Click here and then go listen to the podcast of Brandon Roy being interviewed by Dave “Softy” Mahler today on KJR in Seattle. Roy said he felt there was only a “50-50″ chance of getting his contract extension done this summer and that he hasn’t had anything to do with helping Portland chase free agents — because there is a “conflict of interest” involving whether he’d be here. Roy sent a text to Brian Wheeler today at 95.5 The Game and Wheeler said Roy expressed frustration and disppointment in not having the deal done already.

Sounds a lot like just another negotiating position by his agent, but I’d also say it doesn’t sound as much like a slam-dunk as what Kevin Pritchard made it out to be yesterday. You don’t want to push negotiations too far here, or you take the chance of losing this guy in another year.

It kind of causes me to scratch my head, too. Are we having communications problems somehow? I don’t understand all this stuff about Jerryd Bayless working out with Greg Oden this summer, either. Multiple sources within the team have said he did, but he denied it twice yesterday.

What’s going on over there in the Rose Quarter?

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