It’s not fair how injuries can devastate one’s career. An NBA Rookie of the Year award, three consecutive All-Star appearances and two consecutive All-NBA nods were what Brandon Roy was able to achieve before his troublesome knees gave in and he had to end his career prematurely.
Roy would’ve not only been a favourite to go No. 1 in this 2006 re-draft had he stayed healthy, he would’ve also had the chance to be a perenial all-star and one of the NBA’s best scorers.
Unfortunately, injuries are a part of sports and Roy couldn’t escape them. Even with his injuries in mind, for Roy to still come in at No. 7 is a tribute to how great of a player he was and how amazing he could’ve been if his knees didn’t let him down.