Drafting Royce White Wasn't As Bad A Decision As You Think
It's popular right now to trash on Royce White and exaggerate
the situation but let's step back for a minute and look at this
thing rationally, please?  Well, it's old news by now (And it
just broke tonight) that Royce White was not in practice after
he was assigned to the D-League. Royce was not present for the
Miami game either. He's also been inactive for most of the
season. The reasons for Royce's inactivity have changed
depending on migraines or just general "No room for the kid".
We're now left with some vaguely stern wording from Leslie
Alexander that implies he would hate to have to give up on
Royce. It's worth emphasizing that nothing is imminent in
regards to Royce. The early returns on the situation seem to be
bemoaning that we even bothered to draft him but I want you to
consider a few things before the complaints get out of hand.
First, the Rockets had to roll the dice on Royce White. If
you'll notice, every single player the Rockets d