Royce White is back at it

[DStebb716]

Got sent to the d-league by the Rockets and said he refuses to play for the D-league team. Guy needs to retire, he's wasting everybody's time.

[Chapallaz]

He's gonna play this time isn't he? What's your source for him not playing again?

[DStebb716]

He's gonna play this time isn't he? What's your source for him not playing again?

https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/sta...56097702203392

Royce White says he won't play for Rockets' D League team, citing "unsafe" atmosphere of team officials making mental health calls.






Aldridge goes on to say that White said he wants to play but would only do so if the right people are making the mental health calls for him.

[AngelEyes]

What a loon, cut this bum.

[Chapallaz]

Wow, there goes his career. Again.

[TheMarkMadsen]

Ok don't feel bad for this guy at all

He entered himself in the draft, accepted a guaranteed million dollar contract the whole time KNOWING that this would happen.

He obviously wasn't very up front and honest entirely about his condition. It wasn't like he woke up one day after being drafted and decided he was afraid to travel.

Point is the dude tricked an organization into giving him a guranted million dollars knowing that he wasn't capable of living the life of an nba player ( traveling, etc)

[AngelEyes]

This is a huge act of cowardice. I buy that he may have some disorder but he appears to be hiding behind it and playing victim, completely shameful.

[DStebb716]

I get that this dude has mental issues, and I'm a big advocate of more accommodations for those with mental health issues, but he's trying to use it as leverage for more playing time. That's not right. It'd be like asking to be promoted to CEO because it'd be better for your health. It wouldn't help the organization. You just have to do your best to get your head right and fight for the platform you desire.

[Grinder]

Was it his anxiety disorder and unsafe environment that made him shoplift and assault a security guard while at Minnesota and caused him to be dismissed from the program?

I sympathize with people who have mental illnesses but this dude seems to be making excuses non-stop; it's time to terminate his contract if possible. It's hilarious that he thinks he can use this to leverage getting playing time.

[no pun intended]

An official statement from Royce White:

We say there is such an unknown element to mental health in this country, due to the number of people who are not diagnosed. This element also makes it a tough demographic to support.

I agree.

However, it saddens and frightens me to know that in this situation all the decision makers involved have been informed of all the medical dynamics, and yet still refuse to adhere to medical sensibility. In hindsight of the recent tragedies in this country, that had mental illness variables, you would think it would encourage people to act more proactively in that arena. You would think that decision makers who are not well informed about mental health, would take the consultation and recommendation of those who are. You would think we would start to do everything possible to not let the tragic consequences befall us first, before we ask the logical question, "why?", "who knew?" "how could we have helped?. Why not take a proactive approach of "who knows?" "how can we listen?", "how can we support now?"

I do wish to play, but I only intend to do so with the collaboration and recommendation of trained professionals. The purpose of a doctor's confirmation is to ensure that health decisions are made in the sole interest of health and not conflicted with business. My only hope is that decision makers involved realize that doctors are the only logical source to decide action.

There is an admitted lack of knowledge on behalf of the Rockets and the NBA, it becomes transparent as they choose to forego the knowledge of trained professionals and make independent decisions for something as complex as mental health without consulting any doctors. The Rockets have told me in recent conversations that it is their right to decline even their own doctors' recommendations. The concept of not listening to medical consultants in medical situations is alarming. It is also alarming that a player is susceptible to fines for simply adhering to the recommendation of doctors.

It is true that accommodating mental health can be very tough and complex, however, sometimes the only reasonable solution to doing what is right is doing what is tough. To portray that the Rockets have been supportive to me is fundamentally incorrect.

The information that the Houston Rockets have publicly presented about this situation has been extremely misleading and a lot of times totally inaccurate. An image of support has been presented by the Rockets, but the only logical support here would be listening to the recommendation of the medical professionals involved. That has not totally happened here. I have chosen to not play, because the doctors and I believe it to be unsafe for unqualified Rockets front office personnel to make medical decisions, as they are not mental health professionals.

http://www.nba.com/2012/news/12/30/r...ent/index.html

[Chapallaz]

White calls Rockets' statements misleading, inaccurate

Posted Dec 30, 2012 1:57 PM
An official statement from Royce White:

We say there is such an unknown element to mental health in this country, due to the number of people who are not diagnosed. This element also makes it a tough demographic to support.

I agree.

However, it saddens and frightens me to know that in this situation all the decision makers involved have been informed of all the medical dynamics, and yet still refuse to adhere to medical sensibility. In hindsight of the recent tragedies in this country, that had mental illness variables, you would think it would encourage people to act more proactively in that arena. You would think that decision makers who are not well informed about mental health, would take the consultation and recommendation of those who are. You would think we would start to do everything possible to not let the tragic consequences befall us first, before we ask the logical question, "why?", "who knew?" "how could we have helped?. Why not take a proactive approach of "who knows?" "how can we listen?", "how can we support now?"

I do wish to play, but I only intend to do so with the collaboration and recommendation of trained professionals. The purpose of a doctor's confirmation is to ensure that health decisions are made in the sole interest of health and not conflicted with business. My only hope is that decision makers involved realize that doctors are the only logical source to decide action.
There is an admitted lack of knowledge on behalf of the Rockets and the NBA, it becomes transparent as they choose to forego the knowledge of trained professionals and make independent decisions for something as complex as mental health without consulting any doctors. The Rockets have told me in recent conversations that it is their right to decline even their own doctors' recommendations. The concept of not listening to medical consultants in medical situations is alarming. It is also alarming that a player is susceptible to fines for simply adhering to the recommendation of doctors.
It is true that accommodating mental health can be very tough and complex, however, sometimes the only reasonable solution to doing what is right is doing what is tough. To portray that the Rockets have been supportive to me is fundamentally incorrect.

The information that the Houston Rockets have publicly presented about this situation has been extremely misleading and a lot of times totally inaccurate. An image of support has been presented by the Rockets, but the only logical support here would be listening to the recommendation of the medical professionals involved. That has not totally happened here. I have chosen to not play, because the doctors and I believe it to be unsafe for unqualified Rockets front office personnel to make medical decisions, as they are not mental health professionals

http://www.nba.com/2012/news/12/30/r...ent/index.html

[AngelEyes]

Was it his anxiety disorder and unsafe environment that made him shoplift and assault a security guard while at Minnesota and caused him to be dismissed from the program?

I sympathize with people who have mental illnesses but this dude seems to be making excuses non-stop; it's time to terminate his contract if possible. It's hilarious that he thinks he can use this to leverage getting playing time.

His Twitter page tells the story, delusional idiot.

[FireDavidKahn]

What a ****ing nut

[J-Futuristic]

This guy is such a *****, hope he never plays a single minute in the NBA.

[Chapallaz]

BTW there must have been some really great mental specialists in Vegas, when he actually showed up.

Compare this idiot to Greg Smith who has been undrafted and quietly has been playing his way into a rotation role.