Portland’s Brandon Roy takes umbrage at being called slow

All that’s left are the recriminations

Portland’s Brandon Roy, on being called slow while playing hurt:

“I wasn’t that slow until you put a guy who is kind of slow [ Andre Miller] next to me. ... Not to be controversial, but I was slow my rookie year.”

This ain’t All-Star weekend

Orlando’s Dwight Howard, after Carmelo Anthony had 35 points against Rashard Lewis:

“I like blocking shots, but if a guy is one dribble in and the ball’s up and I’m over on the other side, I can’t fly over there. I don’t have a cape in real life.”

Backpedal on

Charlotte owner Michael Jordan before the season, on standing pat:

“I think we’re a better basketball team than we were last year. Most people don’t agree....

“In the past, going into the season there was an unknown factor. Now it’s a known factor — we know what we’re capable of doing on the basketball court....

“I anticipate us making the playoffs and going further [than last season when they were swept in the first round]. Anything less than that is a step backwards.”

Semi-lucid

ESPN’s Jeff Van Gundy, on a shot by Boston’s Semih Erden in the win over the Knicks:

“That wasn’t Semih Erden. That was the full Erden.”