Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.

Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.

There's a through line that connects all of us.

I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

There's a much bigger world out there.

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.