yes Royce suffers from serious anxiety issues. Also he mentioned nba teams at the time didn't have much mental health personnel on staff
My recollection is that he just blew his obligations, then complained that NBA "lacks protocol" for mental health issues -- whatever that was supposed to mean. In general, he didn't strike me as someone who cared enough about his NBA career, issues or no issues.
who knows
Rockets owner Leslie Alexander, however, said there have been "internal repercussions which I'm not going to talk about."
More foreboding, Alexander's confidence in White's long-term prospects seemed shaken since his enthusiasm with White's potential during the summer league in Las Vegas.
"That's tenuous," Alexander said. "It's tough to talk about something like that. I think we're going to handle it internally. If he doesn't work out, well, it's tough to lose a draft choice."
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[Kelvin] Sampson, serving as Rockets head coach with Kevin McHale on a leave of absence, directed questions to Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, but Morey did not respond to messages although issued this statement: "Royce is not available right now. We are committed to his long term success and we will continue to support him now and going forward."
"I'm not sure," Sampson said when asked why White did not attend practice. "I haven't talked to Daryl. I didn't realize he (White) wasn't here today until we got to practice. I'm not sure what's wrong right now. We talked to Scott and D-Mo last night. Royce wasn't at the game last night as far as I know."
White and his agent, Andrew Vye, did not return messages seeking comment.
Morey has often pointed out that White's anxiety issues had not caused him to miss games or practices at Iowa State. With the Rockets, however, he has already missed a week of training camp and several practices, though it was not clear if Tuesday's absence was related to his anxiety disorder.