Not long after he was traded to the Nets last December, Jahlil Okafor met with Dr. Paul Groenewal, the Nets team psychologist, who advised the 22-year-old that he should address his anxiety, seek treatment.
No, he told beat writers Greg Logan and Brian Lewis. Thanks but no.
“When I first heard about it, I pushed it to the side because I’d never heard about it, my family never talks about it. I don’t know if it’s a cultural thing, but it was something I never even thought about, so when they first brought it to me I thought it was BS.