brandon Roy, the great second-year player on the Portland Trail Blazers, injured a groin recently that has the rest of his season in doubt. To Roy’s credit, he’s saying that his season likely isn’t over.
However, Roy is out a minimum of one week and it may actually be closer to two weeks – if he comes back at all. One would think that the Blazers wouldn’t want to risk Roy re-injuring himself. For Roy to come back, he’ll have to be 100%.
If Roy is on your fantasy team, plan to make due without him. While he may return, plan …read more

With the beginning of training camp, it’s time to start looking at the early injuries and how those injuries effect fantasy owners.
Tony Battie, Orlando Magic
Battie is likely out for the season with a shoulder injury. Battie wasn’t going to be a viable fantasy option in many leagues, so this injury shouldn’t have a huge impact. The bigger impact is it could force the Magic to start a small lineup with Rashard Lewis at PF and Hedo Turkoglu at SF. If that’s the case, Lewis’ value should rise and Turkoglu should become a fantasy option.
Brandon Roy, Portland Trailblazers
Big things are expected …read more