Kobe Bryant is now a girls basketball coach (amongst other things)

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That’s not to say the girls are ready for DI ball. There is still a lot for them to learn as both individuals and a team. “You should have seen us six months ago,” says Bryant. “The girls are making incredible progress. Just wait until you see us in six years.” Six years. That is what Bryant said. Six years, after which the entire roster will be college-aged. Six years after which the girls will be brimming full of Mamba Mentality and experts on the triangle. Six years, or more than a max-length contract, is how much time Coach Bryant has committed to this team and these girls.

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To that end, Bryant is playing a long game with the team. That means not pointing out every little mistake, not correcting every lapse in the triangle, not attempting to teach them everything in mere months that it took him 40 years to learn. “I have a year-by-year plan for them,” says Bryant. He cuts an imposing figure in a pair of signature black Nike Kobe ADs, black pants and Mamba-emblazoned top. “We are going to keep adding pieces on a schedule I’ve already mapped out.”

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