Godfather of the NBA: Cutting Curry and creating a dynasty

Before the summer league started, the Clippers quickly completed the formation of the lineup:

c Chris Kaman 1040 million

c DeAndre Jordan 74

pf paul millsap 800 million

PF Serge Ibaka 112 million

pf Ty Gibson 108 million

sf Ron Artest 630 million

sf Al Thornton 190 million

f/g Quentin Richardson 935 million

f/g Sean Livingston 30

g Jamal Crawford 936 million

g James Harden 405 million

g Stephen Curry 297 million

pg Kyle Lowry 203 million

The total salary of 13 people is 5760 million, which is only one step away from the salary cap of 5770 million.

In addition, the Clippers also have a special case of 665 million traded with the Grizzlies, and a special case of 705 million traded with the Thunder.

There is plenty of room for reinforcement, and there is absolutely nothing to worry about.

As long as there are no accidents and rookies such as Curry and Harden grow steadily for two years, the Clippers are definitely the most powerful contenders for the championship!

On July 7, the Clippers ushered in the first game of the summer league.

The opponent in this game is the Lakers, also located in Los Angeles.

Because Yang Li brought Artest here, the Lakers can only renew Ariza this summer without any reinforcement.

Having said so much, the main reason is that there is a big guy in the summer league audience today.

Kobe Bryant.

He is also one of Yang Li's favorite players.

Seeing Kobe sitting alive not far from him at this moment, Yang Li was both excited and relieved.

Perhaps, Kobe in his previous life, like himself, traveled to a certain parallel time and space.

There, he should still be that competitive fighter, writing another legendary story that belongs to him.

"Yang, I know you." Kobe suddenly stood up and came to Yang Li, stretched out his hand and said, "You snatched Ron (Artest) from us."

"No, no, Kobe." Yang Li quickly got up, and excitedly gave him a high-five and hug.

Then Yang Li pointed to Artest who was admonishing Curry Harden and others after the heat, "From the beginning to the end, it was Ron who chose us."

"Oh?" Kobe smiled, and sat down with Yang Li, "How did you do it? Mitch (Kupchak) was very confident in taking him down, but you got there first."

"It's very simple." Yang Li also smiled, "I just asked Ron a question."

"What question?" Kobe asked with interest.

"Don't you want to beat Kobe with your own hands?"

After Yang Li finished speaking, he stared at Kobe seriously.

Kobe was taken aback for a moment, then grinned, and then patted Yang Li on the shoulder and laughed loudly.

"Interesting, you are really interesting, you are even more interesting than Dayao!"

In just two sentences, he fell in love with Yang Li, a young man.

Not far away, Artest suddenly heard Kobe's hearty laughter and looked up.

Seeing that it was Kobe, he hurriedly put away his black face when he was giving lectures, and smiled at Kobe.

Kobe also smiled and nodded to him, and it can be seen that the relationship between the two is very good.

Artest suddenly said something to the people around him, and all the Clippers players turned around and applauded Kobe.

Curry, Harden and other rookies looked young, and when they looked at Kobe, their faces were full of respect.

In the seat behind the players sat Curry's father, Dell Curry, who turned around and saw Kobe and stood up and applauded.

Back then, the two almost became teammates, and they had played against each other many times in the NBA, so they were old acquaintances.

The audience around didn't know what happened, they only saw the Clippers players suddenly clapped their hands in one direction.

When they all looked in the direction of their applause, they suddenly saw Kobe, and they suddenly realized.

Immediately, everyone stood up and applauded together, and several die-hard fans shouted "mvp" while whistling.

Yang Li, who was sitting beside Kobe, also got up quickly and applauded Kobe beside him.

Kobe was a little shy in the face of the sudden applause.

But after all, he is a person who is used to seeing big scenes. After getting up, he straightened his clothes, and nodded to everyone around him.

At the same time, in a corner that no one noticed, a pair of beautiful violet eyes under the sunglasses were staring at the two with great interest.

After the commotion, Kobe patted Yang Li on the shoulder, and the two sat down together.

"Yang, you made a lot of news in this year's draft," Kobe said.

"I believe in my own vision, just like Mr. West believes in you." Yang Li said.

Kobe was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled. It is indeed because of Jerry West's insight that he can achieve what he is today.

"Are you optimistic about those two little guys?" Bryant asked.

"I'm not sure what these two people will be like in the future." Yang Li said, "But I can see your shadow in them."

"Hahaha." Kobe laughed heartily again, "I don't know how many times I've heard your words."

"The two of them are different from others." Yang Li said very seriously.

Seeing Yang Li's appearance, Kobe's complexion also became serious.

"How about this, Yang." Kobe said, "Today we will make a bet on how many points these two boys can score."

"No problem." Yang Li said, "But what are you going to bet on?"

"If you lose, you have to invite all of our two teams to have a good night tonight." Bryant said.

"It's very simple." Yang Li said, "If you lose, you must promise me that the task of training these two boys before the training camp is yours."

"It's a deal!" Kobe held out his hand.

"It's a deal!" Yang Li clapped his hands.

In the end, Yang Li and Kobe started the gamble with Curry Harden scoring 45 points together.

huh~

Yang Li whistled.

"Stephen! James!" Yang Li shouted.

Curry and Harden quickly turned around and looked at Yang Li.

Yang Li didn't speak, just smiled and stretched out his hand to cut his throat in front of his neck.

The two young future stars frowned, looked at Kobe next to Yang Li, seemed to understand something, and then nodded.

beep~

When the whistle sounded to start the game, Ibaka jumped up with a bang, and gave the racket directly to Curry.

The Lakers quickly returned to defense, and Curry dribbled the ball unhurriedly through the half court.

Just as the Lakers were preparing to meet the Clippers' offense, Curry suddenly joined the ball in the middle circle.

"What is he going to do?" The audience was dumbfounded.

He joined the ball just after halftime. Could it be that he was too nervous to play the game for the first time?

This young man is too young!

Kobe frowned when he saw the movement of Curry's hands when he closed the ball, and realized that things were not simple.

"He's going to shoot!"