Sam Smith, a very fine basketball writer has an outstanding piece on ‘depression’. A must read for all at HoopsHype.com
Delonte West didn’t say it when he returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers last week after a leave of absence to treat the effects of depression and mood swings.
But he, like Vin Baker and Kendall Gill and Dennis Rodman and Brian Williams and Ricky Berry and Chamique Holdsclaw and Jason Caffey and many more-and many now still reluctant to come out of their dark closet-believe they know what people are thinking, really, what most of their coaches and teammates are thinking, if they acknowledge suffering from depression.
Here’s another area that many people don’t talk about because they are uninformed or just don’t care. But this is serious and needs to be brought out in the open. Help someone or get help.
-Coach Finamore
hoops135@hotmail.com
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