Mike Watkins is a 6-foot-9 mammoth of a man with incredible athleticism and very good defensive instincts.
Above all else, however, Watkins is a human being. And a kid, at that.
So, when the embattled senior penned an open letter last week laying bare to the world his struggles with depression an anxiety, it hit home with a number of people, college basketball fans and non-college basketball fans alike, myself included.
As many of friends, family and co-workers at BSD know, I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression for around a decade now.