During his short time in the NBA, Lakers center Trey Jemison III has already made a significant impact on the league.

Since Jemison first donned the purple and gold on January 17th, the Lakers have rattled off a 13-2 spurt that has launched them into the upper echelon of the Western Conference standings. Although Jemison averages just 2.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, he’s parlayed his physicality and ability into significant playing time. The big man is currently signed to a two-way contract, but he has often beaten out standard contract recipient Alex Len in the team’s rotation.

Jemison’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed by the Lakers’ biggest stars, as he’s impressed the likes of LeBron James and Luka Doncic with his hook shot.

The bench’s reaction to the buzzer beater hook shot! 🙌 https://t.co/JemFwoccK3 pic.twitter.com/KYawjyjKEA

— Trey Jemison Muse (@TreyJemisonMuse) February 23, 2025

But the court isn’t the only place Jemison has left his mark. A devout Christian, he regularly hosts bible studies on his Instagram page, many of which receive hundreds of thousands of views. The Birmingham native often discusses the role that God played in his journey from Hoover High School to the NBA.

“See, we live in a world where everybody has an opinion,” Jemison said in a recent video. “Everybody can speak up, and that’s a blessing. I think, speak your mind, but it comes to a point in time where people will put their fears, their doubts, their insecurities, all to you.”

“Even if they might be correct, if what they are saying is correct about you, I want you to end this sentence with ‘but God.’ I’ll use myself as an example. When I was 18, I had two knee surgeries, and the doctor was like, ‘It might not be the same ever again.’”

“But God—I’m healed from top of my head to the soles of my feet. When I was trying to get into the NBA, they were like, he’s six nine and three quarters, he’s 6’10”, he’s too short to play the five. He probably won’t get a chance to play in the NBA. But God said, ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’”

Jemison began his college basketball career at Clemson in 2018. After seeing limited playing time with the Tigers and admittedly losing his love for the game, he transferred to UAB in 2020, where he became involved with RANSOM Student Ministries, an organization that helped bolster his faith.

Although he wrote in an Instagram post that he “[fell] off the straight and narrow” at times during college, he built a trust in God that helped him excel in Birmingham and spurn a construction management career to continue chasing his dream.

“It was a good plan, to be honest,” Jemison said in an interview on Tubi’s Certified Gs. “It was a stable plan. I was going to have a 401k and a good pension, but God had other plans.”

Now established on the roster of the NBA’s highest-profile franchise, Jemison is committed to helping other people manufacture the same faith in God that he did.

“I have this wonderful platform,” Jemison said. “Again, the reason I’m so blessed to be where I am is because God has opened doors. There’s no way I should be in the NBA. There’s no way I should be 6’10. There’s no way I should be with the Lakers right now.”

“When God opens doors for me, I have to remember who brought me here. So my platform is used to impact people’s lives.”