Poll: Does It Bother You That Brandon Roy Is In The Same Rap Video As Marijuana?
by Ben Golliver on Aug 17, 2010 7:51 AM PDT
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PrintThis new video (lyrics NSFW), Cali & Cavalli's "What They Want", was a spectacular find by BlazerFan1 last night (via NBA Wrap.) There's a lot going on in the Seattle duo's latest video: some simplistic, repetitive rhymes about making money, a marginally addictive beat, some outdated mobile handheld device technology and, yes, blunt-making preparations. There's not much original about the song or the video, except for the fact that Brandon Roy --hugger of babies, pristine face of the franchise, NBA All Star -- bizarrely found his way into a cameo role. (As did fellow Seattle NBAer Jamal Crawford.)
Let's put it this way: Brandon Roy wasn't nicknamed The Natural for his ability to mean mug a camera.
And, in this shot, Roy actually appears to be lost and asking for directions.
To be crystal clear, Roy never appears in the same frame as any drugs or drug paraphernalia. This screen grab shows the worst of it.
Whether or not Roy knew the content or context of the video he was participating in, it's out there now. He's a role model -- he knows that better than anyone -- and I can't imagine that Roy, his shoe company (he's wearing a Nike t-shirt), his organization or his commissioner is super thrilled about the final product. For a guy whose biggest "crimes" to date were charging for his autograph and praying by himself during the National Anthem, this will inevitably draw a new kind of criticism, warranted or not.
When I watch this video, I see a nice guy (somewhat awkwardly) trying to support two local artists on their path to financial success ("We gettin' money out here") and, in the process, walking into a field of landmines he has no business being anywhere near. I also see some serious unintentional comedy. Of course, I realize not everyone will see it that way.
Does Brandon Roy's appearance in this video bother you? Please vote and explain why or why not in the comments.
-- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com | Twitter
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i agree with ben
he’s just helping some local guys out
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
He was helping Local Hip-Hop
When you shoot a video, you record your videos and lyrics, lets say, six differnet locations. Over and Over. Broy was Probably on the scene for 30 minutes, and may never even new weed was in the video. All video gets chopped together. then, BAM! This end result. Broy is fine.
This would be that fishbowl they keep talking about…
by LOM on Aug 17, 2010 7:55 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
TRADE HIM!!!
Trade him before this turns into a Zbo problem. I knew he was just like every other NBA thug… He probably drinks alcohol, looks a porn and gets in arguments with his lady…
He is doing something that is not illegal, immoral or even stupid and it makes the front page of my favorite Blazer outlet… hmmm
Lol. Every Portland media person is looking for a scoop that will put them on the map by creating a stir. Ben, don’t write about it if you don’t want to be that guy. Don’t go the easy tabloid route like Wojo.
Hell, I want to be in that video.
I don't think any less of Brandon
Seems likely that it was just an honest mistake. However, it’s pretty safe to say this is not the image Brandon, the Blazers, or the NBA wants out there and the real problem will be the couple of people that will blow anything like this way out of proportion.
by Nicky Glasses on Aug 17, 2010 8:09 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The Mary Jane doesn't bother me
as much as the fact that the song is awful.
We went like this, he went like that. I say to Hollywood: Where'd he go? Hollywood says: where'd who go?
by Black84GTI on Aug 17, 2010 8:10 AM PDT reply actions 14 recs
Seriously
Come on, B-Roy, I’m sure the Lifesavas or Blue Scholars would be happy to have you in a vid. Step your game up.
Please.......
stop referring to pro athletes as “role models”! They are entertainers. Period. People who become well known, rich, and successful via an entertainment career are accountable only to themselves and their families.
I hope Stern gets a hernia over this. Talk about role models. Stern sure isn’t one, either. He’s managed to dodge the issue of how many NBA players use MJ for his entire tenure. How he does it, I don’t know.
This country’s MJ laws and public attitudes toward MJ are a joke. I hope California legalizes the stuff this Fall and that sets off a national movement to legalize MJ.
Athletes are role models
when they go to schools and tell kindergarten students how to succeed and to try their best
by collectiveshane on Aug 17, 2010 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
And when they
create foundations (a good thing) and ask for money from the public to support the cause.
they evolve from role models to leaders,
"Better, not good, but better." - Herb Brooks
Except Charles Barkley
“I am not a role model.”
All day baby, all day!
by LMA All Day on Aug 17, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Schools have tons of people come in to talk to kids...
from successful business people, to cops, to authors, and yes, to addicts. We could argue all day long whether someone who goes to college who really doesn’t want to be there at all and who’s just biding their time so they can play in the NBA is a “role model”, let alone those poor kids who don’t even go to college thinking they can turn pro. Doesn’t say much for how these “role models” value education, let alone being honest about what their true motives are if they actually put in a year or two in college. Brandon Roy is no more a role model than Elvis Presley or Ozzie Osbourne is…. It’s just pure entertainment, after all.
I'm not saying he's my role model
I think he’s a great guy and a great basketball player (who is definitely a better role model than most athletes). But he very easily could the role model of a young kid who gets to see him personally.
by collectiveshane on Aug 17, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Only God Can Judge Me
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
That might be true...
But people are going to take a look. And a look is all we have to go on.
What's next
Oden cameo in Madjestic video ?! SMH
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by BlazerFan1 on Aug 17, 2010 8:11 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
To be fair, Magesdiq or however he spells it isn't even at these dudes' level.
Oden would be a better fit for some high school kids’ jerk dancing video.
Oh god no
I don’t think those knees could handle jerking. Then again, I don’t think anyone can handle the sight of “jerking.”
Blazers basketball? Just basketball you say? More like a way of life
by dyshooter182 on Aug 17, 2010 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I heard Oden was the subject of the Grynch song "When the Beast Comes Out"?
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
I think it would be a bigger deal if it was a good song and people besides the folks here were going to watch that video
Beside, I love Roy. He could kill a prostitute and I’d do everything I could to help him pin it on ALM. Roy is a saint in my book.
