Another bad game today i just came back home we lost by 20ish points i had ofc no points and 4 fouls, how idk 2 of em werent even mine but sure, I again played scared to fail and overthinking and all up in my mind and didnt play like ik i can idk what to do anymore iv been training since 1st grade since i was 7 and since i took this seriously and 13 i always played terible and scared in games mb i should just quit ik i never want to say this and dont like saying it but im 17 so idk whats the point i LOVE this game it was the first thing i ever fell in love with as a kid and ALWAYS wanted to succsed so im just pissed anlt myslef in every way posible in life i just dk if i quit i GENUENLY dont know what i would do ik life mb just go somewhere in nature and live there i genuenly dk anything else in life and even i cant do this thing good or how i want it

I just lost a 1v1 to a kid who hardly plays basketball and every day I feel like I’m getting worse what can I do

Not about basketball but did any of u listen to Kanye's Bully whats ur opinion _/10 i just wanna know

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