my knees hurt after exercising i can hear there are small sounds coming from my knee and they feel wobbly?
first things first pain and cracking sounds in knee with rotation and knee bending are signs of meniscal injury the time u had the depression you quit basketball you came back thinking you had the same fitness and started hurting your knee honestly i recommend doing a knee mri to check me meniscus condition then you should do physical therapy including streching of posterior knee compartement and strengthening vastas medialis ( last 5-15 degree extention ) you problem is mainly knee failure to do lock mechanism correctly good luck