Roy 現在膝蓋問題有許多遠因,但是真正的導火線應該是上季 Roy 季末時,己經被檢查出他右膝半月板有磨損,缺了十幾場比賽。而 Roy 後來手術後卻趕忙回來打季後賽這件事上。那這件事是否該有人負責 ? 我昨天剛把那時存下的一篇舊報導找了出來,很高興它還沒有被移除:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010042422
我摘錄中間的一段話:
Brandon Roy was so antsy to return to the Trail Blazers that he campaigned via text message to coach Nate McMillan.
“Coach, I think I should play,” he texted on the eve of Saturday’s playoff game against the Phoenix Suns. [...]
“I just didn’t feel right sitting in the training room knowing that I could contribute—so I just had to keep begging coach,” Roy said afterward. [...]
McMillan said it was a “long, sleepless night” in deciding to play Roy, the team’s unquestioned leader. He even brought owner Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, in on the discussion.
“All kinds of things went through my head, thinking about the risk of him reinjuring himself,” McMillan said. “But our doctors didn’t feel like Brandon could hurt himself.”
也就是說: Roy 想打季後賽; 醫生沒有反對的理由; Coach 和 Owner (Paul Allen) 則是被說服了; 而 GM Pritchard 據我的了解是當時唯一反對的,但是寡不敵眾。所以出於責任感,Roy 就打了,事情就是這樣。
我是這樣看的,像 Trail Blazers 這樣的運動專業團隊,不可能不了解 Roy 堅持要回來這件事的風險,但是不管如何,把全部責任歸於他們,是不正確的。真正要負全部責任的是 Roy 自己,因為 Roy 自己本該夠聰明,知道提前回來很可能導致生涯提前結束。不但是危險,而且是完全不必要的,因為打了也沒望拿到冠軍。現在回顧這整件事我心中只有一個字,那就是幹 !
Portland 到下次主場迎戰 New Orleans 前有將近一週的休息時間,雖然他目前的訓練是完全中斷,但如果膝蓋有舒服一些,Roy 可能就會回來。而更重要的是 Joel Przybilla 週五會回到場上。有了他 (不是 Roy) 拓荒者的季後賽才有望。因為 Matthews 多少能補上 Roy 的位置,但是 Sean Marks 打中鋒卻差太遠了
Bjork本人就是音樂!