Okay, good news, bad news, Blazers fans. Good news: An MRI showed "no significant changes" to the knee of Brandon Roy which has sidelined him recently. So you can go ahead and exhale into the bag.
Bad news: He's out 7-10 days, according to an official team release via Blazer's Edge. That would of course include Sunday's game versus the Lakers.
The upside is that after L.A. and Detroit, the schedule isn't brutal for the Blazers during that time. They've got a series of middle-of-the-pack easter teams on a four game road trip with a game against struggling Golden State next Saturday. They also only have five games max in that time.
It's possible this could end up being a good thing for the Blazers. They desperately need someone on their team, perhaps Rudy Fernandez as BE suggested, to step up and provide some support. More and more close games have become the Roy Show and the Blazers will need more come April.
Yeah, that's just me trying to put a positive spin on the fact that the Blazers have lost their best player for a week with a wonky knee, and they haven't exactly shined without him, especially after getting blistered by the Hornets post-Tyson-Chandler ejection the other night.
Buck up, little Blazers!
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It's not his knee that has sidelined him. It's his right hamstring.