Brandon Roy

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Brandon Roy

Position	Shooting guard/Point guard
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	229 lb (104 kg)
Team	Portland Trail Blazers
Nationality	United States
Born	July 23, 1984 (age 22) Seattle, Washington
College	Washington
Draft	6th overall, 2006 Minnesota Timberwolves
Pro career	2006–present
Awards	2006 Pac-10 player of the year

Brandon Roy (born July 23, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. Roy attended Garfield High School in Seattle before playing at the University of Washington for four years. Roy was instrumental in rebuilding the Washington Huskies basketball program under Lorenzo Romar. After three productive years, he had a breakout senior year where he averaged 20.2 points per game and led the Huskies to a 26–7 season and Sweet Sixteen appearance. Roy was named Pac-10 player of the year and received All-American honors at the end of the season. He was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves 6th overall in the 2006 NBA Draft but his draft rights were then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for the draft rights to 7th overall pick Randy Foye and cash.

His NBA career got off to a fast start in the Toshiba Vegas Summer League in July, 2006 as he averaged 19 points per game on 65% shooting and was named to the all-league first team. His 35 points against the Phoenix Suns on July 12 were the most by any player in a summer league game.

Roy was originally an early entry candidate for the 2002 NBA Draft straight out of Garfield High School but took his name out before the draft and attended the University of Washington.

Roy was selected by NBA assistant coaches to the rookie squad for the 2007 All-Star Weekend rookie-sophomore game held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.^[1]

His girlfriend delivered their first child on March 27, 2007 in Seattle.

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^ Guard Roy to play in rookie-sophomore All-Star event

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2006 NBA Draft
First Round Andrea Bargnani \| LaMarcus Aldridge \| Adam Morrison \| Tyrus Thomas \| Shelden Williams \| Brandon Roy \| Randy Foye \| Rudy Gay \| Patrick O'Bryant \| Mouhamed Sene \| J.J. Redick \| Hilton Armstrong \| Thabo Sefolosha \| Ronnie Brewer \| Cedric Simmons \| Rodney Carney \| Shawne Williams \| Oleksiy Pecherov \| Quincy Douby \| Renaldo Balkman \| Rajon Rondo \| Marcus Williams \| Josh Boone \| Kyle Lowry \| Shannon Brown \| Jordan Farmar \| Sergio Rodríguez \| Maurice Ager \| Mardy Collins \| Joel Freeland
Second Round James White \| Steve Novak \| Solomon Jones \| Paul Davis \| P.J. Tucker \| Craig Smith \| Bobby Jones \| Kosta Perovic \| David Noel \| Denham Brown \| James Augustine \| Daniel Gibson \| Marcus Vinicius \| Lior Eliyahu \| Alexander Johnson \| Dee Brown \| Paul Millsap \| Vladimir Veremeenko \| Leon Powe \| Ryan Hollins \| Cheick Samb \| Guillermo Diaz \| Yotam Halperin \| Hassan Adams \| Ejike Ugboaja \| Edin Bavcic \| Loukas Mavrokefalidis \| J.R. Pinnock \| Damir Markota \| Will Blalock