rarely do you come across shady prospects like Royce White who fail fail in year 1 or 2
Yet Royce White fell in the draft because he had major red flags. Same here. Same with Hassan Whiteside, who was also out of the league for a while, and who knows if he'll stick around.
Fab Melo had some red flags, and was just a very risky pick for a number of reasons, and he didn't make it through his rookie deal, either.
It's harder to find examples of guys who had the kind of trouble in school that Upshaw has had, with the kind of negative off-the-court hype Upshaw has had, who ended up becoming valuable contributors to the team that drafted them.
You guys won't believe this - the Clippers, and other teams, have made summer league offers to Royce White. Wow, and I thought that Doc looking into Wesley Johnson was scraping the bottom of the barrel, lol
. Check out the comments, as well. My favorite is the last one
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Report: Clippers, other teams have made Summer League offers to Royce White
One of the pillars of the NBA Summer League is second chances.
While we often focus on the just-drafted rookies and handful of players (at most) on each team who could make an NBA roster the next season, a lot of what happens at Summer League is often dismissed guys getting another chance to prove they deserve get paid to play basketball (in the NBA or overseas).
Count Royce White among them. The former first-round pick has said he wants to make an NBA comeback, which will start this summer in Las Vegas, very possibly with the Los Angeles Clippers, reports Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN In Minnesota.
Royce White has more than a LAC offer for summer league. I have his comeback story at 10:22 on @KSTP. Talked w/ him & mentor Chris Carr.
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) May 22, 2015
White is the perfect candidate for a Summer League second chance. He is just 24, and his potential as a 6’8? point forward had him drafted No. 16 by the Rockets. His talent should intrigue teams.
The challenge for teams is White has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that includes a fear of flying, and he wanted accommodations to help him adjust. Teams felt the couldn’t, or they just wouldn’t. As one executive told Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN in talking about Larry Sanders — the Bucks star dealing with depression and anxiety issues — team’s don’t deal well with handling of mental issues.
It’s not likely White makes it all the way back to the NBA. But to give him a chance and take a look, that’s what the Summer League is for.
Here's the comment, btw -
rickycubane - May 23, 2015 at 8:27 PM
This guy.. he comes Into the sports authority in my shopping center and spends 10k on paint ball guns.. no bs.. and has 8 guys with him.. he buys his entourage all 5k in paint ball accessories. . This is in suburban philly.. guy obviously Nissan not afraid of objects flying at him or pain. . But is afraid of working for a paycheck
Lol
, what? I hate the last part of this post, but the emboldened part is hilarious, imo.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/22/report-clippers-other-teams-have-made-summer-league-offers-to-royce-white/This should probably be it's own thread, right?