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Part 2: Royce White on Getting Blamed for College Football Player Getting Stabbed
Part 1: Royce White & Vlad on Their Past Internet Beef
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Former NBA first-round pick Royce White sits down with Vlad to revisit the controversy that followed his 2012 draft selection by the Houston Rockets at No. 16, the same class as Anthony Davis, Bradley Beal and Damian Lillard. White explains why he believes the public “fear of flying” narrative overshadowed his deeper fight over NBA mental health policy, anxiety medication, Xanax, the collective bargaining agreement, travel accommodations and player rights.
He discusses Iowa State, Daryl Morey, David Stern, the Rookie Transition Program in Hoboken, Chris Herren’s impact, and how the dispute led to the D-League, a trade to Philadelphia, a brief run with the Sacramento Kings, and the end of his NBA career. White also reflects on Kevin Love, DeMar DeRozan, “shut up and dribble” debates, his political evolution, Ice Cube’s BIG3, and his later activism for Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region.
