Former Portland Trail Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard broke his year-long silence after being fired in the days before the 2010 NBA Draft in a radio interview this week.
In it, he discussed Portland's decision-making process in giving Brandon Roy an $85 million extension, revealing that the team knew that Roy's knees were a serious long-term health risk. Pritchard said the team went ahead and resigned him because it would have cost them more money if they had waited another year; they also took out insurance to protect themselves in the final years of Roy's contract.