Basketball Is Just A Platform For Me

This Was An Extremely Difficult Decision As I Take Great Pride In Representing Our Country. I Know That I Owe It To My Usa Basketball Teammates To Be Totally Invested In The Experience. After Going Through Training Camp With Usab, I Realized I Could Not Fulfill My Responsibilities To The Team From Both A Time And Energy Standpoint. I Need To Take A Step Back And Take Some Time Away, Both Mentally And Physically In Order To Prepare For The Upcoming Nba Season. I Will Be Rooting For Usab And Look Forward To Future Opportunities With Them.

I Know When Somebody Is Trying To Get Something Out Of Me For Clicks. And Sometimes I Feel Like Giving It To Them. Sometimes I Feel Like Being Real And Open To Them, But At The Same Time, I Know How Much I Can Give You.

I Was The Second-best Player In High School. I Was The Second Pick In The Draft. I've Been Second In The Mvp Voting Three Times. I Came In Second In The Finals. I'm Tired Of Being Second. I'm Not Going To Settle For That. I'm Done With It.

I Want To Show People Who I Really Am, Especially Aspiring Basketball Players Who Want To Be At This Level. That's What I'm About.

I Come From A Small County Outside Of Washington Dc Called Pg County, And Me, My Mom, My Brother, We Moved So Many Different Places Growing Up. And It Felt Like A Box. It Felt Like There Was No Getting Out.