Brandon Roy reveals that his arthritic knees are one step away from knee replacement-level (Ball Don’t Lie)

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Nov 232012
 

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Brandon Roy and Oregonian Portland Trail Blazers beat writer Jason Quick appear to have a pretty open and candid on-record relationship, something obviously forged to our great benefit during Roy’s 2006-2011 career as a member of the Blazers. Quick was our source earlier this week when Roy broke the news that he would have to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, his seventh knee surgery since high school, sidelining him for a month and denying him the chance to play against his former team on Friday .
And on Thursday, as Quick met up with Roy in Minnesota before Friday night’s Blazers/Timberwolves tilt, Roy revealed two pretty significant things to the man that used to stand outside his locker every year from October until spring. First, this current surgery was the result of inflammation caused by banging knees with an opponent in Milwaukee late in the postseason, and possibly unrelated to Roy’s longtime injury woes.
Secondly? Roy’s knees are probably at a level that no other professional athlete is working through. From Quick’s very good feature on Brandon :
And with the calm that made him one of the game’s best finishers, he explains that his knees have reached Level III arthritis. There are only four stages.
“Level IV,” Roy says fearlessly, “is when you get a knee replacement.”

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Brandon Roy will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, missing his return to Portland (Ball Don’t Lie)

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Nov 192012
 

When one-time star guard Brandon Roy signed a two-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves this summer, NBA fans approached the news with a mixture of hope and trepidation. After a year away from the game — described at the time as retirement but later referred to by Roy as a “pause” — there was cautious optimism that Roy had partially recovered from chronic knee woes (including a disturbing lack of cartilage) and could return as a quality contributor, if not the All-Star he had been. It also helped that Roy himself claimed to feel as capable as he had in years, although he was likely a little too bullish on his chances to approach his past abilities.
Early returns on Roy’s comeback have not been good. As our Kelly Dwyer noted last week , Roy shot a paltry 31.4 percent from the field for a 5.8 ppg average in five games (all starts) before being shut down with knee pain. Now, after assessing the situation, Roy will undergo yet another surgery — this time on his right knee — which will also cause him to miss his highly anticipated return to Portland. From Jason Quick for The Oregonian :

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