Royce White

And, you know, so I went through a journey right there between 16 and 18, learning about anxiety and panic attacks and things.

Then I went to college and went to the University of Minnesota, got in a little trouble, transferred to Iowa State, had to sit a year.

This was before you could pick up and just go to whatever college you wanted penalty free, right?

This was well before the portal and NIL.

When I was coming through college just 10 short years ago,

kids were still getting suspended half a season for getting a sweater from a college coach.

Wow, that's crazy.

Now guys are getting $600,000 for third, fourth best guy.

So it's kind of crazy how fast things change.

But I sat a year at Iowa State.

Then my first year I played, I ended up being good enough to get drafted.

And when I went into the draft,

You know, my story was one of the biggest stories of that draft.

This was the year that Anthony Davis went number one.

And I was considered a top five talent and NBA ready as well.

Not potential or upside, but like this guy's versatile all around.

They called me like this.

I was one of my nicknames, like Swiss Army Knife, because I did a little bit of everything.

Yeah.

I led my team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks.