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Brandon Roy Dunk Video – Cheikh Samb

Stephen Kersey — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:33:44 +0000

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 option. He was lights out in December and has played well in January despite suffering from a few nagging injuries.

Here’s Brandon Roy’s dunk on Cheikh Samb:

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Brandon Roy Video – Game Winner vs. Rockets

Stephen Kersey — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:09:55 +0000

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 by one. With 0.8 seconds left on the clock, Roy catches the ball from about 35 feet and drains the long bomb. The Brandon Roy video is certainly worth watching.

If you have Roy on your fantasy basketball team, you should be happy that he’s coming up with big plays at the end of games this year. While his stats haven’t been great so far, he’s improving on a game by game basis. The best news is that he’s the undisputed top dog in Portland right now so you can expect the offense to run through him.

If Roy can stay healthy, there’s no reason why he can’t finish the season as a top 10-15 fantasy basketball player.

Here is the video of Brandon Roy hitting the game-winner against the Rockets:

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Brandon Roy Injury Info

Stephen Kersey — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:18:41 +0000

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 as if he’s out for the season.

With Roy out, that changes a lot for the Blazers. The player who is should get the biggest boost from this news is Jarrett Jack. Jack has fallen out of favor recently after beginning the season as the starting point guard. Although now with Roy out, expect Jack and Steve Blake to play a lot together in the backcourt.

Other players on the Blazers such as LaMarcus Aldridge, Martell Webster and Travis Outlaw to also help in picking up the scoring slack.

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Recent Injuries: Fantasy Fallout

Stephen Kersey — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:03:32 +0000

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 out of Roy this season. Those expectations will have to put on hold for the time being because Roy will likely be sidelined for all the preseason games. While the Blazers are hopeful that Roy will be ready for the regular season, fantasy owners should be on high alert and lower Roy’s stock accordingly.

Yao Ming, Houston Rockets
Yao recently passed a physical, however they found a slight tear in his labrum in his right shoulder. While the Rockets say they aren’t concerned about the tear, it’s not a great sign that Yao is already ailing.

Robert Swift, Seattle Supersonics
Swift, who is coming back from a torn ACL, has tendinitis in that same knee. While it’s not a shock to see him slowed as he attempts to come back from injury, this could hurt Swift’s chances of winning the starting center spot in Seattle.

Antawn Jamison, Washington Wizards
Jamison is day-to-day with a bruised shin. Obviously, this isn’t a huge injury concern. As long as we are speaking of Jamison, he’s about as safe of a fantasy pick as there is this season. There’s no reason why he shouldn’t put up the exact same stats he did last season during this upcoming campaign.

Beno Udrih, San Antonio Spurs
Udrih broke his finger and looks to be out until the start of the regular season. Since Udrih is the third string point guard of the Spurs, it’s highly doubtful this injury was a blip on any fantasy radar.

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