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Wed, Nov 12th 2008, 12:36
Brandon's interview with Nick Friedell of Yahoo Sports
Ball Don’t Lie: Was last Thursday night’s game the craziest of your career?
Brandon Roy: Oh yeah. (Smiles) Yeah, that was the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of. Here I thought I won a game [after the shot that went in with 1.9 seconds left], and I foul [Yao, and I thought I] lost the game, came back [hit the shot at the buzzer] and ended up winning the game. Yeah, that was the most emotional game I’ve ever been a part of. Not by far, I’ve been through a couple [emotional] college games but that was definitely my most emotional game as a pro … and my first game winner.
BDL: How does it feel to make your first game winner in the NBA?
BR: It’s great. I had a few [over the last couple of seasons] where I tied games, but that was my first one to win. That’s huge. It’s huge for my confidence, especially down the stretch of games, I feel like I have the confidence to take big shots, so that’s big for me.
BDL: You said after last Thursday’s game that your shots didn’t mean anything compared to what Obama accomplished. Has he inspired you to get into a political career down the line?
BR: I wouldn’t say he’s inspired me to get into a political career, but I think he’s inspired this season to be a role model, something I wanted to do beforehand, and now that I see him, how much he motivates people that I’m around, that are in the NBA, it’s inspiring for me. I think the message for him is, he can’t carry all African-Americans, he needs us to step up also, and be leaders in our community, and that’s what I’m trying to do.
BDL: Melo said he wanted to score 44 points after the election to honor Obama, do you have any special tributes like that planned?
BR: (Smiles) No, I never thought of that. I just think what [Obama] did is amazing. I can’t think of anything personally [like that] that I wanted to do for him. It would be an honor to hopefully meet him one day, just to meet the first African-American President. But, no, I can’t say I’m gonna go for 44. (Smiles) I mean who knows, if I score 44 it’s for him, but I’m not going to say I’m going to shoot for it, because that’s never really been my game.