I’d spark one with B-Roy any day! If It’s good enough for Sam Perkins to smoke out during timeouts of NBA Finals games, it’s good enough for #7.
M, period. Fresh, comma.
by manzell on Aug 17, 2010 8:15 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Unfortunately Isiah Rider doesn't play for the blazers anymore, so your chances of blazing one with a blazer isn't good...
Unless we acquire Carmelo, of course.
you really think that there is not at least one Blazer that doesn't
at least occasionally light it up? I mean chances are at least one of the guys smoke. If you consider 10% of all Americans smoke the stuff occasionally and something like 30% of NBA players do also.
I don’t doubt that at least one or two do. I more or less just think that we no longer have blazers dumb enough to blaze with fans, a la Rider. There are a lot of stories about him out there and I’m guessing there’s at least a little bit of truth to some of them…
let's do match
the odds of AT LEAST one blazers smoking given that:
NBA players, due to testing, smoke only half as much as the public
10% of adult males 18-45 (roughly the basketball playing demo) public has smoked in the past year.
there are 16 Blazers, but let’s only count the 9 rotation players
so the odds are .9^9, or… a smidge over 15% that NONE of the Blazer’s smoke.
So yeah, someone probably does. I bet all but one or two guys has tried it, and of those that have, only 1 didn’t enjoy it.
M, period. Fresh, comma.
It bothers me because it is at the least suggestive
Whether he knew or not people are going to frown and add something to it. We just don’t need that kind of exposure right now
hg
meh...
he probably should have know better since he probably likes having a clean image but I really don’t care. He could smoke a little here and there and I wouldn’t care. I know some real bad people that have never smoked it in their lives and I know some people that give so much back to their community and the ones they love and they smoke the stuff. To me weed is pretty irrelevant to the kind of person you are.
by Escrote on Aug 17, 2010 8:25 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Legal pot
the most gangster green in the world.
Blazers basketball? Just basketball you say? More like a way of life
by dyshooter182 on Aug 17, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Let's talk about things when they
happen and not theorize about, make moral judgements about, what we think is going on.
I do however have one question: how do you know it’s marijauna in the video?
how do you know it’s marijauna in the video?
I know. I mean, they’re probably just putting that cigar back together, right?
Here’s how I see it: Their moms found it, were super pissed that they were sneaking cigars and cut it up. These dudes called Brandon to ask for advice and he told them to pull it out the trash and reassemble it. THERE is your explanation for all of this!
Unless this is the start of a "Tru Warrior" movement by Brandon, no big deal
James, Wade, and Bosh = the Nazgul. Once they were great kings, until their greed got the best of them in their lust for the ring.
Well....we are living in Oregon...
and I have little doubt that a lot people will see nothing wrong the marijuana (I’m sure this state is just a few years away from legalizing it) but I have to wonder, did brandon roy even listen to this song before deciding to be in this video? And if he did, didn’t he recognize it as not only a bad idea to be associated with that song but also a crappy rap song? I mean, I’m a white chick and probably shouldn’t be giving my opinions on rap music, but I’m pretty sure I could have wrote a better rap song.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
B Roy
has not grown up yet….the Blazer fan hero is rather slow maturing and still does not always make the right choices….He’s in the right environment to allow a lot more good positive choices, but he has no angel on his shoulder…Most people will think this quite harmless and I suppose it is, but then again it has opened the door to scrutiny….something that Brandon might figure out at some point in time.
Being a public figure doesn’t give you a lot of room to grow without being dissected by many eyes and points of view. It is a rather confining environment when your still trying to grow up, but don’t want to miss out on your “stages” of life.
For me I could care less, because this is just a sideshow that really isn’t that interesting.
[Good defense "releases" your offense]
I would be absolutely shocked
if there weren’t at least six Blazers that at least occasionally smoke pot. And I really don’t care. I don’t see it as being any more serious than alcohol. So I REALLY don’t have an issue with Roy being a video that also has pot, any more than I would have an issue with a video that shows him and a beer.
In 5-10 years at most, marijuana will be legal in Oregon anyway. It was almost legalized in Washington State last year and will probably be a topic again next year.
by GMan83201 on Aug 17, 2010 8:53 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
My issue with using
It slows the reflexes and thought process putting us at a disadvantage. In order to be the best you need all the edge you can get.
I don’t care what people do in their free time unless it will effect them on the job, and mary J does.
"We get to hit arms! Cool!"
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html
your wrong
no way are any blazers getting high before games and it seems unlikely that any even smoke during the season.
marijuana does not have the residual effects you seem to think it has..
Why is that an issue?
What does drinking alcohol do to your thought process and decision making. The only difference is peoples perception of alcohol somehow being a better then to use/consume then marijuana.
Blows my mind how people perceive marijuana in comparison to alcohol. Marijuana actually has WAY more beneficial uses then alcohol. You don’t see medical alcohol clinics where a doctor prescribes you a 5th of Vodka.
Not true.
Some of the best shooters of all time had serious stoner eyes. This guy:
Bill Walton our all time franchise great was known to use it – Not only that but Walton was into much more then just Mary Jane. I would not be surprised if he smoked up with John Wooden later in life.
If Sheed didn’t have such a bad attitude no one would mind his usage of herb either.
Udonis Haslem, you honestly think he is the only guy? He was probably driving over to LeBron/Wade/Bosh’s hangout spot lmao.
Sell High On Aldridge
No, it's a fact!
You never heard about Wooden lighting up with Mahatma Gandhi & Mother Teresa? Those three had stoner parties all the time.
I was born in '52, and I believe in #52. Hang in there, GO.
You too, Przy: everyone knows you're the heart & soul of the Blazers.
Why is he choking himself?
Is it because of drugs? That’s so sad.
by Corvid on Aug 17, 2010 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"Miracle At St. Anna" just popped up in his Netflix Queue.
(do when you fumigate, meaning in bunches) - Rudy Fernandez
So no alcohol or tobacco then either?
