oregonlive.com - 7/13/2009
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Negotiations between the Trail Blazers and Brandon Roy remain locked up.
bustabucket.com - 7/13/2009
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Last week panic struck Blazer fans when they
found out that negotiations between Brandon Roy and the...
Blazer organization had skidded to a hault. Speculation began to fester and it soon escalated with exaggerated statements from John Canzano regarding Roy's perspective on the matter. People ...
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Roy Wants 5th Year Player Option
blog.oregonlive.com - 7/9/2009
ballerblogger.com - 7/16/2009
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Kerry Eggers of The Portland Tribune: “It has
been reported that the sticking point on Brandon Roy’s...
contract extension is the All-Star guard wants a player option on a fifth and final year..."
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Roy Wants 5th Year Player Option
Bust a Bucket - A Portland Trail Blazers Blog —
... Today, Canzano enlightened us with a more concrete and reasonable explanation of why negotiations have stalled. Apparently the reason for this whole scenario is Roy's request for a 5th year player option. This is something that many of the very elite players in the league ask for and ultimately receive. Asking for a player option may seem like a dis to the Blazers but it's really just an opportunity for Roy to re-evaluate after the fourth year. He'll decide if he wants to come back at that time, and if the Blazers are still competitive, I don't see an issue. ...
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Ball Don't Lie —
... has few suitors and none stronger than the Griz? 'I think we’re in a fall-back position,' Heisley said. 'I know everybody is getting all worked up about whether we’ll get him but it’s not my decision to make. It’s Leon Rose and Allen’s decision. But I can tell you we’re not the No. 1 choice. I think it would probably be Miami. If you were Allen Iverson, wouldn’t you like to go and play with Dwyane Wade?'" John Canzano, The Oregonian: "Multiple sources told me on ...
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The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
... - Brandon Roy wants a fifth year option, but the Blazers have only offered four years. It’s not clear what the Blazers are worried about; I’d want to lock him up for as long as possible. ...
Points in the Paint
BallerBlogger.com —
... John Canzano of The Oregonian: “Multiple sources told me on Monday that the negotiations between the Trail Blazers and Brandon Roy remained locked up, in part, because Roy wants a player option for year No. 5 of the contract. The Blazers still have reportedly only offered four years vs. the five that Camp Roy wants. I’m on record for giving Roy whatever he wants, because he’s worth it. None of this explains why the Blazers aren’t willing to offer a five-year deal… because the sense here is that Roy would take the max deal and skip ...
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Sir Charles In Charge | An NBA Blog —
... . Though Pritchard has “struck out” lately in negotiations with Hedo Turkoglu and Paul Millsap (not to mention negotiations with Brandon Roy on a contract extension), the environment surrounding those negotiations was convoluted (who would’ve thought ...
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Bleacher Report - NBA 7/12/2009
I read an interesting column in the newspaper on Friday. Apparently, the Portland Trail Blazers are offering Brandon Roy a four-year extension, with dollar amounts undisclosed. Normally, this would be great news, for Roy is widely-regarded as the ...
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Bleacher Report - NBA 7/13/2009
Last week panic struck Blazer fans when they found out that negotiations between Brandon Roy and the Blazer organization had skidded to a halt.
Speculation began to fester, and it soon escalated with exaggerated statements from John Canzano ...
