Ex-NBA player Kyle Singler‘s recent social media activity has the basketball community concerned … with several pros offering their support after the former Duke star shared two alarming videos on his Instagram page.
The 36-year-old shared the first clip Monday night … showing him shirtless and barefoot in a home as he claimed he felt his “voice is getting silenced.”
“I have been mistreated and abused, neglected, made into a mental example, and I fear for my life every day, and people in my community make me look out as if I’m gonna be someone that’s gonna be a problem and make things difficult for people when I’m only trying to be helpful,” the 33rd overall pick in the 2011 draft said.
“And, I feel like I have a certain way about myself and strength and purpose that does not get valued or get treated properly.”
The first video abruptly cut off … but Miami Heat forward Kevin Love — who played AAU basketball with Singler in his youth — was quick to react on his own page.
“To everyone who has spent time with Kyle Singler and whose lives he has touched – please shower him with the love and support he needs+deserves,” Love said Tuesday. “I would not be who I am today without him. I am forever indebted and love him. To the NBA family, Duke BB family, & South Medford community – let’s show up for one of our own. 🙏🏻❤️”
Other NBA names like Isaiah Thomas and Andre Drummond also shared similar words of encouragement.
Singler followed up with another video — this time, with his face visible — claiming he has tried to start a new career, but “everybody has played me into a fool.”
“Creating chaos, creating narratives to, again, have it be profitable for people. My life has not changed at all. I am being held hostage in a certain situation and position to, again, create a false narrative about someone and people in general, when all I have been wanting to do is to create a business in nature to allow people to feel –.”
The second clip also cuts off before Singler finishes his thought.
Singler was a star for the Blue Devils from 2007-11 … winning a national title in 2010. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in 2011 … and played six seasons in the NBA, also suiting up for the Oklahoma City Thunder before going overseas to complete his professional career.