Both have FAR FAR worse effects on athletic performance than sparking up a J on off nights/in the offseason would.
#52
Hey - Divac was a smoker (of cigs)
didn’t seem to affect his athleticism. Since he had none.
Didn’t Sabas smoke?
by Pooh Richardson on Aug 17, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably
Just mocking the poster’s feelings about pot. I have absolutely no problem with guys sparking up occasionally, having a couple beers, or smoking a cigarette here and there, just as long as they’re not overdoing it and ruining their physical fitness.
#52
Batum smokes.
He smoked some cigs with Tony Parker on the loading dock of the Rose Garden last year before a game.
by GiftofGame on Aug 17, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I completely agree.
Obviously them smoking isn’t ideal, but I would rather have them smoke after a game or practice than drink alcohol. Alcohol makes a person weaker, slows reaction time and induces a hang over. Going to school in Eugene, I am around both substances. You never see a drunk person working out in the gym. While high people might not be quite as productive on the basketball court, they’re still out there and doing fine.
Injuries are another point because alcohol prevents healing. A major reason there are so many drunk driving deaths is because the alcohol in their systems prevents any blood clotting or healing until it is 100% out of their system. As far as back pains, like Rudy’s last year, marijuana probably would have helped him sleep and relax at home.
I don’t support it, but I do think that it is 100x more beneficial than alcohol and shouldn’t be looked down upon.
There are a lot of incorrect statements here
Though the intent is correct.
Only a few seconds of pot usage
but this is at least 3 weeks worth of annoying talk radio for Canzano…
by soopermv on Aug 17, 2010 8:55 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Probably what bothers me about this post/poll
Smells like BFT.
i don't live in portland
and the guy bothers me just hearing about him in b edge
I love B Edge almost as much as I love B Roy and close to my love for B atum
Not so sure he knew what he was getting into
It is apparent to me that these jokers showed up to some basketball event that BRoy and Jamal were at and got them on video and used it (unbeknown to BRoy and Jamal) in this crappy music video. If you notice, all the scenes that have Jamal and BRoy, no one is rapping or singing along to the music. Additionally, BRoy never really acts like he is seriously being filmed, almost like its a candid shot. Neither he or Jamal really play the camera so to speak. They almost look like "what, is this guy filming?". I dunno, I think BRoy is unwillingly being dragged into this one…
"These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it." - Charles Barkley
~BFD
lol
you know.. you could be very right.
"We get to hit arms! Cool!"
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html
You could very well be wrong as well
They could like the music because their friends made it & it could be possible that BRoy does actually smoke.
Sell High On Aldridge
No Doubt
I don’t pretend to know the truth, I’m just callin what I see…and thats BRoy and Jamal not looking like they know what the heck is going on. That combined with the shots of some kind of BBall tourney, and I’m thinking it is possible that they just got caught on video while attending some AAU tourney or something. I tend to think that BRoy has earned some credit with his behavior thus far, and until I know otherwise I will not assume he was knowingly a part of this crappy video.
"These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it." - Charles Barkley
~BFD
by BlazerFanDave on Aug 17, 2010 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
he wouldn't have stayed
during that first part when he is in the middle of a bunch of dudes for a long while. he knew what was going on lol.
Sell High On Aldridge
are you high?
BRoy is never even in a shot for more than 2 seconds. You think they are going to include the part where he walks away in the video? Probably not…Now if this is your video and you were there, then I would believe you (and wouldnt be surprised)
"These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it." - Charles Barkley
~BFD
by BlazerFanDave on Aug 17, 2010 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe you should watch the video again.
Roy was in it briefly at 1:29 and again at 3:08, so he clearly sat through at least a minute and a half of bad rapping and joint rolling. GUILTY.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -- Bertrand Russell
Hmmm
Its called editing…this video wasn’t shot in its entirety from start to finish. They literally could have filmed two minutes chatting with Roy in the parking lot of a tourney and thrown these clips into their stupid video. Maybe you should be smarter.
"These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it." - Charles Barkley
~BFD
by BlazerFanDave on Aug 17, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
maybe it wasn’t obvious, but i was kind of arguing your point.
yes, on second glance, the video doesn’t appear to be all one camera take. my bad. :)
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -- Bertrand Russell
missed the sarcasm
sorry for implying you are dumb. haha
"These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it." - Charles Barkley
~BFD
by BlazerFanDave on Aug 17, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, it does bother me.
Because if Ben’s right, then Roy’s good deed comes out worse than intended. So both axioms end up being true. No good deed goes unpunished, and the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Someone somewhere is going to make a big deal over this (I’m looking at you local and national media!) and Roy’s name is going to be dragged through the mud. Yet another reason to keep one’s good deed anonymous.
"[S]ince men enjoyed very great leisure, they used it to pursue many kinds of commodities unknown to their fathers, and that was that first yoke they placed upon themselves without thinking about it, and the first source of evils the prepared for their descendants. For, besides continuing thus to soften body and mind, as these commodities had lost almost all their pleasantness through habit, and as they had at the same time degenerated into true needs, being deprived of them became much more cruel than possessing them was sweet; and people were unhappy to lose them without being happy to have them." -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
by T Darkstar on Aug 17, 2010 8:56 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
omg that video sucks
seriously… that is bad. Maybe if I was high i could deal with it better and it would sound good.
See Brandon thought about this. He wanted kids to realize the crap you might actually enjoy when high and how BAD it is and that doing drugs will just mess up your perception of reality.
Kudos
Seriously I don’t have an issue with Brandon helping out some friends. If he thinks it’s good I might take issue with his tastes, but whatever. Not all my friends are Kosher and they know where I draw the lines. doesn’t mean we didn’t grow up together and have shared experiences that still bind us together.
"We get to hit arms! Cool!"
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html
Brandon puts the rip in ripcity.
How do you think he got through working the docks all those years to pay for college?
