Royce Refuses, Rockets Need to Repudiate  Kind of looks like
Shane from The Walking Dead... As stable as him, too. - Thomas
Campbell-US PRESSWIRE  Royce White refuses his D-League
assignment and continues the season-long circus of PR with the
Rockets. BD34 reacts.  So, news broke today that Royce White has
refused to accept his D-League assignment citing hardship and no
progress on his mental health protocol issue. If you're
interested in reading Royce White's statement about the issue
you can find it here. If you're interested, there is one excerpt
to pay particular attention to that has my mind completely blown
(And it's not even the one where he invokes the Connecticut
tragedy to leverage his position):   Let's reflect on this
rationale. Royce says he wants a doctor to clear him to play.
Royce chides the Rockets for not having a protocol in place
because the Rockets have set him up with a doctor they chose
(Their right under the CBA). In this statement Royce has the
stones to come out and tell the Rockets