Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy
Brandon Dawayne Roy is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association. He was selected sixth in the 2006 NBA draft, having completed four years playing for the Washington Huskies. His nickname was "B-Roy", but he was also referred to as "The Natural" by Trail Blazers announcer Brian Wheeler. On December 10, 2011, Roy announced his retirement from basketball due to a degenerative knee condition, though he...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 July 1984
CitySeattle, WA
It's always possible that we can get better than last year, but it's still too early to say that.
I remember sitting here last spring saying I want to leave out of here through the front door and not sneak out the back window.
Hopefully we can repeat what last year's team did and win the Pac-10 tournament. But the goal of chasing last year's team is over. We feel like this team can do some special things in the NCAA tournament.
This means a lot. This is my last go-around. I don't want to go out a loser. I want to go to the NCAA tournament. We could be the first UW team to go three times in a row since I don't know when. So this is all stuff I want to be part of.
I think we just want to keep playing good basketball. We don't want to go the Pac-10 tournament and have a terrible game and have that be the last thought on our minds heading into the NCAA tournament.
That was a gut check. That's what we were looking for after the last two weeks.
Last year, with a No. 1 seed, we might have gotten a little relaxed. Now everybody's hungry. I think we have more fight.
It's different. Last year, our chemistry was extremely high. You see it now, there are stretches where we don't have a lot of chemistry.
Last year we had huge confidence because teams didn't know how quick we were or how fast we were going to play.
I think he made up for the Stanford game.
Let's throw that one out the window and play Oregon.
He just couldn't get in the groove tonight. I have to thank my teammates for that.
People give me a lot of credit for being a team guy, but Bobby brought us a winning attitude. I never won a state championship.
This is the first night me, Bobby and Jamal got on the same page. We need to lead this team. I think tonight we did a good job.