Sell High On Aldridge
nothing wrong at all
he was making a cameo to support some friends or random people from seattle. sure there may have been some explicit material, but brandon wasn’t a part of that and the video does not try to make it like that.
brandon way looking to help someone out by sprucing up their music video. it was no skin off his back and the video has for sure received more hits because of his appearances than he ever would have if b-roy wasn’t in it.
not an issue, concern, problem or anything like that.
glad to see brandon getting some love.
What an awful song.
But I’m actually happy that Brandon made a rap video appearance. Usually this would be a weird thing to say, but I like to think of Roy as something more than a “Basketball Robot” (which he has basically become from a PR standpoint). It’s good to get some culture out of the kid.
I'm gonna be the only A-hole that owns a Nic Batum jersey that doesn't live in France. Awesome.
Charging for his autograph!!!
This upsets me. Does he really do this? I hope not.
it was for a charity event
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
by thomasikehara on Aug 17, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
What does it matter, this is 2010 and he's supporting local Seattle artists
Its not like this video is going to be on the top 40. It’s not going to make Around the Horn, or PTI. These are local artist doing their thing and having their boy give them a cameo. If Blazerfan1 and Ben hadn’t brought it to our attention then all of us on B.E. wouldn’t have ever seen the video, like the rest of the country. He’s not rolling the blunt, he’s not smoking the blunt.
The only thing I read into this video is that BRoy has friends that get money and smoke blunts. I don’t see how that effects his “role model” status.
The only thing that bothers me is that his "friends" put him in this spot.
I have to honestly wonder if Brandon knew what the content of the song was going to be when he shot the clips that were pretty clearly edited in.
In the end Brandon has to take responsibility, but it’s still not a huge deal.
i dont even care if brandon smokes it
as long as he isnt stupid enough to carry it in foil thru an airport.
"It's not the dress that makes you look fat, its the fat that makes you look fat!" ~Al Bundy
"Did they really expect me to bow down to Jesus?!?" ~Sophia
"At first glance, I saw a fairly unremarkable penis." ~Sophia on Greg Oden
What bothers me the most is that marijuana was in a bad rap video
Way to give cannabis a bad name. =(
Treat people well because Karma can hit you at any second.
Well I know this
It wasn’t the first horrible rap video with marijuana in it. I think all of them are pretty tacky and a weak marketing tool.
If what I just commented turns out to be wrong, please delete from all memory.
Agree 100%
Crappy music artists need to stop associating themselves with marijuana. It hurts the rep of the plant.
Treat people well because Karma can hit you at any second.
Weed is totally fine and Brandon Roy can do whatever he wants with his life, but that music is rotten crap.
It makes me sad guys like Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, and Andrew Wood are dead, but these nimrods are alive.
Hey look AK can type peoples names all on his own now
you are just adorable when you try to play grown up
"We are building a fighting force of extraordinary magnitude. We forge our tradition in the spirit of our ancestors. You have our gratitude." - Rich Cho
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Aug 17, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
AK is channeling his inner Bill Hicks:
We live in a world where John Lennon was murdered, yet Barry Manilow continues to put out [redacted] albums.
Touche, kind sir.
Like the Whos down in Whoville they did it without boxes or ribbons or bows, they did without centers or posting down low. They won without All-Stars and Spaniards and Frenchmen. They won with old geezers and sub-par defense-men. They won playing rookies from deep off the benches. They won with their grit and their guts in the trenches. And some who observed them have been known to say that their hearts grew three sizes (at least!) on the way. One hopes with their poise and their passion now proven that once they are healthy their game will be groovin'. -- Dave
by conspirator5 on Aug 17, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Legalize it and tax it.
Would you think differently about him if he appeared in a alcohol related video?
That would be interesting.
Do you think this would be an issue if B-Roy went all Decline of Western Civilization Part II on us with a bottle of Grey Goose in the video?
Ok, yah, it probably would.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
i happen to know 2 people that work for the OLCC
and they say the that the entity has purchased 2 warehouses/warehouse space in anticipation for this future scenario.
Legalize it and tax it.
Treat people well because Karma can hit you at any second.
And I heard...
That it’ll be free so we don’t fuel that nasty black market…
I like Cheez-its and milk!
Let me preface everything with an unneeded admission. I’m a middle aged white guy living in the suburbs. So generationally and demographically I’m about as removed from the target audience of that video as possible. I’ve listened to it twice and I still have no idea what they are saying, I think they are admiring tree’s and looking for dairy products. Also somebody needs to buy a wallet and/or get a savings account because just letting money float around like that is not a good idea. Maybe a big coin purse?
But really? My admitted total removal from any cultural or generational attachment and understanding aside, why should this bother anyone? Last time I checked ( I had a HUGE crush on Martha Quinn-that should tell you about the last time I checked) But the last time I checked music videos were creative endeavours. If this video is shocking some people because it shows an unnamed substance. Then you probably need to get out more, and that’s coming from me!
It’s a music video. Nothing more, nothing less.
This is absolutely a Non-Story, non-issue. Music videos of any kind are creative endeavours not documentaries. The title of this whole post is ridiculous. Does it Bother You that Brandon Roy appears in the same rap video as (shudder-lightening strike) marijuana!
Welcome to the dog days of summer. It doesn’t bother me…Brandon is who he is, and like us all has the freedom become involved in whatever opportunities present themselves inwhich he wishes to be involved.
I watched Christopher Walken fly through a hotel in a video, does that mean I think he can fly? It will bother me more if Brandon starts showing up in videos with Christopher Walken more than guest appearances with Mary Jane.
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
by Krang on Aug 17, 2010 9:22 AM PDT reply actions 8 recs
Don't, just don't say anything bad about Christopher Walken
He’s way more talented than Brandon Roy. If he’d been in that video with BRoy it had won an Emmy.
I agree...
…because everything we see in music videos is real, Christopher Walken obviously has greater hops than Brandon.
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
These dudes are wack.
There are plenty of talented hip hop artists from his Seattle hometown. Those dudes are dripping with wack juice, and that is the only problem I have with this video.
What's this awful southern rap doing in the northwest?
