Brandon Roy

According to multiple reports, Brandon Roy, former NBA All-Star, was shot in the leg over the weekend in the Los Angeles area. Roy was outside his grandmother’s house when someone opened fire. The shooting was most likely gang related. He was shot while trying to shield his children. Luckily, he escaped with minor injuries and [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Brandon Roy received some bad news yesterday. After aggravating his knee injury on November 9th, Roy has been informed that he will have to have yet another knee surgery. To this point, that makes 5 knee surgeries for Minnesota’s all-star guard. When asked about the possibility of his career being over due [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are winning. Like really winning. Without Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio, and despite injuries to Brandon Roy, Nikola Pekovic, J.J. Barea and Chase Budinger, they find themselves nearly atop the Northwest Division, just behind the Oklahoma City Thunder. And just to clarify, no, you’re not dreaming. Somehow, in the face of not [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been riding the early wave of some surprising defensive work. Averaging 8 steals and 8.5 blocks per game, the Wolves have so far held opponents to 89 points per game (good for 4th in the league). They’ve also hit the boards pretty hard, collecting 45 rebounds per contest (7th in the [...]

Kevin Love is arguably more important to his team’s offensive success than any other player in the league. Which is why the Minnesota Timberwolves are screwed. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, Love suffered a broken right hand and will be out 4-6 weeks: Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love has suffered a broken right [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves were treated Wednesday night to some good signs. In a preseason game against the Indiana Pacers, the T’Wolves saw early indications of what this largely new team could do. Andrei Kirilenko was back to his old tricks, making an impact up and down the court without registering noticeably on the scoreboard. A healthy J.J. Barea looked [...]

September 21, 2012 – Dan Favale We’ve seen it before, far too often, in fact, when an NBA player’s immediate future is suddenly derailed by an unpreventable condition. And now, unfortunately, we’ve seen it again, as according to NBA.com, Phoenix Suns forward Channing Frye is out indefinitely after developing a dilated cardiomyopathy, which is essentially [...]

July 24, 2012 – Allen Moll It’s been nearly 15 months since we last saw former 3 time NBA All Star Brandon Roy on the NBA hardwood, after the Trailblazers’ former franchise player retired all too early [...]

July 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We told you about Brandon Roy announcing that he felt healthy for the first time in a couple years and wanted to make an NBA comeback. Only a few short weeks later it appears, according to multiple sources, that Roy has reached a verbal agreement on a two [...]

June 26, 2012 – Griffin Gotta When Brandon Roy retired after the 2011 season, it was a sad ending for what was a magnificent run of basketball — when he was right — with the Portland Trail Blazers. It was also woefully short, even as magnificent runs go. The belief that Roy, who had to [...]