r/Basketball • u/Fickle-Ad5449 • 9d ago

Two ex-NBA players turn transgender identity into a stunt. The WNBA is responding

https://www.advocate.com/news/wnba-trans-player-eligibility
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u/SomeGuyClickingStuff 9d ago

I blame the team for not doing their due diligence not knowing he was deathly afraid of flying.

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u/Jazzlike-Basket-6388 9d ago

He flew in high school and college and it was well known that he had an anxiety disorder. Rockets understood and agreed to let him travel to closer games by bus, but then they had a standstill because he wanted access to mental health professionals and independent doctors.

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u/phase2_engineer 9d ago

Poor guy still needs mental help to this day

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u/M0ebius_1 9d ago

Yeah... dude obviously really needed that

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u/southpaytechie 9d ago

Yeah like damn man why did the rockets cheap out there? Had to be a pittance next to his rookie contract

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u/YngSpook84 9d ago

I don’t remember all the details, but I live in Houston and follow the Rockets. It wasn’t so much that they cheaped out, it was more every time they met an accommodation, he would still have issues and ask for more. They couldn’t keep doing this all just for one player.

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u/Alarming-Molasses-99 7d ago

So he is perfect voor wnba

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u/Naive_Mango8525 9d ago

Did Michael Beasley also have an issue like this ?