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Hitting bottom and bouncing back: Jahlil Okafor talks about his battle with anxiety

Not long after he was traded to the Nets last December, Jahlil Okafor met with Dr. Paul Groenewal, the Nets team psychologist, who advised the 22-year-old that he should address his anxiety, seek treatment.

No, he told beat writers Greg Logan and Brian Lewis. Thanks but no.

“When I first heard about it, I pushed it to the side because I’d never heard about it, my family never talks about it. I don’t know if it’s a cultural thing, but it was something I never even thought about, so when they first brought it to me I thought it was BS.