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Yesterday I went Kayaking near Lanikai Beach and there were people smoking a blunt on the island we kayaked out to
It was fun. When I saw the guys smoking the blunt, I axed my wife if I could go axe them for a puff and she told me I could not because she should it would give folks a bad impression. I told her that it would help my street cred and then she told me that I didn’t have any street cred.
Moral of the story: I was kayaking in the ocean yesterday and snorkeled with two sea turtles and you didn’t. I also jumped off a 20 foot cliff into an old lava tube from a dead volcano. It was fun.
by tominhawaii on Aug 17, 2010 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
So do those two Green Sea Turtles
I was born in '52, and I believe in #52. Hang in there, GO.
You too, Przy: everyone knows you're the heart & soul of the Blazers.
You neglect to mention:
1. Driving out to the beach cost you $4/gal.
2. You got to do this today because there weren’t any jellyfish alerts.
But the most important thing to remember is the two guys you met weren’t “homeless” they were exercising their “sovereignty.”
Like the Whos down in Whoville they did it without boxes or ribbons or bows, they did without centers or posting down low. They won without All-Stars and Spaniards and Frenchmen. They won with old geezers and sub-par defense-men. They won playing rookies from deep off the benches. They won with their grit and their guts in the trenches. And some who observed them have been known to say that their hearts grew three sizes (at least!) on the way. One hopes with their poise and their passion now proven that once they are healthy their game will be groovin'. -- Dave
by conspirator5 on Aug 17, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
All true
and he still had a better day than 99.9% of the people on this board.
did he even ask what the title of the song was??
It takes more time than you would think to film a music video…even a bad one…did he even ask what the title of the some meant when he agreed to give up his time to film it? I don’t think he was dumb enough not to know or ask what the song was about…can’t give him that free pass. Love the guy, but really bad decision. Whether or not marijuana will ever be legal in Oregon is a moot point. As it stands, it is illegal. It is a drug. Do you really want to associate yourself in any way to that? Given all that, one mistake does not negate all the positives Roy represents.
Wait a second--
People are making this into something?
not really
if you bother to read the comments it’s mostly everyone saying it doesn’t matter.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -- Bertrand Russell
(sigh) Three minutes and forty-three seconds of my life is gone forever.
That wasn’t worth watching. This is a big, fat non-issue.
by Corvid on Aug 17, 2010 9:43 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This is a non-story.
I can’t wait to hear John Canzano turn this thing into the biggest fiasco of the summer. It’s perfect material for him and his blow-it-out-of-proportion style..
All I know is
That’s probably the worst hip hop song that I’ve ever heard. There has to be some better local underground artists than them for B Roy to blow with.
I voted yes...
it bothers me that B.Roy is in this video. Not so much because it’s rap, and not because it fits typical hip-hop stereotypes. Shoot, though I think it’s questionable on his part to be in a rap video where they sing about drugs and portray that, not even THAT bothers me too much.
What bothers me is that it’s just a terrible, terrible song. C’mon Brandon, you’re cooler than that! At least be in a video of a hot song!
Wherever you may be; good night, eeeeeeverybody!
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Aug 17, 2010 9:54 AM PDT reply actions
I bet nike loves the rep
I try to help with everything," Fernandez said. "If the coach says go rebound, I go rebound. I work for the team.
You get squeezing down to the exact things. Now it's not about fluff. It's down to deal points."
Bottom line is NBA All-Stars should be in better videos than that.
I know Seattle likes it’s rap videos like they do their sports teams (sucky) – but come on…
Treat people well because Karma can hit you at any second.
I've never smoked pot before.
But now that Roy supports it, I might start. This doesn’t hurt Roy’s image; it helps pot’s image.
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
by pualo on Aug 17, 2010 10:08 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
As soon as marijuana is legalized, the NBA will be quick to act.
“Marijuana: The Official Plant Product of the NBA”
At least Bill Walton would get to be in a new league ad.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
by LeafHawk on Aug 17, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m more concerned about someone as great as Roy being connected to such garbage, stereotypical rap music than I am weed. But I guess I’m not surprised either. Brandon isn’t exactly known for sponsoring top tier products. He just doesn’t have the same cred as other max contract guys out there. A good example of this would be his cover on “NBA 10: The Inside” for PSP. I don’t own a PSP but I’ll go out on a limb and guess it isn’t NBA Live or an NBA 2K title. That’s how Roy rolls. Under the radar. Willing to lend what cred he has to a few Seattle-area friends with marginal rapping abilities. I doubt the PR consultants Brandon doesn’t have working for him called with any input beforehand.
"You know, when you are in the game, you hear 20,000 people behind you, you don't feel anything."
- Nicolas Batum on playing through his shoulder injury during the 2010 playoffs.
whoops.. BUT..
instead im more bothered by how absolutely terrible this song is, and i like rap/hip hop. some of the worst stuff ive EVER heard.
Nike?
I imagine they like it when their guys appear in cliched hip hop videos. Who seels more t-shirts and shoes? Allen Iverson or John Stockton? They’re probably just pissed this is such a terrible song/video.
Oh yeah, BRoy is and will always be the man here in PDX. That he was helping out his friends from his neighborhood is a feature, not a bug.
by Pooh Richardson on Aug 17, 2010 10:38 AM PDT reply actions
Rasheed Wallace did a song with E-40 back in the day.
NSFW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h87qCHUhGqY
It was so bad, absolutely no one noticed.
by Pooh Richardson on Aug 17, 2010 10:40 AM PDT reply actions
There are way worse rap videos out there in terms of reputation for the athlete
Ron Artest, Marquis “Q6” Daniels, Shaquille in both freestyling and planned performances, …
Also there have been so many cameos or short verses by NBA players like Kobe, Tony Parker, Iverson, Chris “Gangsta Gangsta” Webber … in videos with weird lyrics and odd content. Probably dozens of those. Heck, even Shav hangs out with Asher Roth and I’m not sure that made the front page of BE ;-)
And the NBA or their sponsors have done nothing. Why should they?
