Royce White leaving RGV to go back to Houston, but not to play

I'm all for this contract getting voided in the offseason. And I especially hope they do it during a big news day so it gets buried and denies Royce the publicity he's so addicted to.

The guy is a bum, pure and simple. Can't take direction or accept authority, zero professional integrity, no personal commitment to fitness or training. All this on top of the fact that he doesn't have a real position in the NBA and doesn't have half the quickness, leap, or shooting touch he'd need to even tread water at this level.

Enjoy your Wendy's as you twitter from the couch.

 

He's no longer a D league player LOL

 

This guy was a Rockets pick just this past draft. This isn't about his play in the D-League...it's about his future with the Rockets organization.

 

Is there any relief for situation like this in NBA?

Like in baseball if they select a player that they cant work out a deal with they get a pick in next years draft...football has similar compensation picks.

If it can be proven foul play does that allow any sort of compensation from the league?

Like now it just seems like he trying to do what he has to to get paid...to keep from being suspended and having a legal case for it when they inevitably suspend him again.

I dont think he has any intention of playing.

 

Playing bassketball is a TOTAL privilage..Nobody has to do a thing for Royce..He needs to man the F%$# up and make a move.The NBA is obviously too much for him..

 

No, no comparison.

The difference with Trevor is that he was asked to take on a role that he wasn't qualified or prepared for. Morey (or whomever) thought he was a player that could score and create his own shot at will. We soon realized that Trevor is a slasher, spot-up shooter and defensive player more than anything.

His contract wasn't his fault. He came and played as hard as he could, but he had limitations.

I don't recall Trevor being traded out of here with any negativity.

Royce is on the same emotional level as Chris Brown. Always tweeting crap for attention, when deep down, the man has a character flaw that is separate from his medical problem.

I believe anxiety is a huge issue, and I have had quite a few "breakdowns" in my life like most people, but I never displayed the type of immaturity that Royce has.

If you're a man, you ask for help, you take the help that is given to you, you are appreciative, and you continue to grow as a person.

You don't regress from adulthood to adolescence on this entitlement-trip. The Rockets don't owe Royce anything at this point.

They gave him a chance that EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, and he blew it. He may have basketball talent, but it's never going to blossom if he doesn't have the psychological capacity, maturity and determination that someone in his position needs.

I hope he finds his way as a person, but as a player, I won't ever consider him a Rocket.

 

We missed out on Zeller for this fool.

 

but he is not the only one. am i right? have you seen that many threads regarding to one player who looks like no future with rox on the main page?

 

We really don't know what the team physician said, or if he really said this at all. I hate to be uncharitable, but Royce has lost the benefit of the doubt. I could easily see him taking some vague statement out of context out of an hour long therapy session and using it in some manipulative logic to unilaterally pull out of RGV under such a fig leaf. I hope I'm wrong.

My main question is whether this move was explicitly or deliberately approved by the team, or even team physician.

It's one thing if the team's physician recommended to the Royce and to the organization that he should be recalled to Houston for his medical safety. And the team then followed the doctor's orders and told Royce to leave RGV.

It's another thing if in the course of an hour long therapy session, there was some vague off-hand statement of commiseration to try to build rapport from the physician. Or even if it was a statement that Royce manipulated the conversation around to. And the physician never made a medical recommendation to the team for Royce to return, nor even intended to make such a medical recommendation to Royce.

Here's a hypothetical scenario (I'm not saying this is what happened, but just illustrating how it could come to pass).

Royce: It sucks to be in RGV. I don't like it. Makes me feel anxious.
Doc: Yeah, anxiety sucks. But you gotta fight it every day.
Royce: I prefer more familiar surroundings in Houston.
Doc: That's logical. But you gotta work with the team, fight your condition, improve, tough it out in RGV, etc. Blah blah blah.
Royce unilaterally pulls out of RGV without giving team or doc any warning and tells press: Team doctor advised it was logical that I remain in houston for the remainder of the season.

Usually, with roster moves, you get tweets from the usual sources like Feigan first. This one comes from Royce first, so I really hope it's not just a unilateral decision by him that has caught the team and the team's doctor off guard, like when he pulled out of training camp.

So, someone should tweet Feigen or someone to find out. Was this move initiated by the Rockets, or did Royce unilaterally pull out and inform them after the fact? Did the doctor make an actual medical recommendation to the team for Royce to return? Or was it an out of context off-hand remark in the course of an hour long therapy session? Was Royce just using a fig leaf by manipulating words out of context or putting the wrong emphasis on them to rationalize his actions?

 

btw, i am not here to diss him. i just don't think his whatever sickness will ever get him to play in nba. i hope he can prove or whatever medical society can prove me wrong. he needs to find a career that can really help his sickness. i doubt nba is the place for him.

 

LOL. Great post.

 

I find it troubling that in Feigan's piece, he says the news came from Royce's twitter, and that Rockets would not comment, and speculated that they weren't part of the decision or even aware of it. If it was an actual medical recommendation from the team doctor, you would think that the Rocket team officials wouldn't have been caught off-guard.

Sounds like a unilateral Royce move like when he pulled out of training camp without discussing or talking with anyone on the team first. And trying to find some fig-leaf doctor's order's excuse.

 

damn royce

 

This guy acts like my 3 year old daughter does when she is not getting enough attention.

 

...

White announced via Twitter that he was leaving the Rio Grande Valley Vipers to be in Houston for the remainder of the season at the advice of the team physician. He did not offer any explanation, but later said he was returning to Houston, not the Rockets.

Rockets officials, however, would not comment, potentially indicating that they were not a part of the decision. Even less clear is whether the agreement that White considered necessary to report to the D-League in February will protect him should the Rockets wish to suspend him again.

...

In 12 games with the Vipers, White averaged 9.6 points and 5.6 rebounds, making 41.6 percent of his shots and 62 percent of his free throws.

The 16th player taken in the 2012 NBA Draft, he has not played in a game for the Rockets this season and has not attended a game or practice since Nov. 11.

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2013/03/rockets-rookie-royce-white-leaves-d-league-team/

 

Seriously tired of this entitled little twat. Wish we waived him or something.

 

Have you seen Zeller play? He's nothing to right home about.

 

Royce is nothing to left home about either.

 

Yes, I read that after my first post and addressed it in my second follow up post.

Basically, it sounds like my bad case conjecture. Especially if Feigen is talking about the team suspending him again due to this move. That would mean it wasn't done with the team's approval or possibly even the team doc's.

 

Your write dude.