Brandon Roy | Portland Trailblazers

Brandon Roy | Portland Trailblazers

Brandon Roy | Portland Trailblazers
Brandon Roy is a Pacific Northwest guy. He was born in 1984, raised and played high school basketball in Seattle. He was not a good student and had a bit of a learning disability. He struggled to meet the SAT requirements to play at a division-1 school, taking the test four times before he finally met the NCAA standard. He even took a job as a Seattle dock worker in case his sports future did not work out. Nevertheless, Brandon turned down the chance to jump to the pros early and spent four full years at the University of Washington. He was the Pac-10 player of the year and a first-team All-American at Washington. Brandon was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the #6 pick in 2006, but was immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, where he has spent his entire professional career.

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Brandon got off to a fast start with the Trailblazers. He scored 20 points in his first game in his Seattle hometown against the SuperSonics, averaged 16.8 points per game for the season, and was an almost unanimous choice as the NBA Rookie of the Year. Brandon has had problems with ankle and knee injuries in the last three seasons, but still managed to score 52 points in a 2008 game, and was selected for the NBA All-Star games in 2008, 09 and 10. He played a big part in getting the Trailblazers to the playoffs the last three seasons. Brandon's career average is 19 points and 4.7 assists per game. He signed a four-year contact in 2009 that will keep him in the Pacific Northwest through the 2013-14 season. He started the Brandon Roy Foundation that provides Seattle-area disadvantaged youth with educational tutoring and mentors. Brandon lives in Washington, is married with two children, and was scheduled to earn $15,032,144 for the 2011 - 2012 NBA season.

By NBA standards, Brandon Roy's home is quite modest. It is 3,590 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. He bought the home in 2007 for $859,000. It does not have a pool, tennis court or an air-conditioned dog house like Dwayne Wade's $10.6 million Miami Beach home.

Source: virtualglobetrotting.com