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Not really
Roy has proven to me that he is a good guy, and anyone who would take offense to this appearing in a video probably doesn’t know much about him. I think it’s an choice for him, but as long as he isn’t the one rolling a spliff, then it doesn’t bother me.
"Sasha? That's a sissy name." -Mike Rice
Im more upset
that he let him self in a video that isn’t any good. absolute D grade video.
C*mcast sucks!
by Blazermaniac77 on Aug 17, 2010 10:49 AM PDT reply actions
Do you guys think Roy will address this?
I’m curious to see if he does. I don’t think he needs to or should have to, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he does – just because thats the kind of guy he is.
"I have contract with Portland.... I have contract with Portland... I have contract with Portland." - Rudy Fernandez
The song SUUCCK
I don’t care about the herb, this is Oregon afterall. Song is god awful though seriously, I like some rap, but it has to have something more than what this has, seriously. The beat sucks, the lyrics suck, the only thing good about the song at all is Broy.
by przybillafan2001 on Aug 17, 2010 11:00 AM PDT reply actions
It should matter that Roy is associated with this!
If I were Roy I would be embarrased by this video. His appearance in this only helps his friends and takes away from his squeaky clean image. I want to believe Roy had no idea of the nature of the video. Roy has earned capital with me in regards to who he is in the community, but at the same time I am disappointed.
i have bad news for you…..
if this bothers you, then you better stop watching the nba or any other sport… because guess what… they drink, they do some blow, they “treat objects like women man” (big L joke there) and they do other terrible things to women (kobe cough cough)
I understand what your saying, and I am not ignorant to such things, but I do think society does have a responsibility to hold our athletes accountable for their actions publicly. What an athlete does behind closed doors is their business, but when messages are sent in a direct or indirect way publicly, they are open to criticism.
That's a canard...
That might be fun to say, “I have bad news for you…” but it’s the kind of thing you say when you want to make fun of someone who sees things as right and wrong but you don’t. The moral relativism argument. Why would you say to a person that they should remove themselves from any wrong if you’re not willing to do it yourself? You’re just trying to make that position look ridiculous.
We’re not talking about all the other myriad things that are wrong in the world, we’re talking about this one thing and does it bother you. None of us can “point the finger” in the sense that we’re doing everything right, this is just about how we view this one thing.
Gooddebate:
im asking the question if you think this is wrong, then how do you feel about these other things?
and you are right I am using a form of argument to get a point across. Just as you just did.
sometimes the only way to get people to think about something is to compare it to something else…
if you hate pot, or athletes smoking pot, then fine… so be it!
but
if you hate that, then do you also hate those other things? and if you dont then why are you so upset about marijuana? Is marijuana worse or better than those things?
these are the questions that I am bringing up for you to ask yourself…
as for BUSTAMOVE99
great you think athletes should be held to higher standards… and perhaps they should. I dont know, that is a debate that I am on the fence about…. I guess I could associate the same stipulations on our politicians. shouldnt they be held accountable and be absolutely transparent in their actions, yet… they are human…
I am not saying athletes should be held to any higher standard than anyone else, including myself. Celebrities do have a different platform than you and I, and with that comes a greater responsibility, and not a higher standard. Whether you like it or not, it is fact that celebrity can influence others. People make mistakes, its going to happen, if Roy comes out and says it was a mistake, then all will be forgiven. That is his responsibilty.
you are acting like these people (and lets not forget that they are indeed people) are superheros…
they are in the spotlight, but why must we hold them to a greater standard? why must we have to glorify them to such a degree that they must be pristine? Isnt it wrong of us to idolize these people? are we not more at fault for acting like these people need to be held to that higher standard?
while their platforms may be larger and their ability to influence many at one time is obviously true…
they are not the only ones that can influence, you and I are perhaps influences for others. Are we squeaky clean? Do I need to hold a press conference? Or what about the mentor at the boys and girls club, or the guy (or gal) who help troubled kids? Do they have to stand before the kids and say “hey the other night I was around marijuana smoke”?
no,
Roy needs not spend one second apologizing for something that he had no direct contact with… He was in a video, he wasnt smoking pot, he wasnt holding up a J, and he wasnt the one rolling a blunt…
when he gets arrested with a trunk full of weed, then perhaps he should apologize… but the standard you want to hold these people to is insanity…
Bother me? Does this bother me?
It would bother me if Brandon DIDN’T appear in the video because he thought he would lose pansy fans tangled in the web of their own prejudice and supposed moral highground. Blaze your own trail my friend.
I just watched it again and I can't help but notice that Brandon
looks like he’s lost and confused. Did he lose a bet? Was he being held against his will? If I were his friend and he was trying to help me out, I’d be ticked that he looks so annoyed and impatient the whole time.
"I have contract with Portland.... I have contract with Portland... I have contract with Portland." - Rudy Fernandez
That was funny. And yeah crap video and lyrics.
Even the acting by everyone was so artificial. At least they used a good quality camera to film it.
WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE
thanks to blazersedge, now everyone will know about this video
i’m sure roy must have thought that this song and video sucked so much that nobody would listen to it anyway.
Jeff Pendergraph:
FGM - 3
FGA - 111
Min - 30
Reb - 10
by Tofu Anonymous on Aug 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT reply actions
Oh BROY
why couldn’t you have chosen a better rap video to be in? He should’ve been in this rap video from seattle about old volvos. That way you could still endorse something no less popular in the northwest without actually drawing the ire of the media.
NSF language.
by moflow on Aug 17, 2010 11:34 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Grynch is cool(I saw him perform once, he loves him some crowd surfing)
there is so much good hip hop coming out of seattle right now.
by HD on Aug 17, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Rec'd
These are truly the dog days now. They’re not even airing “Courtside” for three more weeks. The only thing remotely on the horizon is…training camp. Oh, joy.
I was born in '52, and I believe in #52. Hang in there, GO.
You too, Przy: everyone knows you're the heart & soul of the Blazers.
