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Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy will miss the next three games and the All-Star game with a right hamstring injury.
Roy was originally hurt in a Jan. 13 game against Milwaukee, then aggravated the injury on Jan. 20 at Philadelphia. He has missed 12 of the last 13 games, including Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
“I don’t feel like I’m at a level where I can help the guys out right now,” he said before the game.
Roy, in his fourth season with the Blazers, made the All-Star team as a reserve for the third straight season. He said he will not travel to Dallas for the game on Feb. 14 at Cowboys Stadium.
“This was not a decision that any of us wanted to make, but in the end we had to do what was best for Brandon,” Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard said. “We’re hopeful that this extended rest will put Brandon in the best possible position to return to the lineup shortly after the All-Star break.”
Roy leads the Blazers with 23.1 points per game.
“I think it’s going to be the smart thing just to stay off it for a little while,” Roy said.
Roy’s injury is the latest to strike the Blazers, who have lost centers Joel Przybilla and Greg Oden to season-ending knee injuries.
Recently, Portland saw the return of forward Rudy Fernandez, who missed 19 games because of a back problem, and forward Nicolas Batum, who was supposed to start but had shoulder surgery just before the start of the season.
Roy, who was an All-American at Washington, was the sixth overall pick in 2006 by the Minnesota Timberwolves and was acquired by Portland in a draft-day trade. He made an impact from the start, winning the league’s Rookie of the Year honors.
Central to rebuilding efforts after the “Jail Blazers” era, Roy is Portland’s unquestioned leader.
“This will give him a chance to rest it, rehab it and not have to worry about coming back in the next day or two,” Blazers coach Nate McMillan said.
Roy is the fourth three-time All-Star from the Blazers, joining Clyde Drexler, who was named to the team eight times; Sidney Wicks, a four-time All-Star; and Maurice Lucas, honored three times.
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Chauncey Billups Named to 2010 All-Star Team
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Piper Billups will have to share her husband next week.
While walking out of the Pepsi Center after Wednesday morning's shootaround, Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups joked his wife wouldn't mind if he wasn't chosen as an All-Star injury replacement because his family has scheduled a vacation All-Star Weekend to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
"I think she'd rather have me all to herself than have to share me with everybody,'' Billups said.
Let the sharing begin. Billups was named later in the day by NBA commissioner David Stern to replace the injured Chris Paul for the West in the Feb. 14 All-Star Game in Dallas.
It will be the fifth straight All-Star appearance for Billups. He'll be on the bubble to make the Hall of Fame one day, so every one counts.
"It's crazy, man,'' said Billups, who was considered by some a bust early in his 13-year career and didn't make his first All-Star Game until his ninth season. "It's kind of humbling to be honest. It's kind of surreal to see how my career started. Everybody pretty much wrote me off and thought I would be out of the league, and I've come back and was able to make five straight All-Star Games. It's crazy. I don't really have the words. It's crazy, though.''
Billups had been the leading candidate to be named since it became known Sunday that Paul, a New Orleans guard, would be lost for what is believed to be at least a month due to knee surgery.
"I thought he was leader in the clubhouse, and I'm glad the league verified that,'' said Nuggets coach George Karl. "Signed the card. I'm happy for him. I think it's the right decision and the right move from the standpoint how Chauncey has played the last six weeks. I think it's also a celebration of the team having the second-best record in the (West).''
Earlier in the day, Karl had called it a "no-brainer'' Stern would select Billups.
"Chauncey Billups should, I think, feel like Obama in an presidential election,'' Karl had said. "It's, to me, a fairly lopsided vote... There are some great guards out there and, yes, (Golden State's) Monta Ellis has had a special season. I actually think (Dallas') Jason Kidd has had a special season. I think the Aaron Brooks kid (in Houston) has played great. But (Billups recently) has played better than the guys actually on the All-Star team in my mind.''
Billups, whose 19.2 scoring average through Wednesday is in line to be a career best and is averaging 6.1 assists, had said after Monday's 112-109 win over Sacramento he couldn't lose because he would be going either to the All-Star Game or on a Mexican vacation.
Follow NBA FanHouse "(Piper Billups) knows we'll get to that in the summer time sometime,'' Billups said. "She really wanted to go to Cabo but, at the same time, she's excited that I got recognized as being an All-Star as well.''
Billups will be joined in Dallas by Denver forward Carmelo Anthony, named a starter in fan voting. In Wednesday's 109-97 loss to Phoenix, Anthony missed his sixth straight game due to a sprained left ankle. He might not be back for Denver games Friday at the Los Angeles Lakers and Saturday at Utah, which might not mean he returns until Tuesday's home game against Dallas.
"(Wednesday) morning it was still sore and tender in an area,'' Karl said of the injury Anthony suffered Jan. 23. "When we saw the injury, we thought it was tough. Melo is so good with injuries that we probably got optimistically ahead of the truth, and we just have to be careful with it.''
