Royce White skips game and practice (UPDATE: White issues statement)

Your posts make me laugh out loud, though you're so hard on Lin. Or is that someone else with a B name.

 

King Solomon weighs in and he's on White's side:


It would be easy for me to say White should just get up off his butt and go see the doctor, but my guess is if it were that simple he would do that. If it were totally in his control he would have been on the court last night in the Rockets 100-96 win over New Orleans.

White didn’t choose to be one of the estimated 40 million Americans with an anxiety disorder. But he did choose to play basketball for a living. The NBA might not be the best work environment for someone with his condition, but it can be done. Right now, at least, White can’t do it.

Even those of us who are rooting for him to succeed can see that.

When Kevin McHale faced a situation that needed his attention, the Rockets gave him a leave of absence to allow him time to deal with it.

They need to do the same with White. Or they need to sever ties, move on and admit that drafting him simply didn’t work out.

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterocke...ence-not-fines-will-be-key-for-rockets-white/

 

Guess our reactions we're very premature, this changes everything and actually explains why White says the Rockets are inconsistent and have lied. Especially Bullard is looking like a real jackass because he said he has shown he's mentally ill because his statements were far from reality. Seems like the Rockets are again handling a player badly, even though White is also at fault and needs to stop tweeting. I can imagine why he wants to speak out though because the Rockets media, mainly Bullard, is making him look really bad.

 

What? What changes everything?

 

How come he hasn't answered any of his teammates calls and texts? Why did he shoplift at his job and steal a laptop and try to sell it in college (got caught and suspended)? When asked if he learned his lesson why did he come off as unapolegetic and try to make excuses saying he did it for a good reason, because his family really needed th money? He is just a terrible person.

 

Nothing changes..
Royce needs help not NBA.. NBA is not a charity body..
He is not mentally fit to play professional basketball..
He should find an easier job at home. That will solve his health problem.

 

Ship this scum out of here. Or waive him. He's a mistake. That's what he'll be labeled as. 16th pick of the 2012 NFL Draft - A MISTAKE.

It happens. Let him be some other organization's problem.

 

Not going to comment on the shoplifting except that we all do stupid *hit and learn or not learn from it, I know i've done my fair share so i'd never judge anyone's character on something harmless like that. Should I go through life wearing the title of "terrible person" and off myself because I stole something? It's not like he raped somebody.

While it may or not be the case of him not calling, avoidance is a classic symptom of anxiety and depression. He probably doesn't know how to respond to his teammates right now and doesn't want to ruin their relationship especially since it has nothing to do with them, even though the reality of it, he may be doing just that since his teammates may not understand where he is coming from. Just an unfortunate case of misunderstanding.


Royce is definitely not doing himself a favor with all the tweeting, he says it's not his anxiety, but his outbursts and his decision making is clearly stemming from it. But you can see a quality in him that he's a guy who will stand up for you and sticks to his beliefs, even if it's to his detriment. I mean even during summer league he was sticking up for a guy he barely knew in Zoran.

He's got a strong personality and it can be a challenge to deal with but those are also the type of people that will be loyal to you and have your back for life, if you stick with them.

 

He is being treated like a human being. He is skipping work, publicly insulting his employer, and not following his contract. What do you think happens to the rest of us human beings when we do that?

 

I think his OCD/anxiety is the reason he thinks the organization is against him, not reality. He talks about "fairness", but he's expecting special treatment while at the same time he's unwilling to (a) see the Rocket's doctors, (b) earn in his playing time through practice like any other rookie.

If he's looking for an environment where his team will give in to every one of his demands or otherwise they are being "insensitive" or "inconsistent in their support", then forget it. That's not a sustainable relationship. Its too bad White didn't disclose all these demands before we drafted him, and/or the Rockets didn't do their homework on what he's about. Its becoming increasingly evident that White's mental disorder and the way he's dealing with it makes him unfit to be an NBA player.

 

Somebody else, probably. I hardly have anything to say about Lin other than I hope he does well as a Rocket and continues to improve.

 

True, but the reality is that he would keep raising the bar no matter how much a team accommodated him. He is in full avoidance mode, so he would always find a way not to show up to practices and games because he is so overwhelmed with anxiety. He probably doesn't even know that he is doing this because he has very little insight into his problems and behavior. He clearly has not gotten proper treatment for his problems up until now. It's really a shame.

 

Nobody else will deal with him. He's not worth the trouble

 

Even if what Bullard said is jackassy,

Royce White took a "martyr" position, and a "FOR me or AGAINST me" position.

Which means anyone who doesnt speak in support of his condition, or speaks against it, is being an insensitive a-hole that Royce can invalidate.

The true answer is Royce is RIGHT, Matt Bullard was NOT correct in saying that its Royce's mental condition that makes Royce's tweets far from reality -

its Royce's extreme MARTYRDOM and IMMATURE ENTITLEMENT thats far from reality. Its still bad, perhaps even WORSE. It'da probably been better if Royce ACCEPTED the "mental issue" reason instead of the TRUE reason.

 

Since his pattern shows he needs to go to two teams (2 High Schools, 2 colleges) so he can stage an anxiety related episode and then redeem himself, the Rockets should have let someboyd else draft him and then swooped in with the van/therapy combo.

 

I didnt think it'd ever get seen THIS much visibility in a professional sports environment, but....

in "regular" walks of life, people can go to some ridiculously FARTHEST lengths past common sense and sound judgement to AVOID situations. To not take any "walks of shame" whatsoever. Irrational fear and pride wont let them.

I've always hated the fans' 9 to 5 regular business world analogies to sports, in using that in critiques. Its NOT the same, JR Smith and Carmelo don't follow the same standards we follow and thats THAT.

But the thing with Royce's condition is there really isnt any "pro athlete/regular joe" separation. He really IS "that" guy you can compare to situations in real life. Royce is one of the few where the fans DO have PLENTY ground to make an opinion on him. (Especially how Royce is trying to be for the "people")

 

Nah, his only pattern was that he needed a team to cater to every one of his demands, basically needing the team to be built around him and making him the focal point. Some high school/college might be willing to do that but no team not even the Bobcats are this desperate in the nba.

 

This is what makes me so mad...Royce's Personal physician...is probably one of the very few people that Royce Trusts...why isnt he helping guide Royce thru this? May he is doing so behind the scenes...but i really believe that if Royce isnt capable of communicating his needs and wants...his physician should...Royce i fear has misplaced his trust in people who should know what reality is...Its these so called friends that Royce can no longer trust...they should have really helped Royce handle this entire situation so much better: 1.agent 2.personal Physician 3.GF 4.family

 

Tight end? Outside line backer?

 

I think his physician, by law, can't disclose anything to the Rockets without his consent. Probably their sessions amount to him complaining about them and how they're not being fair and how they are against him.