Jalen Green’s Mother Bree Purganan: All About Her Life

Bree Purganan and Her Son Jalen Green

Bree Purganan is the mother of famous basketball player Jalen Green. As we all know Jalen is the best player for the Houston Rockets and has a long association with this team. Jalen gives all credit for his success to his mother Bree. 

In an interview with a local TV Channel, he said “ My mother is the source of inspiration for me” he added “My mother was also a basketball player and participated in college team in her time” 

So we can say that Bree’s fame came from his son Jalen Green. She supported her son in his career in basketball and motivated him to play with a team at the national level. 

Bree supported her son when he was first time drafted in 2021 for the Houston Rockets. At that time Jalen was very excited when he was first time selected for the national level team. He thanked her mother for her support and guidance, he said “Without my mother’s support I am nothing and will not even think about the selection in Houston Rockets.” 

Bree Purganan’s Early Life and Family

Bree Purganan was born in Ilocos Sur, Philippines but later on, she moved to America for a better future. She married Marcus Green and currently living in California, United States.  

Her husband, Marcus Green is also associated with basketball sports and a former basketball player. 

Marcus played high school basketball team and has a close friendship with NBA player DeShawn Stevenson. This friendship tells us that his basketball career was notable and he was also famous like Deshawn at his time.

Bree Purganan’s Profession

Bree is a professional nurse and gives her services at a local healthcare center. Currently, she is not working full-time with this healthcare center but at her earlier age, she gave full-time services to their patients. She is a very kind lady and is kind to their patients. 

She also gives nursing education to her healthcare center to support new nurses. She is very kind to her profession and honestly performed her duty throughout her career. 

Bree’s Basketball Career

She did not play at national levels but had strong boundings to this sport. She played for a college basketball team while studying at Merced College in California. 

How Bree Supported Her Son Jalen

Bree and her husband Marcus were also basketball players at their time. Although they never played at national levels but wished their son Jalen to play at the national level. 

They started working on Jalen from when he was too young and motivated him to work hard in fitness.  They shared their experience with Jalen and later on that helped him to be selected for the Houston Rockets in 2021.

Bree Purganan’s Other Children 

Jalen is not the only son of Bree, she also has two daughters. Her daughters’ names are Raquel Purganan and Jurnee Tyra. Raquel is married to Steve Tucker and her youngest daughter Jurnee is just 13 years old and has a passion for basketball like her brother Jalen Green.

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