No good deed goes unpunished
That’s probably the lesson Roy will take from this episode. Trying to help out guys from the old neighborhood can backfire. It’s pretty clear that Roy got conned here.
Probably the best—and safest—way for athletes to “give back” is to establish scholarship programs. (I’m thinking that might be something Roy has already done.)
I was born in '52, and I believe in #52. Hang in there, GO.
You too, Przy: everyone knows you're the heart & soul of the Blazers.
Because of Brandon Roy
My little brother started smoking pot and failed out of school.
Bother me that there is a pot montage including an image of B Roy? No.
Bother me that he is seemingly associated with graffiti? Yes. Doesn’t he realized vandalism is a crime? Where were his handlers on this? Etc etc hypocrisy etc blah blah summer doldrums need a story blah blah etc meh.
He's human, he makes mistakes. But I mean seriously?
He’s seen 3 times, has no lines, and isn’t even in the clip with the dro.
The Camby man
Are we still going to be afraid of marijuana when it's legal?
It’d be worse if they were drinking a 40 in the video.
tl;dr - I just made profound statement.
The first screencap of him ...
When I saw the video and context it almost looks like he does that look into the camera and then he looks away and I swear I see an eye roll. I’m sure he was just like sure I’ll be in front of the camera but I doubt he knew of the full content and context.
Unless he gets pulled over going down the 5 with smoke coming out the windows like our former friends on this team I’m really not concerned.
Just there for Support...
I don’t have a problem with B. Roy being in the video. The video was very silly though. Chains, money, weed, designer bags, entourage…. just silly. Make a better video if you’re going to have Brandon in it.
LOL for all those people who voted yes
I love how people still demonize weed… but we are ok with lebron going out and drinking or promoting fast food….
drinking and fast food kill far more people than weed…
I hope Broy smoked a fatty… in fact I like him more now… and all you babies out there who are anti pot need to stop being hypocrits and protest everything that is bad, drinking, fast food, the over use of prescription drugs, driving too fast, watching too much tv, playing too many video games, getting no exercise…
wahhhhhh
by bhrandon on Aug 17, 2010 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Mike Barrett just said on Wheels at Work that Roy was at a basketball tournament at his old high school and had gone outside when they were filming right by the back door… I guess he knew who they were and he had no idea they were actually filming — he said at one point he leans in because he thinks they are taking a picture.
anybody who thi nks this is a problem should
1. Grow up
2. Get a life
"Oh Yeah!" ~ Kool Aid Man
by PDXBuckeye on Aug 17, 2010 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
So you don't care about Brandon's image?
He could lose out on sponsorship deals, get blacklisted by Stern, or get depressed like Rudy because his friends were mean.
In Bayless I trust.
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that is his concern, not mine
David Stern has much bigger fish to fry, Zach Randolph possibly running a dealing operation for example…
I am not sure how his friends were mean?
So long as he is prepared to play ball that is all I care about in terms of personal behavior, helping a couple of guys shooting a video and having them go to for with drug imagery just totally falls in the wheelhouse of…
meh
"Oh Yeah!" ~ Kool Aid Man
Mike Barrett just explained this whole thing on 95.5.
Roy didn’t know what was going on but also admits he wasn’t carefuly with his image.
"I have contract with Portland.... I have contract with Portland... I have contract with Portland." - Rudy Fernandez
It's interesting...
For thinking it’s no big deal there sure are lots of posts that say it’s no big deal. As in Shakespeare I think you “…doth protest too much”.
Even if you make it legal it doesn’t change one aspect of this issue. Let me illustrate with a recent event. My daughter was at a church event all week and the female (for some reason nearly all the workers were girls) workers decided to sleep over on Friday night to celebrate a successful week and give them more time to clean up. Then on Saturday when I picked her up she told me of this situation that developed during the night and that it was “no big deal”. It seems that 3 boys from the church showed up in the parking lot at some where around 2am. I think it started to occur to her that it might not be so innocent when my eyes got big as she started stammering through the rest of her story.
“Well, nothing happened…”, “They wouldn’t do anything…”, “it’s no big deal…”
Needless to say, these guys got in trouble. A couple of their parents were surprised to know where they were at 2am. One of them was 18. And in all of the fallout the elephant in the room wasn’t what did happen (which was nothing). What was in everyone’s mind was what it LOOKED like could happen.
What if, though some bizarre coincidence, I showed up at 2am and saw them. Would that be comfortable? When I said that, then she got it. The principle is that you ‘run from the appearance of evil’.
by gooddebate on Aug 17, 2010 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Guess I should actually answer the question...
If Brandon was aware of what was going on, yes it’s a problem. If he says as much or just says ’it’s no big deal’ then it’s a problem. If he says he regrets that he participated because of how it looks then it’s not a problem but with an asterisk (stay out of these kinds of circumstances and it’s an aberration, otherwise it’s a pattern which will become a problem again). if he didn’t know what was going on then he needs to do something to distance himself from it which should only take a statement of some kind saying as much, then it’s just ‘wish that didn’t happen, but it’s no problem, won’t happen again.’
This is probably what someone at Nike is telling him right now…
Also made two babies out of wedlock
To his credit, he did finally marry her.
And also it would have been easy to pressure abortion, but I am guessing he did not.
He’s a nice guy with some good traits but let’s not pretend he’s the next David Robinson.
Damn Wedlockers
Demanding a copy of the long-form marriage license just to prove they didn’t get hitched in Kenya…
It's funny because Wiki still says they got married last August.
Just because that was the plan once.
Who cares if he had kids out of wedlock?
What is this, the 1950s?
Who cares...
I’ve seen Ron Artest smoking weed and he’s a Champion!!!
A Champion!!!!
:)
Poll: Does it bother you that you did your headline shopping at Canzano-mart?
Sweet Lord – this is just the kind of thing that local news will pick up and run with.
+1 to the “who cares.”
