Great article - Royce White thinks he can do it all

**cychosis** · 07-19-2012, 09:42 AM

Hustle & Flow | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE HOUSTON ROCKETS

A couple excerpts:

“When I’m on the break or in transition or in certain spots where a pass is about to be made, I’m not really looking at any one person,” he says. “I see all 10 guys and one big shape and that shape is moving. It’s slack in some places and in some places it’s strong and I’ve just naturally developed a thing where I’m able to get into the weaker parts where that slack is so that one of my teammates is open. That’s the best way I can describe it: it’s like one big moving shape. If you look at one guy you’re not going to be that successful. But if you see all ten as one big moving shape then it’s better.

“We could say that a basketball player, a young kid eating, sleeping and breathing the sport, might help that player more basketball-wise, but life-wise it can’t,” says White. “You can’t tell me that’s healthy for your all-around well being to just eat, breathe and sleep one thing. If you’re not a well balanced human it’s no different than if your game’s not well balanced; if you just focus on passing and you can’t shoot or dribble, it’s not good. If we’re giving up humanity for basketball then we’ve got a bigger problem on our hands. At the end of the day, basketball is important but it can’t be at the expense of the bigger picture. I think there is a way to be the best basketball player you can be and have other interests.”

**Topshelf** · 07-19-2012, 09:42 AM

Not sure if this has already been posted:

Hustle & Flow | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE HOUSTON ROCKETS

**Topshelf** · 07-19-2012, 09:43 AM

Merge please. Good find.

**Jambalaya** · 07-19-2012, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Topshelf

Not sure if this has already been posted:

Hustle & Flow | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE HOUSTON ROCKETS

great article..thanks!

**ISUCyclones2015** · 07-19-2012, 10:31 AM

Holy ****! What a great freaking article

**State43** · 07-19-2012, 10:35 AM

Royce is the man.

**notengonacho1** · 07-19-2012, 12:49 PM

Jalen Rose of espn has Royce in Houston's starting lineup at the 4

**Clones21** · 07-19-2012, 12:52 PM

Royce is a smart man.

**LakeHavasu** · 07-19-2012, 12:59 PM

Most of you people are too young to remember Magic Johnson when he first came in the NBA.

Magic was 6ft 9 in. Weighed 220lbs +/-, he was not a scorer when he got to the league. He said "I'm not a scorer, because of the team he was on, he didn't need to score a lot of points". Now with the Rockets signing Lin, I doubt if Royce will be asked to play point guard, but I was hoping that the Rockets would really give him the ball at a point forward position and see if it could work.

NO, I don't think Royce will be as good as Magic, but the size difference between him & the other point guards gave Magic an advantage. That advantage was nulified when the Pistons sent Rodman out to guard Magic.

**Wesley** · 07-19-2012, 01:57 PM

If Royce is not traded, Royce will be an excellent inspiration to the young black fans of the Houston area. With his outside pursuits, he is sure to be a fan favorite. He is very valuable off the court compared to some of the thug lifes.