Clearly the article is not without its share of assumptions—seeing as the only person who really knows White’s reasons for doing the things that he does (or has done) is White himself.
However, it is not without a ring of truth.
“This isn’t a dismissal of mental illness. This isn’t a belittling of his struggle. This is simply a fact. As he rails against the Rockets’ insistence that he meet with one of their doctors when he’s failing to honor his contract to show up for practices and games, he’s losing sight that this is the one organization that’s invested in his mental health and development as a player…
“If Houston gives up on him, White will struggle to find another team willing to make even close to the commitment – if any at all.”
It is completely speculative to assert that White will struggle to find another team, although one can imagine that his circumstances might make things very hard. However, he did sign a contract making him an employee of the Houston Rockets.
That contract also means that has responsibilities to the team. If he is unable to travel—although the team has made some concessions, so be it, but he shouldn’t be an absentee worker. In any other profession, that would merit dismissal.
Wojnarowski may not be without fault in all of this, especially considering that he cites no sources and writes in broad generalizations. And, with all that has been tweeted on the matter…
…It seems fair to make the assumption that he never called White for an interview.
Wojnarowski may have made a few good points (and he has that right as an American writer), but, perhaps, he should have discussed it with White first. Considering the rookie’s condition (his issues with anxiety), it’d probably be best to be deal with the subject more delicately, being more sensitive and respectful in his approach to writing his column.
Conversely, by publicly tweeting his responses to the article, White’s approach was no different.
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Michael Brumagin is the “Tweet of the Day” columnist for Sheridan Hoops and a sports correspondent for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter.
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RWhite is the embodiment of the entitled athlete. Zero responsibility. Runs his mouth nonstop, all the while claiming he’s a victim, this time of the Rockets mgt. RW thinks he’s the only one on the planet w/problems and plays the sympathy card 24/7. Grow up punk. Read how he claims someone ‘tricked’ him into stealing stuff from Mall of America awhile back when caught. Every word out of dudes mouth sounds like fiction.
I’ve been following Royce from the time he changed high schools because of “problems.”
Then, during his whistle stop with the Gophers before he took merchandise from a store at the Mall of America only to followed up by his allegedly stealing a computer from a dorm room on campus at the University of Minnesota. The guy is a living melodrama.
So, with that backdrop, I’ve always been apprehensive about what to believe with Royce. Oh, while he was on probation with the Gophers he and his band of buddies produced a few bizarre YouTube videos. One intended to show off some musical talent. The other to show the Gophers fans how hard he was working at basketball during his suspension from the team. Oh, joy.
Next thing you know, several months later, he is being recruited for a basketball scholarship by a few top named universities and he ends up at Iowa State, home of castoffs from other top schools that didn’t work out.
A question I have is how Royce was able to travel for tournaments, away games, and NBA tryouts, given his abnormalities.
I think what Wojnarowski intended to write is that your beard is even more of a scrub than you are, Mr. Delonte White. Pretty certain we’ll see ya in the Euroleague for a few months before you begin your career at the Piggly Wiggly, dude.