The Locker Room With
Justin Longstreet | Decatur, GA | clarkatlantambb Guard
“When I was in the 9th or 10th grade, my first teammate, Terrell, passed away in the All-Star game. He had a seizure and was right next to me. I carry him around a lot, and I have a wristband with him on it. He was like my brother.
After that, I really didn’t have much of a passion for basketball, and it made me look at a lot of stuff differently. I cried for a week straight, and I couldn’t stop. To see him pass away playing the game that he loved messed up my mental. I don't know how everybody else got through it, but I got through it just day by day. It didn’t happen overnight.
I’m thinking about the future, but not too much, because I don’t want to be caught up in stressing myself out. I like living in the moment because I might not get this moment back. I got a lot of emotions. It’s kind of overwhelming, but it’s fun and happy emotions.
As you get older, it’s a lot of politics. People might oversha...
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