Brandon Roy ... unathletic?!?

Wade loves to barrel into the lane and collect fouls. Roy slices through the lane but is not afraid to create contact either.

I like Roy’s approach more considering all the injury problems Wade has already had

its based on outsmarting his defender and always making the right moves due to his BBIQ. I dont think brandon would be offended when people say hes not athletic…bc thats not his game. Hes more slow and methodical.

However, I don’t think its unreasonable to suggest he’s less jaw droppingly athletic than the likes of LeBron and Wade.

Roy has “surprising” athleticism – his game isn’t predicated on being a superior athlete, which is what I love about him. There was a game maybe two weeks ago – I can’t remember which one specifically – where Roy had two dunks in relatively short succession that made me jump off the couch . . . “Holy crap! I forgot he could throw down like that!” He’s just a very efficient player and doesn’t like to out-jump or out-athleticize (like that one, add it to the Gdub file) his opponents so much as out-smart them and out-wit them. I love that. BTW the word “peers” means " one that is of equal standing" – it means they are on the same level.

as I am unintelligent.

COUNT IT!

They didn’t appreciate that balance, hand-eye coordination, strength, quickness (as opposed to speed), etc. are all part of athleticism. In Roy’s case, he has all those attributes plus far more speed & leaping ability than people realize.

But Roy will never say this. He’d rather let them scratch their heads after the game and try to figure out how that “unathletic” guy just beat them.

I’m waiting for the day Roy dunks it jumping off one foot on the break. Most of Roy’s game is below or at the rim so his athleticism isn’t part of his arsenal. Roy has great body control, but most people don’t consider that athleticism.

i know he is athletic. i don’t know many NBA players that aren’t athletic though. i just consider him a fundamental player before i consider him an athletic one.

That’s a pretty positive article overall. Heck, let everyone think he’s unathletic, it’ll make it that much easier to keep scoring on his opponents.

When Roy comes to your town you can dunk on him all night and sit their like a befuddled clown in the last 1.9 seconds when he walks away with the win.

from draftexpress remember to take these numbers with a grain of salt as not all players train for these drills. i.e. Kevin Durant, so they look unimpressive, but keep in mind what has Joey Graham (the best “athlete” of his class.) done lately.

and you pick out one little line to criticize, which isn’t even that unreasonable? Has Roy impressed you athletically as Wade, K*be, Carter, etc.? No. Is he the least athletic guard in the league? No. He’s somewhere in the middle. But the point the writer makes is that none of that matters, because Roy is so good at what he does without having to be athletic that nobody can stop him anyway. I loved the article, and feel smarter for having read it.