“We’re looked at as superheroes, like nothing really bothers us and that we don’t have a life outside of the game,” Drummond said. “People need to understand that we do have personal lives outside of the game of basketball and it becomes taxing at times. That superhero cape we have on has to come off at some point in time. It’s OK to ask for help. It’s OK to feel. It’s OK to be emotional. We’re all men, but we have to be OK with having feelings.
“As a man, we’re known to be the masculine one,” Drummond said. “Nothing bothers us. We have to be the protector, the provider and the one that does everything. Over the past couple of years, guys have been coming out and expressing it’s OK to shed light on mental traumas and things that we go through. It’s OK to share with other people, that other people have the same type of journey that we’re going down too. It’s OK to bring them along, to let everybody know they’re not alone.
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