The Untold Truth Between The NBA and Royce White Sam Riches, in the article, How the NBA Failed Royce White (2017), explains that the NBA missed out on a potential star in Royce White by failing to provide a mental health protocol for players and only focusing on the money granted to players. Riches supports his claim through his use of anecdotes and pathos. The purpose of this piece is to show that there is a lack of mental health treatment in the NBA in order to inform readers on the money making over the well-being of the players’ care. Riches makes great use of anecdotes to further extend his claim as to how the NBA failed Royce White. In the article, Sam Riches reminiscences a point in White’s career where his team was only a couple …show more content…
Continuously in the article, Riches integrates pathos to maintain telling the audience how Royce White was never given the chance and opportunity to play for the NBA. He highlights times where White was apart of 5 different NBA rosters and the NBA D-League. A patho that Riches writes is about a summer league game with the Houston Rockets. As the broadcasting booth watches this game unfold, they are commentating on White’s style of play. They say “He’s reminding me of Charles Barkley,” “He has the total package.” This quote was added to address the emotions to the reader and to show that here’s this guy who runs the court, is being compared to one the most dominating power forwards to ever play in the NBA, and then White just becomes a waste of a draft pick. Riches continues with his strategic use of pathos when describing Royce White’s plans after his second season with the NBL, six year since being drafted into the NBA. Richie writes, “In May, White is named the MVP of the Canadian league. The team finishes the season with 46 wins and seven losses, the league’s best ever record, and White leads the Lightning in scoring and rebounding, averaging just a shade under 20 and 10 a game, while also setting a league record for triple-doubles in a season.” Later on, he writes, “Smoldering grudge aside, White says he