Has Royce White pretty much ended hope for future people with mental disorders. We had a previous head case in EG and it ended up tragic for him and us. We have delonte west who has mental issues and is pretty much out of the league. Based on the ESPN piece no other team wanted to touch him. In the future does anyone touch players with mental issues? Fair or not Royce might be hurting future players.
Nah, Ron Artest did that years ago. Then he won our hearts back. Then he joined the lakers. Royce White hasn't soured me onto players with disabilities, he's soured me onto to Royce White. I wanted him to succeed, still do, but I sort of just want him to go away and end the distraction a bit more right now...
Can we not call Royce a head case please. And I haven't given up on Royce, it seems like others have, so yes I would draft a future player with mental health illness if I loved his talent.
Ummm, I'm guessing a good percentage of guys in the league have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder. They are not very rare. Of course, players will always be judged on a case by case basis. It depends on the issue, how it might affect the player and team, and the player's character and willingness to seek and follow through with treatment.
I don't think it will have much effect really. Teams will evaluate each player individually. Everyone is going to have some sort of problem.
Exactly. Some players are too short, other players can't shoot, and others have mental issues. Every problem has its own degree, and players will still be evaluated as assets.
Having anxiety and being a mental case is different. You shouldn't mix the two up. I dealt with anxiety for a long time and I can sympathize with Royce White. There are very effective ways to treat this but they take time. An illness, whether it be physical or mental should be taken seriously. What I have noticed is that people not suffering this disease think it is easy to overcome. In my opinion, this is because it is very hard to understand the extent this can affect a person emotionally and even physically. There was a point of time where my anxiety was so bad I was wishing my anxiety could be replaced with cancer. It can get really bad and I'm sure Royce White knows this. This disease has the ability to completely shatter your confidence. I have all the respect for him that it doesn't seem to affect him that way and that he has the courage to be public about it and not compromise his stance, irrelevant of public opinion. He is choosing to beat the disease over fame, glory, and money. He is not letting his ego and wants get in the way of his recovery. He owes you nothing and you owe him nothing. He did not choose to get this disease and he did not force the contract or chose the pick.
Then why is he taking to twitter to talk? Why broadcast this? Easy answer, attention. I think he's a great kid, and I hope he succeeds, but at his current state of broadcasting every waking minute of this stuff all he is doing is blackballing himself. Taking to twitter does nothing for his disease, it just makes him feel better temporarily. He needs to think long term. How is life going to be if he can't play basketball? How do you think his anxiety will be then? There are athletes who are mentally healthy who toil with the notion of life without basketball, how would a physically fit but anxious person feel if no team in the league wanted him? He's doing it to himself right now. He needs to shut up, put his head down, play, and prove himself. Either that, or he needs to just end his career with Houston.
Escape, attention, sympathy, empathy or whatever his reason may be it's wrong. If he's upset because Houston is treating him wrong, get a labor lawyer involved, get the players association involved, heck call up Stern himself and see what happens before you go and badmouth your team on Twitter. Don't air dirty laundry out for everyone. Look at LeBron and Miami as a reference. Why do people hate LeBron? It's not because of the Super Friends or Miami, it's because he thought he should have an hour long special on his decision. Keep that stuff behind closed doors, show some class.
You can't confuse assumptions with truth. Maybe he does want attention, maybe he is trying to make the public more aware of the condition, maybe it is something else. Only if anxiety was this easy to fix. If so, one trip to the therapist and its cured. I'm not asking you to be understanding, but you should recognize your lack of knowledge in this subject. I am saying this with no malice.
Actually i was agreeing with you,i'm just writing what's his possible motivation behind this.And you are right.no one has the same hate on wade or bosh.I said it before has he learned the lesson in the bus fiasco and work his way to rotation (& less twitting!) his perception can be still turned around.I'm not sure now,if he did,he'll likely to have some amazing performance.
I'm not saying what he is going through is easy, but how in the hell does that give him the right to take to twitter and air it all out? It doesn't really cause people to be more mentally aware, all it does is polarize people. People who are aware of mental illness say they feel for him, people who are unaware are annoyed. It isn't raising awareness, it's black balling him from the NBA. As someone who has family members with different mental disorders I have seen that it can be hard for them just to get out of bed at times. I get that. It is not an easy fix either, I've seen that first hand too. I'm not belittling his disorder, I am belittling his handling of the situation.
I am ignorant with regards to the disorder but you have to also understand how the above statement does not bode well for the outside observant. It is all about him. The rockets took at chance at him when others wont and did what they can to compromise by allowing him to take the bus. No rookie has ever been given this type of treatment They have also offered him the services of the team selected doctor that he refuses to use. If a person who suffers from anxiety disorder is unable to handle the stress that comes with their careers, it gives employers reason to discriminate in hiring them regardless of potential. Would you have handled the situation any differently than Royce since you also have the condition?
