Former Iowa State basketball standout Royce White published his own book in January, Long Past Overdue: Mental Health & the NBA. Levi sat down with Royce to take a deep dive through the book and some of the different themes it discusses, including athletes being proactive in dealing with their mental health, the players’ need to help each other, the NBA’s attempts at addressing mental illness, and the fans’ role in situations like the infamous “Malice at the Palace.”
Without a doubt, you will not want to miss the special interview, where we provide some insight into one of the defining health topics of the modern world and the foreseeable future.