“I feel like basketball is my whole identity.”

Basketball can be what you love without being all you are. If the game is your whole identity, every bad game feels like you disappeared. That is too much weight for a box score to carry. Write down three things that are true about you without basketball. Son. friend. believer. worker. leader. Whatever is real. Keep that list where you can see it. Then go play from that place. Not trying to earn your worth. Playing because you already have it. The game is a gift. It is not your God.