Good night, Blazer fans, whereEVER you may be.... DAA-daddle-a-DA-da-da-DA-da-da-DAA
by jerome glide porterworth on Aug 17, 2010 2:16 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Puritist Portland
I can not believe God would create such an awful thing…I am now going to ingest some hydrogenated oils (RCH=CH2 + H2 → RCH2CH3) and wash it all down with high fructose corn syrup (produced with sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid) YUM!!!
Because natural things are better than unnatural things?
C21H22N2O2 is produced in abundance in nature but you won’t see me downing any anytime soon.
"We Believe" - Rudy Fernandez
Well of course everything that exists occurs in nature!
However, the process to extract “strychnine”, from the plant, is a complicated process…much more than picking it off a plant, putting it in your pipe and smoking it.
If I thought for one second Brandon Roy even knew what marijuana was, maybe
But come on, this is Brandon we are talking about. He is less ghetto than Dave, if that is humanly possible.
"We Believe" - Rudy Fernandez
"Hugger of babies"....hahahaha. Way to get sympathy points for him, it's always nice we can throw at that picture of him
hugging a baby if he does something bad. By the way, no I don’t that he’s in a video with that, as long as he isn’t doing drugs.
oh gimme a break
this video does not warrant a complete screen shot analysis.
confirms most athletes’ claims of PDX being a fishbowl.
in KP i trusted
by CleBlazer on Aug 17, 2010 3:32 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
are we really at a point where athletes need to investigate who’s taking their picture/video and how they are going to use it? He probably gets his picture taken a bunch of times a day, he can’t possibly look into them all.
Brandon is a stand up guy and is taking responsibility for this, but come on. This is ridiculous.
#52
Weed doesn't bother me at all.
What bothers me is how truly terrible this video and “rap” is. Terrible. Terrible. Terrible.
Did I mention how terrible it is? I like all kinds of music, including rap and hip hop. But this is garbage.
Roy is trying to position himself as an elite guard in the NBA. Why, then, appear in some really, really, bad video. It knocks his brand down….way down.
And yes, he will catch heat for associating himself with these stereotypical fools. Roy has always prided himself on his image, the fact he has no tattoos. Yet, here he is and he looks really out of place.
ive always suspected Roy of being toker....
Thats why his game is so slow and mythotical. Aldridge to. The games that he bangs around in the post, hes out of smoke, so he is pissed off. Haha maybe not.
"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting"
"I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there"
Charles Bukowski
I gots me some issues with broy
Anthem issue.
Miller issue.
Video issue.
Have I had too much kool-aid or not enough, dudes got some goofed up synapses.
by doomsdaymachine on Aug 17, 2010 6:43 PM PDT reply actions
I wanted to see his response before making a judgment on this...
What were his motives? Why did he do it? How involved was he in the final product? etc. I am a bit disappointed in his lack of caution but I can also see how it could happen in the way he described it. And I don’t really have an issue with people smoking pot so much as all the other issues surrounding it and the fact that it would kind of be counter to how he has portrayed himself and/or allowed the Blazers to portray him to fans. It would be a much bigger red flag if I had other issues with the guy. If the worst thing you can say about the guy is that he chose to take time by himself during the anthem, had trouble adjusting to Miller and Oden, and now this…I feel pretty good about him being a Blazer.
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Worst Rap Video/Music Ever
What was that?
Was that guy (Cal or Cavalli?) using a pay phone and rapping about how much money he had?
Did any of the basketball being shown result in a made basket, and were they high schoolers?
On and on…nothing was right about this whole process. Brandon needs better friends from his home town. These guys are Definitely happy that they are receiving this much attention. They could care less about Brandon. But, he did look ridiculous in a rap video. When I show up in one, then, and only then, will someone look more out of place.
Yeah, cause he was rapping about big plans to make money (slanging weed)
So he was using a payphone for deals so it doesnt get traced, kinda like “turners with burners”, (drug dealers with prepaid cell phones)
but yes, why did those guys even bother to shoot a video for that terrible song, i hope in 6 months they get a little more self-awareness and cringe when they even think about that song/video.
I'm sorry Brandon was taken advantage off-- but he did nothing wrong
It’s interesting how often people will jump on athletes because of pot, or alcohol, yet many of them indulge. Too often people indulge in self-righteousness and sanctimonious criticism (I have myself). I wish we could give people a little more space to be, give them as much goodwill and understanding as we’d like to be given. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”— I’ll just root for my brothers and sisters to be on their path gracefully.
ive always suspected Roy of being toker....
Thats why his game is so slow and mythotical. Aldridge to. The games that he bangs around in the post, hes out of smoke, so he is pissed off. Haha maybe not.
"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting"
"I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there"
Charles Bukowski
not sure why that posted twice...
"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting"
"I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there"
Charles Bukowski
ugh
The fact that we are even discussing this shows how ignorant portions of our society is about pot. Sad…
by RudiFTW on Aug 18, 2010 12:44 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Pot is less harmful than alcohol.
And this is “blazers” edge right?
oh…puns, puns, puns puns puns.
BRoy
The only place I see Brandon Roy with Marijuana is on this website. No where in the video is he connected to that. They also showed him in a Gym, imagine that. Shut up Ben Goliver.
Bye the way in Oregon and Washington I am pretty sure you can get a “prescription” even though NBA and other sports deny these athletes such freedom.
BLAZERS
Blazer fans are awesome. I have enjoyed all the comments. Thanks guys. GO BLAZERS!!
This is not a story
If Roy was trying to smuggle weed in tin foil while passing through a metal detector at the airport, then maybe. Even then I’d have my doubts. I finally watched the video. First, let me say I probably lost 5 IQ points for having to sit through that, this is not hip-hop. This is everything that is wrong with hip-hop. When Roy says that he does not partake in the smoking of cannabis for some reason I believe him. I know some “pot-heads” and Roy does not have the demeanor of someone that likes to “puff”. Just another case of wrong place, wrong time. Roy was nice enough to let those ruffians lean on his Bentley and hold his money in the video. Like many have said Roy’s only apology should be for appearing in such a horrendous music video.
Stay green Portland!!
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