These last twelve months have made it abundantly clear that the NBA is business first, and basketball second. Despite that, there are some moments that have made us forget - if only for an hour or two. They are those moments that we fall in love with as basketball fans. Not fans of a particular team, or a particular city, but simply fans of basketball who are willing to follow a beat writer's tweets from a hotel lobby in hopes that we'll be there to see one again. They are those moments that keep us coming back to the NBA, no matter what. A moment like Brandon Roy provided last season.
I've never been to Portland, never rooted for the Blazers, and never really had a rooting interest in Brandon Roy specifically either to be honest. For a time I considered him the most underrated player in the Association. For a time he was without a doubt a top-10 NBA talent. It was sad to see him get hurt, whether you ever rooted for him or not. You couldn't help but respect the f...
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