Report: Brandon Roy In Spain, Offered Contract To Play In Spanish League

There was no disclaimer that came with the report out of Spain today that the Portland Trail Blazers retired all-star guard Brandon Roy had arrived to meet with a team there and has been offered a contract for the rest of the season, so consider this the warning call. The Spanish-based website Solobasket reported the rumor with a number of other basketball sites around Spain leaving readers to determine fact from fiction here. The questionable scoop: the Spanish team Caja Laboral -- who plays in the ACB Spanish league and is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain -- was eliminated from Turkish Airlines Euroleague, competition and has offered Roy a contract based on playing one game per week to give his knees and body time to rest and adjust to getting back on the floor. The report goes on to say how Roy was seen at the airport in Vitoria with agent Arn Tellem (although Greg Lawrence represents Roy) in the late hours of the night. If this is a team searching for a PR move, it’s a poor a...