Chris Lamica Instagram – I don’t post much pre-acting, but I was asked recently why I love basketball so much… I struggled to concisely and clearly explain why. When logging the countless hours growing up it was the creativity, the freedom, self-expression, and desire to compete, win, and “prove something” (after all, I was cut from my middle school basketball team, twice, and was told I was “too small and should try another sport where I wouldn’t get hurt”) that drove me. I wanted to get so good that no one could ever take away something I loved by saying I wasn’t good enough. I was obsessed. As my basketball career started, it turned into something completely different. I loved touring the country and putting smiles on people’s faces and (hopefully) inspiring others that no matter the odds, adversity, or doubters, that with relentless work and focus, they too could achieve ANYTHING their heart desired… basketball or otherwise. Though it was only a few years, it culminated in a “jersey retirement” and some beautiful memories, that as a kid I could only have dreamed of. #ballislife United States