By:  Melissa Rohlin, December 26, 2015 

Article Notes:

Upon winning the 2010 title, Laker’s player Metta World Peace gave thanks to his psychologist for helping him be more effective in Game 7.  Not only that, World Peace shared how seeing a psychologist changed his life and taught him how to handle his emotions.  At the time of this article (2015), about half of NBA teams had psychologists on staff or on call, including the Dallas Mavericks.  Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki spoke to the helpfulness of a psychologist in his career, especially when he was in the beginning stages of it.