Last Train to Starkville - why Travis will remain a Blazer

by LaughingJon on May 28, 2008 7:32 AM PDT

Brandon Roy, "The Face of the Franchise" was asked at the end of the season what he was going to do this summer. This is a man in his early 20's, the prime of life, a multi-millionaire with a baby son. After winning the R.O.Y. his first year and making the all-star team his second he's earned the right to go anywhere in the world he chooses.

In that situation where would you go?

Hawaii (to visit TIH)? Tahiti? Rent your own private Caribbean island? Hiking in the mountains? African safari? The Great Wall of China on route to watching the Olympics? Taj Mahal? Machu Picchu? Your own villa in Costa Rica? Just lay around your home and enjoy your family?

The answer given by The Face was... Starkville, Mississippi to visit Travis.

WHA????

I've been to a lot of places in the world and in this country but I've not been to Starkville. Going there IN THE SUMMER is only slightly higher on my current list than say Mynamar, Shanghai Province, Bahgdad just outside the Green Zone, Guantanamo or Tacoma.

KP's a brave man and a risk taker but are you telling me he's going to trade away the only reason our Roy is spending his prized time taking the last train to Starkville?

What do you think?

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Good fishin

Travis is just going to show Brandon Roy how to rig his line for something other than planted rainbows. Who here wouldnt take the opportunity to hang out with Travis if they could?

If you dont talk to your cats about catnip, who will?

by bow4meow on May 28, 2008 7:59 AM PDT reply actions

Devin Harris

I would say that this would be the one name that would keep Travis off the roster, but I don’t see it happening. New Jersey has long been a difficult team for us to trade with.

by Spencer on May 28, 2008 8:08 AM PDT reply actions

Thorn doesn't give anything away. He always wants 150% value in return.

I think it is safe to say that Thorn will never get Pritchslapped. Look what Thorn did to Cuban in that trade involving Kidd.

” OK Mark, I’ll give you this old point guard who wants to get traded and who is going to want an extension soon. You give me a young big in your rotation, your young point guard with All Star potential and a couple first round picks. Oh ya, your going to need to give me some cash on top of that before I change my mind. “

by oderiferous emanations 74 on May 28, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Excellent Monkeys reference

Hey hey! We’re the Monkeys!

"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss" Robert A. Heinlein

by 92wastheyear on May 28, 2008 9:02 AM PDT reply actions

You got it wrong

“Hey hey we’re the Blazers!!
Were gonna dunk all over your face,
You know we’re going to dominate
and we won’t even give give you the time.”
“Hey hey we’re the Blazers!!

by SpyderRyder on May 28, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions

what a nice boy

I thought that Broy and Travis were pretty tight anyway? I think they were gonna work out together.

Sine Labore Nihil- Nothing without work

by BlazerFan1 on May 28, 2008 9:41 AM PDT reply actions

Good to hear

Maybe Roy can act as a Mentor and help Travis in his weak areas.

Maybe next year Roy can work on Webster and get him to open up.

"I got the goose bumps." - Rudy translated by Alamart

by ratbastird on May 28, 2008 12:15 PM PDT reply actions

The promise of

CHITLINS has made many of men make dumb decisions…

by dukedee on May 28, 2008 2:23 PM PDT reply actions

Gross, dude

They eat some gross stuff down there. Catfish are bottom feeders. Gross.

Nature bats last.

by fisheyes on May 29, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

When and where did Roy say this? I read an article in the fanshots by TiH,

but I didn’t see anything about Roy going to Starkville. It made it sound like he was chilling here in Washington.

Current team + Greg + Rudy = Blazers losing narrowly to the Spurs in the 2008-2009 Western Conference Finals. Book it.

by prezofdeath on May 28, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions

In the Oregonian

Sorry I can’t point to a source. There was a big article in the Oregonian shortly after the season finished – around the exit interview time – in which I distinctly remember reading Roy saying he was going to Starkville. If anybody finds it or finds that’s not true let me know.

by LaughingJon on May 28, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions