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08:08 AM ET 12.06 | In the eyes of many, Portland will do the right thing with Brandon Roy. Barring an injury setback before the season starts, the Trail Blazers will not use the "amnesty clause" on [Roy] this season, team president Larry Miller told The Oregonian late Monday evening. "Our plan right now is not to use the amnesty," Miller said. ... Because Roy has $63 million remaining on his contract, and no longer has cartilage in either knee, some forecasted that the Blazers would waive the three-time All-Star even though he was the face of the franchise. Waiving Roy would save owner Paul Allen more than $15 million in luxury tax this season and would enable the Blazers to have more free agent money in this year's market.

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December 6, 2011 08:44 AM ET

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Wave him dont wave him....at this point who cares. He gets paid either way.

Detroitsportsisthebe…

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December 6, 2011 11:23 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:30 AM ET 12.06 by jgb

Waiving him with the amnesty clause is the right move......But how is it 'the right thing with Brandon Roy '?He gets paid either way

Well they need to open cap space to compete in the free agent market. But don't forget they are owned by Paul - he's stupid with the money. Don't forget Dolan didn't use it on Alan Houston either - the very person the rule was named for. While I hate the fact that contracts can't be terminated ala Eddy Curry, I still don't get why they won't jettisson him and Oden so they can have cap space to chase free agents with cartillage in their knees...

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December 6, 2011 01:18 PM ET

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Boston, please get this guy. We just need a reliable 3 point shooter.

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December 6, 2011 11:20 PM ET

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Portland has to see what Roy can do. If he can come back and be say 70-80% on many nights, and 100% occasionally it makes sense to keep him. If he can't, they will use the amnesty on him.