Portland Trail Blazers: What if Brandon Roy didn’t have to retire early due to injury?
Rob Ryan
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Final thoughts
Roy came back a shell of himself for parts of his fifth season. He gave Rip City one last great Roy memory with his 18-point fourth-quarter playoff comeback against the Dallas Mavericks. That’s where Roy’s NBA story ends, and the Portland Trail Blazers “What Ifs” begin.
It can be depressing but also somewhat entertaining to let your mind wander to what could have happened in Rip City if Roy didn’t get hurt. Despite the team I love and root for not yet winning a championship in my lifetime, I also have to admit that from the 2006 draft to today, there has only been one Portland Trail Blazers season (2011-12) where there wasn’t a player on the team that absolutely made end game situations riveting and exciting for fans.
I can’t tell you how many times I jumped around with joy after watching the Blazers squeak out a close game with a clutch play. All the talk of the Blazers being cursed or having bad luck (and there has been a lot of it), I feel pretty lucky to have had the chance to watch and root for both Brandon Roy and Damian Lillard over these last 15 years.
What do you think? Would the Portland Trail Blazers have won another NBA Championship or even more than one of them? Let us know in the comments section below or on social media.