Brandon Roy (photo. Aaron Hewitt)

As we have been reporting, Brandon Roy is not likely to be in a Trail Blazer uni next year. The rumors are flying out of Portland that owner Paul Allen does not want to entertain the oft-injured Roy in training camp, with one league executive telling The Oregonian: “Brandon’s out. Don’t know the exact details, but everyone around the league knows it’s way, way done. Paul and Bert (Kolde) are calling the shots on this one.” Damn, just like that? Allen must have forgotten how far B-Roy has taken that once law-plagued Blazer squad. Someone will be happy to sign a player like Roy and pair him with building pieces once free agency/player movement starts (take a hint Chicago) … Other free agents that could be of interest are Nene and David West, but the most intriguing could be AK-47. The athletic do-it-all forward is currently injured and overseas, and pending a return from Russia, Kirilenko is also a nice piece to add, and seems interested in places like New Jersey (for obvious reasons) and Los Angeles … In the meantime, check out our list of the top 20 free agents that are either available, or (in some players’ cases), one blowup away from being sent back from China in a box … Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted that so far, the Chinese clubs are showing no inclination to let their star NBA players – otherwise known as half of Denver’s team – come back home. How much would it suck to be Aaron Brooks, who just recently signed in China no more than a week ago? For a man who constantly chucks pull-up transition threes, it’s so like him to be inpatient. And if J.R. Smith was willing to skip practice to go to the mall before, imagine what he’ll do now in order to get sent home? … Jordan Farmar is coming back to the States. It was assumed being an NBA player that he would, but Farmar let it be known he’s had a great time in Israel playing for Maccabi. On the court, he was fine, averaging 15 and four in Euroleague play and then 13 and six in Adriatic League play. But off the court might’ve been even better, and now he’s sad to be leaving and said he would even consider coming back to play in the future. Compared with all of these other “NBA player goes overseas, fails and causes a ruckus” stories this summer, that’s good to hear … Adam Morrison also exercised the NBA option in his contract to leave the Red Star of Belgrade. We’re sure NBA teams are foaming at the mouth … LeBron James: back when he had cornrows. Insert hairline joke here … In college ball, Louisville, Florida, Marquette, Memphis and Cal all won easily. No. 11 Xavier went into No. 19 Vanderbilt’s house and beat them in overtime, 82-70. Last season, Vandy lost close game after close game because they were seriously one of the worst defensive teams we’ve seen in the last five years. And what do you know, despite 20 points from John Jenkins, Vandy couldn’t contain Xavier’s star guards, Mark Lyons (19 points) and Tu Holloway (24 points), in the second half. Then in the extra session, they got mutilated … University of Minnesota’s Trevor Mbakwe, one of the top power forward draft prospects in the country, is sadly out for the season with a torn ACL in his right knee … NBA.com’s John Schuhmann confirmed on Twitter yesterday that the 2012 NBA Draft will be held on Thursday, June 28, which is only two days after the scheduled Game 7 of the NBA Finals … And some more great details leaked from the new prospective CBA agreement. First of all, non-tax teams can make trades now where the salaries are only within 150 percent (plus 100K). Why does that matter? It used to be 125 percent. You know what that means? More trades. Also, the whole “trade a guy to a crappy team then wait for them to buy him out after he doesn’t show up so you can re-sign him again” acquisitions are out. Once you trade someone in-season and he is waived, you cannot pick that player back up until July 1 at the earliest … We’re out like Urban Meyer‘s “family time.”

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