Roy turning into Pierce?

by CroRupt on Apr 2, 2011 9:21 AM PDT

If anyone has ever watched Paul Pierce play, we all know that he's not the fastest player in the world. Certainly not any faster than Roy (post knee surgeries). Both are good shooters. Pierce may be the defender though. And Both are deceptively athletic.

My question is: What's stopping Roy from becoming the next Pierce? They both are very similar now in my opinion and I'm hoping Roy realizes that his best chance of becoming a really effective player for us, is to imitate his game on Pierces.

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Paul Pierce is far more athletic then Brandon Roy is now.

Sadly.

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by 420Phenom on Apr 2, 2011 9:42 AM PDT reply actions

Appear similar, but

Roy’s knees hurt while he plays. Short spurts, where Roy sucks it up (easier said), he can be effective. But, he does not dribble well under pressure anymore. He has a lot of work to do to become a consistant player. We will need consistentcy come playoff time.

by ORDucktape on Apr 2, 2011 10:12 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah, Pierce doesn't have bad knees.

And he definitely has a quickness advantage over Roy at this point.

by Gay4Roy on Apr 2, 2011 11:46 AM PDT reply actions

Roy and Pierce were similar BEFORE Roy got hurt...

Paul Pierce is who I have always compared B.Roy’s game to, and I still hope he can have a career as good as Pierce’s. Brandon is definitely not the same baller he was, and I have heard many many many many many people saying that B.Roy is flat out done. Give me a break. Haterz need to bail out get hooked on meth or something… no worries here. I hope Roy returns to form sooner than later, he was so exciting to watch and the REASON we had those 50+win seasons. He is a gamer and winner down the stretch. Portland needs Roy to be a true Winner!

by Portland Dynasty on Apr 2, 2011 11:49 AM PDT reply actions

I think there was some similarity there before

Pierce is a great player who played a huge role in multiple trips to the finals and is one of the highest scoring Celtics ever. So you’d be happy to be in his company regardless. I have always enjoyed Pierce because he doesn’t look particularly fast or athletic yet still dominates. I used to think Roy fell somewhere between Kobe and Pierce.

I think Roy has proven he can still score as a midrange and 3-point shooter who can create space at will like Pierce. He’s done that maybe every 3rd game since returning. Only time will tell if he can do it more consistently.

by acorn on Apr 2, 2011 11:53 AM PDT reply actions

If anything, I think the hope is that Roy becomes the next Andre Miller.

Miller doesn’t make his living on quickness, explosion or elevation. These are the tools Roy once had, but are now gone.

He does make his living on craftiness, BBIQ, upperbody control, changes in speed and misdirection. Those are all tools that Roy still has.

The question, is can Roy develop court vision, and accept the role of facilitator instead of scorer? I think that’s what Nate’s trying to learn by persisting in playing Roy at the backup pg.

by raoulduke on Apr 2, 2011 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Plus, Roy can shoot.

by raoulduke on Apr 2, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions

not lately...

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by douglast on Apr 2, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Brandon isn't as quick or as good a defender as Miller

Just a better shooter. So he should stick to shooting.

by zeusmith on Apr 2, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Or nearly as good a passer

he’s a decent passer but not PG good.

by zeusmith on Apr 2, 2011 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

he's a good drive and kick passer, and good at avoiding turnovers

but few of his passes make their way to easy buckets or anyone posting up or big men on the roll (remember how Aldridge used to only ever pop?).

You can measure skill and talent with your eyes, but productivity is shown through statistics.

by austinpwnz on Apr 2, 2011 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree

If Roy wants to be effective his best bet is to become a slightly-altered Andre Miller… better shooter, an adequate passer and high basketball IQ. What Brandon lacks in quickness (compared to Miller) he makes up for with height.

by tkblazeys on Apr 3, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Roy and Pierce are light years apart

After going through a 6 game run in which he averaged 13.2 pts., shooting 49% from the floor and 44% from 3 pt. line(8-18) in 24 minutes per game, it looked like maybe he really could help the team. Then came the last 9 games and its like he just hit a wall. His average in the last nine games has fallen to an embarrassing 5.2 shooting 34% from the floor and his 3pt shot has totally disappeared (0-7), not even attempting a 3pt shot in his last 4 games in 19 minutes per game. Since his main contribution is scoring, and that seems to have gone away for the time being, I think its time to give Mills Roys minutes he can have the minutes that Mills is getting now. Maybe that would give his knees some time to recover for one last run in the playoffs, as for making his game like Pierce that ship has sailed, sorry.

by Planet29 on Apr 2, 2011 12:31 PM PDT reply actions

I agree, that wall he hit was freshness wearing off.

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by TyboOSU on Apr 2, 2011 11:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

I want Roy to do this also.

He’s smart and hopefully will.

by Natsthecat on Apr 2, 2011 12:57 PM PDT reply actions

I'm hoping for a different Pierce...

I remember Ricky Pierce being a pretty sweet off-the-bench scorer for the Bucks and Sonics back in they day – I’d take that out of Roy gladly at this point.

by robhou on Apr 2, 2011 1:58 PM PDT reply actions

BRoy

Brandon is still fresh off of surgery, it takes time to recover from if even if it seems minor. Both kneeswere operated on, I had the same thing done to my left knee and it still isn’t the same. Give him time and I promise you we will see what he will be. I love Brandon but team first if he cant help us find him a new roll but we need to be patient like we are with GO.

by BlazerHink on Apr 2, 2011 3:55 PM PDT reply actions