Brandon Roy Is Alive and (Mostly) Well
The Lead
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🗓️ 6 February 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
There was a time when Portland belonged to Brandon Roy. The former Trail Blazer's career was cut short by knee trouble and he has been more or less invisible ever since. But after years of trying, The Athletic’s Jason Quick finally tracked him down. Today, Quick joins us to talk about Brandon Roy’s short but remarkable career and how he has overcome an identity crisis, a divorce, and a drive-by shooting to find peace (or something close to it).
Read Jason Quick's profile of Brandon Roy:
https://theathletic.com/1531666/2020/01/16/brandon-roy-talks-retirement-inner-peace-shooting-portland-trail-blazers-return/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | Portland Trailblazer star Damien Lillard has been playing out of his mind lately. |
| 0:10.0 | 57 points, 57 Lillard. |
| 0:17.0 | 11 trays that is a team record. |
| 0:22.8 | But before Lillard took over Portland, for a brief time, Rip City belonged to Brandon |
| 0:28.4 | Roy. |
| 0:29.4 | Brandon, for the lead, Scoop shot. |
| 0:31.4 | Yeah! |
| 0:32.4 | Tom out Houston, three seconds left. |
| 0:37.4 | That's Brandon. |
| 0:39.4 | Roy's career came and went quickly, and since he retired due to knee trouble, the former |
| 0:44.5 | star has been more or less invisible. |
| 0:47.6 | But after years of trying, the athletics Jason Quick finally tracked him down. |
| 0:52.4 | Today Jason joins us to talk about Brandon Roy's short but remarkable career, and his |
| 0:57.2 | struggles since retiring, which have included questions about his identity, a divorce, |
| 1:02.7 | and a drive-by shooting. |
| 1:04.7 | I have to realize that life's not like basketball. |
| 1:07.2 | It's not like, you know, oh, you know, you go harder at it, you know, work, you know, |
| 1:11.7 | it's just like, no, it's okay to step back. |
| 1:16.2 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:18.6 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:20.2 | It's Thursday, February 6th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:24.6 | It felt like something great was happening. |
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