Keith Langford, a two-time Euroleague top scorer and one of the most distinguished guards in recent decades of European basketball, announced his retirement from basketball on Twitter.
May of 2022 I had surgery for an Achilles tendinopathy that for the previous 10 months, I tried to conservatively rehabilitate.
In what turned out to be an extremely trying time period, I was consumed by denial, anger, depression and bargaining.
— Keith (@keith_langford) May 4, 2023
After 17 years and the age of 38, I selfishly denied the last stage of grief that I knew was upon me. Acceptance.
That being said, as I humbly & excitedly accept an invitation to participate in the @thetournament with @MassStreetTBT..
I couldn’t be in a better space to
— Keith (@keith_langford) May 4, 2023
announce my RETIREMENT from basketball and have this full circle moment to play for the last time in representation of @kuhoops
I’ve given everything physically and mentally I have to this game. 6 knee surgeries, a herniated disc, broken foot, broken nose, broken— Keith (@keith_langford) May 4, 2023
finger, hamstring/groin strains, and not to mention an unlimited amount of ankle sprains have all been worth it!! The journey has been the best part as well as the part I’ll miss most
Can’t wait to play one last time this July and phase into the next part life…
-KL pic.twitter.com/0K4n6Qv5JF
— Keith (@keith_langford) May 4, 2023
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