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PORTLAND, Ore. – Guard Brandon Roy is returning to training and wants to rejoin the Trail Blazers as presently as this weekend, but he'll hit to prove himself first.

Portland's three-time All-Star had arthroscopic surgery on both of his knees meet three weeks past and coach Nate McMillan says he wants to wager Roy at work before making a decision.

Portland, reaching soured a 109-103 conclusion over the metropolis Bulls, had the period soured on Tuesday. They'll training at bag on weekday before way to Toronto for Friday night's mettlesome against the Raptors.

"I can't rattling predict the future, but correct today they (the knees) feel good," Roy said. "The large abstract is erst I move activity I hit to ready them at a level where I feel beatific most feat discover there and serving this team."

Roy was averaging 16.6 points in 23 games before he was sidelined indefinitely by the team. He says today he is nearly discompose free, but assist needs to training at flooded speed.

His declaration has sparked speaking over whether it is likewise presently to return. It also has implications for forward LaMarcus Aldridge, whose endeavor has vastly reinforced since metropolis began streaming its choler finished him.

Last season, Roy had arthroscopic surgery to bushel the meniscus in his correct articulatio two life before the Blazers opened their first-round playoff program against Phoenix. He prefabricated a remarkable comeback and played in the ordinal mettlesome of the series, which the Suns still won.

Some advisable that perhaps he returned likewise presently from that surgery, and is existence likewise precipitous this time around, too.

Roy has said the problem is likewise little gristle in both his knees.

Although Roy was hopeful to be on the suite against Toronto, or perhaps in Detroit on Sunday, he vowed to edifice to doctors after investigating his articulatio at practice. And when he does return, he'll assist himself back, he said.

"I'm feat to essay to get finished these practices and when we're in Toronto I'm sure we'll sit downbound and become up with an amount of minutes. I'm sure he (McMillan) is feat to poverty to ready it baritone when I prototypal become back," Roy said.

Roy hasn't played since Dec. 15. That's when metropolis started to go to Aldridge, who has averaged 25.4 points and 10.2 rebounds since then. The Blazers are 16-10 without Roy.

In the conclusion over the Bulls, Aldridge had a career-high 42 points. He said afterward that the Blazers requirement Roy back.

"A aggregation of guys hit been activity a aggregation of minutes, so getting Brandon backwards should be beatific for us," Aldridge said.

Roy weighed in: "I conceive we are ever meet feat to essay to support apiece another endeavor well. The content is ever to essay to win. I don't know how we're feat to run plays or anything yet. I meet poverty to become backwards and get discover there and get my legs back."

Word of Roy's convey was prototypal reportable by The Oregonian newspaper presently before the Blazers took on the Bulls. After the game, McMillan advisable that Roy wasn't the exclusive digit reaching backwards — edifice Marcus Camby would be practicing this week, too.

Camby had arthroscopic surgery on his correct articulatio on Jan. 20. He was averaging 5.9 points and 11.3 rebounds in 39 games this season.

"Bandon and Camby hit definite when they're reaching back. We hit these pair of life where we're feat to practice. I'll wager if these guys exhibit up for training and we'll go from there," McMillan said. "As far as activity this weekend, that hasn't been definite yet."

The Blazers hit been tenacious by injuries for the second straightforward season.

In November, the aggroup announced that edifice Greg Oden, the No. 1 draft pick in 2007, would miss the flavour because of microfracture surgery on his left knee. Oden uncomprehensible his rookie assemblage because of microfracture surgery on his correct knee.

Second-year forward Jeff Pendergraph injured his articulatio in the preseason and required season-ending surgery. And rookie protect Elliot reverend has undergone surgery this flavour on both knees.

Last flavour Blazers players collectively uncomprehensible more games than any aggroup in the NBA except the Warriors.

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