Back-sting Kobe? Curry broke the news in an interview: When the rookie changed to Kobe in season, he kept elbowing me!

Recently, Stephen Curry was a guest on the "The Tonight Show" program, recalling the past about Kobe Bryant. He said: "That's my 'Welcome to the NBA moment'. I was replaced in front of Kobe Bryant, and he kept elbowing my body. At that time, I was naive and kept looking at the referee, hoping that they could whistle, as if they would really call Kobe for me. After Kobe received the ball, he flicked his left shoulder and jumped back, and then returned to the backcourt. I was thinking: OK, this is my welcome to the NBA moment."

In fact, basically every NBA player will have his own "Welcome to the NBA moment" when he first entered the NBA. The seniors of the team and the seniors of the NBA often give some advice to the rookies and tell the cruelty of the NBA arena. Therefore, Kobe's elbow to the Curry is also a way for seniors in the NBA to welcome the rookies. Curry entered the NBA in 2009. Kobe was in his peak period at that time. His special care for Curry may be to a certain extent because he saw Curry's potential to motivate Curry.

Curry himself admitted in an interview that this incident really inspired him and made him want to prove himself better in front of Kobe. Therefore, when he scored a three-pointer in front of Kobe, he was very proud of it. Curry said: "About three years later, I hit a three-pointer in front of him in a game, which was the moment when he passed the torch to me. He gently patted my butt on the way through the halftime. The gifts he gave me and the moments of passing the torch were cool."

It is worth mentioning that in the ranking of authoritative American media a while ago, Curry surpassed Kobe for the first time and became the top ten superstar in NBA history, and Kobe's ranking dropped to eleventh. Some fans believe that Curry's current achievements are not enough to surpass Kobe in historical rankings, but some fans believe that there are talents in the generation of ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​