06/09/2026
๐จ "Kobe and Gigi helped inspire his journey into women's basketball. ๐๐"
What made Jamal Branch choose women's basketball?
The answer starts with Kobe Bryant.
While working with the Lakers' G League team during Kobe's final season, he watched Kobe bring Gigi to the gym.
He watched her learn.
He watched her focus.
He watched her lock in on every lesson being taught.
That moment stuck with him.
Years later, when he transitioned into coaching and training, he noticed something else.
The girls were hungry to learn.
Locked in.
Focused.
Coachable.
And he found himself gravitating toward that environment.
Sometimes the path finds you before you find it.
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