is actively working on an NBA comeback -- so says his mother, who tells TMZ Sports her son is getting his life back together after a string of troubling setbacks.
The NBA community became concerned for West after pictures surfaced showing the 32-year-old looking disheveled in Texas ... and apparently begging for change in Maryland.
Delphina Addison says her son has had some mental health issues recently -- but he's back on his medication and in a good place.
"He is working toward coming back to the NBA. He has been working out and that’s where he's at as of now.