Jamal Crawford: The first layup I ever made was a backhand gel at 8 years old.

3x NBA Sixth Man of the Year Jamal Crawford remembers falling in love with basketball immediately when he first started playing the game as a child.

(via Run Your Race):

“I started playing on the team when I was 8, and I’ll never forget the coach being like, ‘Two layups.’ And you know the kids are 8 years old, he’s trying to get you there. And the first layup I ever did, I took the ball, I went behind me, and I did a reverse gel and I did it and the kids were looking at me like a spaceship like, ‘Where did this guy come from?

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