[baggin13Participant]

This is the link to the Hockumentary Article/Video. A great watch and read about the Draft Day for Royce.

 

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/36092/hockumentary-draft-day-with-royce-white

 

 

Hockumentary: Draft Day With Royce White

By Jonathan Hock on September 5, 2012 10:20 AM ET

Back in June, we spent 24 hours with Royce White on the day of the NBA draft, which doubled as the biggest day of his life. For us, Royce (a 6-foot-8 forward from Iowa State) was the most suspenseful and important story in the draft — someone blessed with an extraordinary combination of skills and size, and also with a refreshing openness about his mental condition. His doctors call it "generalized anxiety disorder," a condition defined as "constant worry." In Royce’s case, it’s compounded by a fear of flying, which led to him electing to make the 10-hour drive from Ames, Iowa, to Louisville, Kentucky, for last year’s NCAA tournament (instead of flying with his team). Rather than hide his condition from the public and NBA decision-makers, Royce made a commitment to millions of young people who suffer their anxiety in shame and silence (as he had done as a child and a teen). He would be their champion. Royce and the staff at Iowa State, led by head coach Fred Hoiberg, knew he could thrive professionally. But they also knew Royce had scared off a few NBA executives with his admirable honesty.

By the time Draft Day rolled around, Royce was the single hardest potential 2012 first-rounder to project. The real question was whether there was anyone in the NBA who wasn’t too afraid of Royce to let him in the game …

[Steven]

that was awesome. made me really respect the guy

[TRC1991Participant]

What a likable character… Royce seems like a great kid… Wishing him the best

[XYRYXParticipant]

 What a great video! Thank you so much for this! I have so much respect for this guy and now everyone should know, that his live is much more than just basketball. It must be really exhausting to be in his shoes. I’m really looking forward to follow his career and see what he is capable of with the backpack he is having with him! 

[Pistol Pete. The PelicanParticipant]

 As a person that has GAD, I really look up to him, for being able to go for his dreams, in a place where they can be cut short in the blink of an eye. I’ve been in far less serious situations, and I’ve went as far as to contemplate suicide. It helps that I have a support system and people that care for me enough to help me this last year and a half with all of my problems, and my ups and downs, which come oh so often. Just, salute to Royce White, He’s a bigger man than I, both literally and figuratively..

[King CaluchaParticipant]

Wow, this is the best video I’ve seen during the day. Thank you for posting it.

Surprised to hear that Boston wasn’t going to draft him because he’s too risky. Where do you think this player would have been drafted if he didn’t have his anxiety issue? In my opinion, he would have definitely been a top 10.

 

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