Brook Lopez is joining a Clippers team that is nothing like the one he grew up watching

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brook Lopez grew up in Southern California. He remembers the days when the Los Angeles Clippers were awful.

Those years are long gone — and Lopez is betting that even better years are ahead.

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