Royce White refuses assignment to D-League (UPDATE: Rockets suspend him)

General speaking maybe
but you should know know the Rockets better
They are one of the better teams dealing with those issues .... You just can't think of Eddie Griffin every time
They have had #Progress

 

Royce White is easier to follow than the actual Rockets team. Thank you Royce for not selling out to the almighty dollar.

 

Go join a Royce White forum then.

 

i mean i have difficulty understanding why someone would bs about a medical health issue and jeopardizing there nba career (which im sure hes worked hard for) unless it was serious?

i mean maybe he is a brat i dont know, but one thing is for sure he should have not gone on twitter and splat out about it. thats immature and shows a lack of professionalism.

hell i think t-will has more sense than this...

 

I don't disagree. I don't think the Rockets would do anything to put him at risk. I'm not even sure White thinks the Rockets would, but it is a risk and he seems to get anxious about some seemingly small things, I could understand him being kinda paranoid. But the dude's gotta handle it more maturely than this.

 

You might be missing the "insurance" aspect of these players. If either Asik, Smith, Lin or Douglas is injured, we need somebody to fill that spot. It is possible that the signing of Beverly and Anderson might be an insurance type move.

 

That's the price you pay to live the dream - and make millions playing a game....

 

Yes let's applaud players who don't live up to their contract by doing simple things like showing up for work. Maybe Harden and Asik shouldn't bother showing up for the next game, and get applauded for not "selling out" as well. and you find this borderline idiot "easier" to follow than a young and exciting team that is 20-14 and only getting better? cmon man, maybe we should set you up with a twitter account so you can start saying random things @dmorey also.

 

false. Just go back and look at how many layers of kid gloves management wore when it came to Yao and TMac

 

Woj was just on radio:

"In the end, (I think) he gets his buyout and money. When Royce was interviewing with teams pre-draft and was trying to get himself drafted, he didn't make all these demands. He got drafted, got his guaranteed money and those demands started to come when he wasn't going to walk in and get meaningful playing time. I think for him, the question is how badly does he want to be a professional basketball player? He did not spend time working out, is not in condition. I really don't think Royce plays one minute in the NBA."

 

Sounds reasonable until you get into the details of this story. White's problems go beyond a damaged knee and his demands are, he admits, not about an on going medical issue but the potential for an issue. And his demands are about what the team can and cannot ask him to do in accordance to his contract and job requirements. To equate this to RGIII, who is sane and dealing with an easily treatable physical problem, is off the mark.

That is why White is so vague. He may be crazy, but he is smart enough to know using the correct, vague terminology will illicit some support from reasonable people. But once you've read a few Feigen and Woj reports on the matter and followed White's own words, you see the Rockets are really trying to accommodate him within the limits of the CBA.

 

Ah... Much less risky and for more lucrative than stealing laptops.

 

I hope he gets fined enough so the org can recuperate all the money they paid him until now. He doesn't deserve a penny.

 

Oh I totally agree, I was just illustrating that his general fear of sports organizations putting winning ahead of their players' best interests are well founded. He sees the potential for something like this with his mental health and wants to avoid that possibility by ensuring that the doctors have the final say. That's not a ridiculous position for him to take. The way he is going about resolving the situation, though, is ridiculous.

 

Some points guys...

1) Royce is not doing this for the money as his getting fines suspended etc...potentially voiding his contract...etc..

2)Morey has stated his top 5 talent that why he drafted him... e.g undervalued asset..

3) Morey not giving up on White so easily... nothing to be gained by paying him out.. especially if he get healthy and plays for another team.

4) Royce is getting bad advice...

5) no need to panic its not affecting the team winning...

 

You are correct, it is not unreasonable. And really, his obsession with it may be born from his anxiety. The whole thing with anxiety is the constant fear and the feedback cycle between the imagination and body chemistry. For White, this may all be real, though we all see that just doing his job is not gonna kill him as other players have managed their issues while having careers.

What is probably and mostly unfounded is him thinking going to the DL or his playing time or conditioning workouts have anything whatsoever to do with his mental health.

 

It's just that he didn't do his mental illness to himself. If the sabotaging of the whole thing is done by Royce based on his mental illness and self delusions, then that isn't something he did to himself.

That's what I was responding to. My presumption about your knowledge or profession regarding mental illness was based on your initial post. I'm not pretending to know your profession, just what your profession isn't.

 

Exactly. I think him being kinda "crazy" is leading to this being such a big issue. I think he really is scared for himself. I don't think he has anything to really be scared of with the Rockets, but whatever mental problems he has are making him believe that he has to be extremely cautious here. But I obviously don't really know for sure what is going on in that guy's head, it's all just speculation with all the vagueness involved. But I certainly don't think it's as simple as him using his mental health as an excuse to try to collect a free paycheck from the Rockets or force them into giving him playing time.

 

You are fighting a war against windmills