Ok, I am going to go on record for what I *HOPE* happens.. First, I am not defending the guy. I despise his act, and I feel genuine sorrow both for him but more for all those other young men with mental 'issues' whose chances to ever play in the NBA are being systematically flushed down the toilet by this ass-clown. Now, having said that, I still *HOPE* that he somehow gets himself straightened out, works himself into shape, becomes a grownup professional, shows genuine contrition for his deliberate stupidity, and becomes a model citizen and high quality player for the Rockets. I say that because I want what is best for the TEAM, and obviously, having a 1st-round pick eventually be a high quality contributor to a successful team would be ideal under any circumstances. My guess is however that he has already effectively burned what few bridges he had, and now it is just a matter of time and of having all the i's dotted and t's crossed, so the kid can be sent packing, to go and make whatever mess of himself and his life he wants, far from the team and the NBA. But just so everyone knows, especially all these people who are being so acidly hate-filled toward the guy.. if he turns things around, and eventually works his way into the team and the league and becomes and actual good player (everyone loves a redemption story after all), I am pretty sure most of you guys will be riding his jock along with everyone else. Do I think it will ever happen? Extremely unlikely at this point. But still possible, you have to admit. All I am saying is, he is being ugly, but do we have to try to be uglier? Tone it down a bit guys.
I can respect that, but for me he already had his 2nd, 3rd and 4th chances, and I will never believe he can be trusted. I understand your point, but we have better, more talented, trustworthy players at his position. I would rather he straighten himself out on someone else's favorite team... DD
RW does have a point. Wouldn't they discipline him if it was anything but a miscommunication? Maybe he genuinely thought he got kicked off the team and went home. I don't know, seems like if he left without permission there would be some sort of action taken?
Very good post. The ugliness should stop. It looks really petty. I am no fan of R.W. and was against the pick. But he's a Rocket now, and we don't get to choose how long he remains that way. I can understand how people are frustrated after all the expectations and the fact that some getting paid what we could only dream of making (except dada of course who has muchos riches), kinda sucks. He's no saint, and definitely earned a lot of justified criticism. I for one would be very happy to see another team take him and his contract. But I am not going to stoop really low either.
Guys pull your head in has White 1) assaulted fans ? 2) brought a gun into locker room ? 3) rape assaulted anyone ? 4) killed passanger by speeding (JR smith) 5) beat his wife ? 6) drugs ?
He's hampering the development of our D-League. Did you see the RGV go on a win streak and guys, like T. Jones, scoring double figures with Royce out ? RW is dead weight on the Vipers roster, Vipers management feels insulted that they need to carry the burden of this drama queen.
seems more likely they're giving him enough rope to hang himself. figuratively speaking, of course ...
Nope. But he still has: (1) Lied blatantly to the Houston FO and fans with his teary-eyed draft night youtube vid (2) Has trolled Rockets FO and fans by pulling one of the lamest moves ever, claiming that the Roxs are somehow hostile to giving accommodations to disabled people. (3) Blackmailed the organization through a quirky letter in which he referenced his mental illness in close juxtaposition to the tragic Newtown shooting (4) Casted the organization in a bad light by association through his baby mama drama in which he showed himself to be one of the vilest person imaginable (5) Has singlehandedly destroyed any chance that any upcoming young player flagged with mental illness will be given a chance through the draft by channeling his inner Gandhi on twitter ( a fact I personally abhor as I was educated at a highschool with an explicit Gandhian philosophy) And Royce did all that while being a scrub in the D-league. JR Smith (manslaughter), Kidd (wife-beating) and Agent-zero (pulling guns on team mate) are some of the vilest and most hated players in the league and rightly so. Yet they are 1000x the player Royce is and that's why they still belong in the league (obviously not in the case of Agent Zero, who went AWOL).
He has committed a bunch of petty crime. Stole a classmate's laptop, etc. General douchebag and *******. Also has a few baby mamas if anyone cares about that nonsense.
Royce already got the benefit of the doubt, for free. That's how he was drafted in the first place. He just chose to #BeWelled it.
Here's Woj's radio interview with 1560 on the Royce White situation: http://www.ysr1560.com/john-granato/adrian-wojnarowski-royce-white-doing-more-harm-than-good-9464/
