What is Brandon Roy?
[[File:Brandon Roy Wizards.jpg|thumb|200px|Brandon Roy in 2008.]] '''Brandon Roy''' (born July 23, 1984 in [[Seattle, Washington]]) is a retired professional [[basketball]] player. He played for the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) from 2006 to 2011. He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2007, and was chosen as an All Star in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Roy played [[college basketball]] for four years at the [[University of Washington]]. The [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] chose him with the sixth pick in the 2006 [[NBA Draft]], but traded him to the Trail Blazers later that night.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Brandon-s-a-Blazer-1207548.php|title=Brandon's a Blazer|first1=Dan|last1=Raley|first2=P.-I.|last2=Reporter|date=29 June 2006|website=seattlepi.com}}</ref> On December 9, 2011, Roy said that he would retire from basketball because of knee problems.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2011/12/brandon_roy_retires_after_doct.html |title=Brandon Roy retires after doctor tells Trail Blazers guard that long-term health risk is too high &#124; OregonLive.com |first=Joe |last=Freeman |work=oregonlive.com |date=December 9, 2011 |access-date=December 10, 2011}}</ref> ==Other websites== *[http://www.nba.com/playerfile/brandon_roy/ Brandon Roy on NBA.com] ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Brandon}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:African-American basketball players]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Portland Trail Blazers players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Seattle]] [[Category:American basketball players]]