Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 682 - 235: You Don’t Have to Fight if You Don’t Want To (2 Ten-Thousand-Word Updates, Please Subscribe and Vote!)

As the time Stephen and Qin Yue spent together grew longer...

Dale Curry had long realized that his always well-mannered and humble eldest son was having his nature continuously liberated by Qin Yue.

Although most of the time, in interactions and communications with others, Curry was still the same Curry.

But on the court, Curry, influenced by black Qi near red Zhu, was already showing a trend of becoming the "Golden State's Little Qin Yue."

For example, at this moment, after mocking Klay, he held his mouthguard in his mouth and swaggered towards the locker room tunnel...

How could such a Curry not make the Lakers fans on-site grind their teeth in hatred?

The stadium was nearly instantly engulfed in booing.

To this...

Old Curry, sitting among a bunch of Lakers fans, even had to quickly lower his head, as if afraid of being recognized as Curry's father.

Arrogant, unruly.

Indeed, this was another side of Curry's personality.

Also, in Qin Yue's memory, it was the Curry who dared to tell the whole league "No team wants to face us next season" after the 20/21 season.

And back in the locker room, when Nash, sitting next to Curry, personally experienced the dangerous aura emanating from him...

No doubt.

This was definitely the episode where Steve Nash first realized his days with the Warriors were numbered.

In the NBA, the rise of stars.

Must inevitably herald the fall of veterans.

This season, with Curry on the court partnering with Qin Yue becoming more apparent.

Nash had clearly reached his final dance with the Warriors.

As a veteran who would officially turn 38 next February, Nash knew better than anyone...

With the fuel in his tank running low, if he still wanted to continue as a starter, he couldn't remain with the Warriors for long.

Even though, in Nash's view, as long as he was willing, the Warriors would still offer him a retirement contract this summer.

However, come next season...

Would Curry, eager to ascend, really be willing to continue playing as a substitute?

It's worth noting that the reason Curry was willing to continue playing off the bench this season was entirely due to Qin Yue's persuasion.

How did Qin Yue persuade Curry?

"Stephen, since you've been chosen as the best sixth man for two consecutive years, don't you want to achieve your personal hat trick in this honor?"

After halftime, the game resumed.

Klay, who in the first half was questioned by Curry, "What kind of champion are you," hit a three-pointer for the Lakers right off Paul's pass on the outside.

It must be said...

Klay's style indeed perfectly fits this Lakers team.

Especially after the Lakers abandoned the triangle offense.

The twin Gasol brothers' spacing combined with Klay's off-ball movement.

They not only provided Paul and Kobe with passing lines on where to pass and offensive space allowing opportunities no matter how they played but also, under their mutual synergy...

They brought pressure to the defending champions, even far surpassing the Knicks with several superstars.

Qin Yue clearly knew the current Lakers were forming a modern small-ball system.

This couldn't help but make Qin Yue look highly at Mike Brown, who replaced Phil Jackson as the Lakers head coach this summer.

Just as in Qin Yue's memory.

The Lakers underwent a summer of power transfer this year.

As is well known, the Lakers falling into the hands of outsiders was the long-standing bottom line of Jerry Buss.

Therefore, as Jerry Buss knew his time was running out, after Jim Buss officially took over, Little Basi unhesitatingly followed his father's hint and kicked Jeanie Buss's lover out of the equation.

Moreover...

Since Jackson had been unable to lead the Lakers to a championship over the past two seasons, Little Basi's act of firing the distinguished coach not only didn't attract external skepticism but instead received unanimous praise.

Of course...

As someone who'd been through it, Qin Yue knew better than anyone that Old Buss's worry about Jackson relying on seducing Aunt Jeanie to take over the Buss family's assets in the future was completely overthinking.

Because no matter how many outrageous operations Aunt Jeanie did in Qin Yue's memory, wise Aunt Jeanie would never allow the "Zen Master" to take over the Lakers.

Historically, if Qin Yue remembered correctly, just when Jackson was about to take over the Lakers, Aunt Jeanie immediately and decisively kicked her old lover out of Los Angeles.

In short, whether it was under whoever took over the Buss family, Jackson's attempt to seize control of the Lakers was utterly impossible.

However, compared to the same period in history...

This life, Mike Brown, still invited by Little Basi to take charge of the Lakers, was destined to be fortunate.

Because he had more cards to play, and with I Cannon smoothing the Lakers' offense as an on-court coach, when Brown chose to give up the triangle offense, unexpectedly, it was due to their active transition to small ball that the Lakers posed an unprecedented threat to the Warriors.

On the court, it was the Warriors' offensive possession.

Qin Yue scored with a strong play inside.

Coming back, it was the Lakers' possession.

Down low, when switched onto Big Gasol, Brown originally thought he could rely on physical confrontation to regain his footing.

However, worse than facing Little Gasol...

In front of Big Gasol's elegant post moves, Brown looked like a fool, played around until he almost passed out.

Under the basket, Big Gasol lifted and scored with a layup over Brown, successfully drawing Brown's fourth personal foul of the game.