DALLAS — Tyrell Terry, the Mavericks’ No. 31 overall pick in the 2020 draft, announced his retirement from basketball, via an Instagram post on Thursday.
In his caption, the 22-year-old guard cited “the darkest times of my life” and described “the anxiety this sport has caused me” as the reason for his decision.
“To the point where instead of building me up, it began to destroy me,” Terry wrote. “Where I began to despise and question the value of myself, much more than those surrounding me could ever see or know. Intrusive thoughts, waking up nauseous, and finding myself struggling to take normal breaths because of the rock that would sit on my chest that seemed to weigh more than I could carry. This is just a brief description of the anxiety this sport has caused me, and while I’m grateful for every door it has opened for me, I can’t continue this fight any longer for something I have fallen out of love with.
