“Rehab is training in the presence of injury.”Phil Glasgow. One of the key side quests of rehab is finding the opportunity within the injury. Focus in on that, and the whole thing shifts. The negative starts turning into a positive. If you’ve ever been around a kid who broke their right arm, you’ve probably seen…

Ankle sprains are so common in basketball that we have almost stopped treating them as injuries. A player rolls it, sits for a minute, tapes it up, and limps back on. Everyone has seen it. Most of us have done it. The ankle sprain is the most common injury in the game. It is also…

This is one of my favourite photos of Dennis Rodman, and probably one of my favourite basketball photos. Period. Rodman. Completely horizontal. No regard for himself. Athletic. A little crazy. Going after a loose ball. Snapped by Sam Forencich in 1997. To be honest, it’s probably the hustle factor that raises its ranks in my…

Basketball was my sanctuary growing up. It was my acceptance into friendship circles, my outlet, my identity in a lot of ways. I was good, not great, but basketball served me well. The court was where I felt most myself. In 2016 I attended the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. That trip changed my…