Brandon Roy Update

[Basti]

Wearing casts has no effects on your knees if you have Arthritis. His knees are lacking cartilage which in turn causes the kneecaps to grind on the bones causing tons of pain. .

Small correction here. I do not think it is kneecaps which are causing it. Kneecap or patella itself is a bone and it is sliding in patellofemoral groove of femoral bone during flexion and extension of the knee. Problem is he lacks cartilage ( meniscus) which helps absorb shock during impact exercise like running and jumping. So it is way more likely that it is femoral condyles rubbing on tibial plateau causing pain. Still bone on bone at the end of the day.
Here is a little knee anatomy picture to understand better. Menisci are cartilaginous discs sitting between femur and tibia and providing shock absorbtion, take them out and you have bone on bone whenever you jump or run.

Thanks for the input. I wasn't entirely sure about it but that's what I remembered an orthopedist told me when I went to him because of similar issues.

[Kahn touch this]

Roy brought the injury bug in Minnesota like the one that screwed up the Blazers.

[Klomp]

Roy brought the injury bug in Minnesota like the one that screwed up the Blazers.

We already had the sophomore curse years before Roy got here

[eyeteeth]

So Brandon Roy practiced with the team today. The noise is clear that he plans on playing. This is totally nuts to me.

Of course, we really do need 10 minutes a game from any decent player, but I'd put the over/under for number of games he plays before going out again at about 20, maybe 18. It blows my mind what he's willing to go through to play just a few more minutes of NBA ball.

[southern wolf]

Yeah, you can't help but think he is going to regret coming out of retirement when he's older. How are his knees going to feel when he's 50?

[Calinks]

Anyone know why he is never with the team on the bench?

[Worm Guts]

Yeah, you can't help but think he is going to regret coming out of retirement when he's older. How are his knees going to feel when he's 50?

I don't know, how do replacement knees feel?

[Calinks]

When he's 50 medical science will have him feeling great.

[GopherIt!]

Is it wrong that I read the thread title and immediately hoped it was news of his retirement?

Confucius say that was a "knee jerk reaction."

[Murphs56]

He can't possibly start with Shved playing the way he's playing.

[Narf]

Yeah, you can't help but think he is going to regret coming out of retirement when he's older. How are his knees going to feel when he's 50?

They will be titanium by that point either way me thinks.

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From our boy Zgoda...

* Brandon Roy practiced fully and intends to do so tomorrow. If Friday's workout goes well, he said there's a chance he could return for the first time since Nov. 9 for Saturday's game.

"If everything feels good, I'll talk to Coach and see if Saturday is the day," he said.

Roy did 5-on-5 half-court work on Thursday and will scrimmage with his teammates on Friday in his first back-to-back practices since he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee five weeks ago.

"These two days are good for me," Roy said. "Today was a good day, so going again tomorrow will just give me the confidence and reassurance that I can go out there and play in the game."

[Klomp]

“@APkrawczynski: Brandon Roy missed practice today for personal reasons. So I'd say that makes playing Saturday pretty doubtful. #Twolves”

[Basti]

Ugh. I was hoping to see him play for 10-15 minutes to avoid another game of Barea or Luke trying to defend their opponents.

[cpfsf]

still not liking this.