Meanwhile, Billups was able to play against the Suns despite a sprained left ankle suffered Monday. And he had to cancel those vacation plans. His wife will have to share him All-Star Weekend.
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Piper Billups will have to share her husband next week.
While walking out of the Pepsi Center after Wednesday morning's shootaround, Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups joked his wife wouldn't mind if he wasn't chosen as an All-Star injury replacement because his family has scheduled a vacation All-Star Weekend to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
"I think she'd rather have me all to herself than have to share me with everybody,'' Billups said.
Let the sharing begin. Billups was named later in the day by NBA commissioner David Stern to replace the injured Chris Paul for the West in the Feb. 14 All-Star Game in Dallas.
It will be the fifth straight All-Star appearance for Billups. He'll be on the bubble to make the Hall of Fame one day, so every one counts.
"It's crazy, man,'' said Billups, who was considered by some a bust early in his 13-year career and didn't make his first All-Star Game until his ninth season. "It's kind of humbling to be honest. It's kind of surreal to see how my career started. Everybody pretty much wrote me off and thought I would be out of the league, and I've come back and was able to make five straight All-Star Games. It's crazy. I don't really have the words. It's crazy, though.''
Billups had been the leading candidate to be named since it became known Sunday that Paul, a New Orleans guard, would be lost for what is believed to be at least a month due to knee surgery.
"I thought he was leader in the clubhouse, and I'm glad the league verified that,'' said Nuggets coach George Karl. "Signed the card. I'm happy for him. I think it's the right decision and the right move from the standpoint how Chauncey has played the last six weeks. I think it's also a celebration of the team having the second-best record in the (West).''
Earlier in the day, Karl had called it a "no-brainer'' Stern would select Billups.
"Chauncey Billups should, I think, feel like Obama in an presidential election,'' Karl had said. "It's, to me, a fairly lopsided vote... There are some great guards out there and, yes, (Golden State's) Monta Ellis has had a special season. I actually think (Dallas') Jason Kidd has had a special season. I think the Aaron Brooks kid (in Houston) has played great. But (Billups recently) has played better than the guys actually on the All-Star team in my mind.''
Billups, whose 19.2 scoring average through Wednesday is in line to be a career best and is averaging 6.1 assists, had said after Monday's 112-109 win over Sacramento he couldn't lose because he would be going either to the All-Star Game or on a Mexican vacation.
Follow NBA FanHouse "(Piper Billups) knows we'll get to that in the summer time sometime,'' Billups said. "She really wanted to go to Cabo but, at the same time, she's excited that I got recognized as being an All-Star as well.''
Billups will be joined in Dallas by Denver forward Carmelo Anthony, named a starter in fan voting. In Wednesday's 109-97 loss to Phoenix, Anthony missed his sixth straight game due to a sprained left ankle. He might not be back for Denver games Friday at the Los Angeles Lakers and Saturday at Utah, which might not mean he returns until Tuesday's home game against Dallas.
"(Wednesday) morning it was still sore and tender in an area,'' Karl said of the injury Anthony suffered Jan. 23. "When we saw the injury, we thought it was tough. Melo is so good with injuries that we probably got optimistically ahead of the truth, and we just have to be careful with it.''
Meanwhile, Billups was able to play against the Suns despite a sprained left ankle suffered Monday. And he had to cancel those vacation plans. His wife will have to share him All-Star Weekend.
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Bulls’ Rose excused from All-Star rookie game
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Derrick Rose has been excused from the rookie challenge at All-Star weekend and will be replaced by Golden State’s Anthony Morrow.
Rose, last season’s Rookie of the Year, was selected as a reserve for the All-Star game and is competing in the skills challenge as the defending champion of the event. Because that would have meant events on three straight nights, the NBA announced Tuesday that the Chicago point guard could skip the rookie game.
Players in their first two seasons selected for the All-Star game are typically required to compete in the game between rookies and sophomores on Friday night of All-Star weekend.
Rose will defend his skills challenge title against fellow All-Stars Steve Nash of Phoenix and Deron Williams of Utah, plus rookie Brandon Jennings of Milwaukee. Rose last year became the first rookie to win the event, which is an obstacle course consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting.
Morrow is averaging 11.5 points.
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Derrick Rose has been excused from the rookie challenge at All-Star weekend and will be replaced by Golden State’s Anthony Morrow.
Rose, last season’s Rookie of the Year, was selected as a reserve for the All-Star game and is competing in the skills challenge as the defending champion of the event. Because that would have meant events on three straight nights, the NBA announced Tuesday that the Chicago point guard could skip the rookie game.
Players in their first two seasons selected for the All-Star game are typically required to compete in the game between rookies and sophomores on Friday night of All-Star weekend.
Rose will defend his skills challenge title against fellow All-Stars Steve Nash of Phoenix and Deron Williams of Utah, plus rookie Brandon Jennings of Milwaukee. Rose last year became the first rookie to win the event, which is an obstacle course consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting.
Morrow is averaging 11.5 points.
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