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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
You know, they couldn't kind of keep a moral center because of all of their corporate relationships or maybe their special interests, you know, the cultural demographic of the NBA ownership and things like that.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And then you got, you know, it starts to hurt the game as well, right?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Because you got all these questions now about,
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
load management and, you know, should guys be resting or should they be playing?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Should the season be shorter?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Should we be shooting 53s a game?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And why are the defensive calls so soft?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And so, you know, everything's a give and take and hopefully some of those things iron themselves out as the game continues to grow.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
But I watch a lot of NBA, man, because those, the players,
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
The players and the coaching and the strategy and the schemes have never been better, in my opinion.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Oh, man, even more so today.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
I think I've been greatly vindicated when I...
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
When I told the NBA, hey, we need a mental health policy.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Well, let me tell you the back story briefly about the NBA.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
When I came into the NBA, I was one of the first players to openly discuss my struggles with anxiety, just panic attacks.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
I had a panic attack when I was like 16 from smoking marijuana the first time.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
For some reason, I had a really bad reaction and I would have like three, four panic attacks a day for four or five months.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Yeah, it was bad until I learned what anxiety and panic attacks were.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Then I was on medication, you know, SSRIs like Prozac.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Eventually I ended up getting off of it.