Brandon Roy: Knee Procedure Makes Former Star’s Resurgence Very Possible
June 26th, 2012 by Kevin Merfeld Leave a reply »Up until the night before training camp last season, the Blazers thought their All-Star guard Brandon Roy would play for them. And then he made the difficult decision to retire from basketball.
"This has just been a tough year, my most difficult as a Blazer," he said. "I tried to make the most of things. I can definitely say I honestly tried. I've given this team my best."
Roy sounded defeated and resigned to the fact that his body just broke down on him. He would have to retire from basketball at the age of 27, when most players were hitting their prime. LeBron James won his first title this season at the same age.
But maybe watching the 34-year-old Kobe Bryant this past season rejuvenated Roy, who is currently planning his return to the game of basketball, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Bryant had a blood spinning procedure performed on his arthritic right knee in Germany during the lockout, and it seems as though he's found the Fountain of Youth. Or the basketball version of baseball's Tommy John surgery.
While still one of the game's elite scorers, Bryant's numbers had been slowly declining since the 2 ...
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