I don't see anything racist. He's showing legitimate warning signs of substance abuse (at worst) and extreme dysfunction and immaturity (at best). The team should get him the help he needs before he flames out of the league or becomes Lenny Bias.
I honestly can't believe this sentiment. You have no idea what is going on, but you are making huge assumptions.
Missing a plan is not extreme dysfunction. Invoking the name of Lenny Bias is ridiculous. Flaming out of the league is pretty far away. There is no evidence of substance abuse.
Woah woah woah. As I think the original poster who said he should be tested I agree with all of this. I would point out half the reason for testing is to confirm the guy is NOT on drugs, and the other part is to get him help if he is.
I would think the Celtics, as his employer, would want to know, but not for the purpose of destroying his career before it has begun. Destroying his career is his choice, not ours.
The testing is meant far more as info gathering and a wake up call. Not some public execution
I get that your intention is not aggressive, but the act of making a guy take a drug test because he was late for a plane, especially if he is innocent, is extremely insulting. It may sour the rest of the working relationship.
Being insulted when you're in the wrong is a choice. The guy should get a million dollars a year at the age of 20, but doesn't bother to show up twice in a week, and we should worry about him being insulted?
Should we test his hands for gun residue while we're at it? Run his clothes under a UV light to see if there is blood? Run a complete audit of all his finances to determine if he is embezzling?
Your jump from being late to doing drugs is insulting.
Again, his immaturity has been annoying and he should be disciplined, but your leap into checking for drugs is just not how you treat another human being.
Give me a break. This isn't practice starting at 9 and the kid hit traffic and got there at 9:15. What discipline should he get? A back rub? Maybe they could watch Mr. Rogers together and explain to him that they love him just the way he is. Or he could be held accountable like a professional and a man. Maybe you don't think the Celts have a right to know anything about him before they hand him a million bucks. I totally disagree and find your attitude to be the absolute worst kind of enabling. It's worse than enabling. It's coddling.
He should be offered every resource possible to be the best basketball player he can be for as long as he in on the team. That is all.
Great. Now what does he give in return? Feeling all insulted when people call him out? Being a locker room cancer? Dogging it? Blowing people off? Because that's where we are right now.
I must of missed it. Where did RW say he was insulted? When did he get labeled a cancer and by whom?
The kid has been immature. Lets see if he matures. The rhetoric here is getting out of hand.
First, you talk with people, especially young ones and see what is happening. Then you take actions to help them improve. Then if all fails you take strong action. This is standard procedures in HR.
RW is barely into step one here. So, as I usually do, I urge us all to wait and see before casting final judgements.