Final season, Spurs 2023 second-round choose Sidy Cissoko suffered a left ankle damage that stored him from taking part in for a number of weeks.
Throughout his rookie season, Cissoko spent most of it away from San Antonio honing his abilities with the G-League affiliate Austin Spurs.
The 12 months earlier than that, the French swingman performed with the G-League Ignite. Admittedly, he struggled with the transition from the sound and fury of Las Vegas to the quiet of the San Antonio and Austin areas.
It was revealed in an article final Might that he struggled to seek out consolation within the Texas capital.
“More often than not, I’m within the G League and, due to this fact, in Austin, and my house doesn’t get a lot daylight. It’s actually miserable. I spotted that even once I performed the Ps, I performed an excessive amount of. On Fortnite, I spent the equal of 160 days! That is wasted time that I might have spent within the fitness center, time that I might have made donations and helped individuals in want, referred to as my household. I wasted time on it, so now I’m doing it otherwise.”
Late within the season, Sidy started to play with ache. Ultimately, Cissoko required minor surgical procedure. In between, the younger participant skilled despair, however discovered a therapeutic path via music.
“I’m not going to lie. The previous few months, once I was injured, I fell a bit into despair. It was troublesome as a result of I used to be in search of one thing to do. I lastly discovered to maintain busy. Now I put my telephone apart, I purchased a piano to be taught to play, and I clear my head. Now I’ve enjoyable with the piano; I play fairly a bit.”
Cissoko is one other in a listing of gamers who’ve handled despair however are sharing their expertise in hopes of normalizing the feelings that always include the strain and stresses of the sport.
In recent times, Spurs swingman DeMar DeRozan verbalized his challenges with despair.
Clearly despair will not be restricted to athletes, however there’s typically a stigma with males sharing their feelings. This may be elevated when boys are grouped competitively over years.
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