As time enters February, the NBA league's schedule has become more intensive and compact, and February is not only the regular season for the NBA, but also the All-Star Weekend.

At this time, the second round of All-Star voting has ended.

In the East, as the host of the All-Star Weekend, Howard of the Orlando Magic has always had an absolute lead in the All-Star voting. Not only at the center position, he also received the highest votes among all players in the league.

The top five vote-getters in the Eastern Conference are Howard, James, Curry, Rose and Wade.

Among them, Curry and Rose's votes were very close, with only a few hundred votes difference.

Judging from personal data and team record, it is obvious that Curry has the advantage. The Wizards are currently ranked first in the league, and Curry has played the best personal performance of his career, averaging 31 points and 7 assists per game as a top superstar.

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In comparison, although the Bulls' record is also very good, and Rose's average of 22 points and 8 assists per game is also impeccable, it is still slightly worse than Curry.

It stands to reason that Curry should be higher than Rose in terms of popularity.

This should have been the case, but not long ago, Curry poked fun at Lou while participating in a sports talk show.

As one of the best new-generation players in the league, Curry is already a star player in the league in popularity second only to veteran superstars such as Kobe Bryant and James. His handsome face and more popular style of play have gained him a large number of fans.

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As his popularity soared, various commercial endorsements and TV program invitations followed.

In January, he participated in a talk show on a New York sports TV station.

This is normal. People like Kobe and James often do this too.

But there is one difference between Curry and other stars, and that is that he has a head coach from China.

When his opinion of Wang Xiao was mentioned in an interview, Curry used all kinds of praise.

In a fit of enthusiasm, he even said that in his opinion, Wang Xiao is the best coach in the NBA.

Wang Xiao is indeed very good. He led his team to the NBA Finals at a young age, but it is still a bit exaggerated to say that he is the best coach in the NBA.

Over the decades since the NBA was founded, countless outstanding and legendary coaches have emerged, not to mention Cardinal Auerbach, fortune teller Pat Riley, and Phil Jackson, who just retired not long ago. Even now, they are still coaching.

Many head coaches of NBA teams are better than Wang Xiao.

For example, Spurs head coach Popovich, who led the Spurs to four championships and consistently led the team to 50 wins, as well as Celtics championship coach Doc Rivers, and the Mavericks who just helped the Mavericks win the

Carlisle who won the NBA championship.

You, a coach from China, have not received any hard honors at all. How can you be called the best coach in the NBA just because you have a good regular season record in two seasons?

Of course, Curry's original intention was not that. What he said was that in his opinion, Wang Xiao is the best coach in the NBA because his career has just begun and he has only been exposed to Wang Xiao as a head coach in the NBA.

That's all.

But what do the media and audiences care about you? Especially many media who like to take words out of context and want to publicize this matter so that the entire league knows about it.

Unlike the player circle, the NBA coaching circle is very narrow, and almost the vast majority of people who can hang out in this circle are Americans.

As a Chinese coach, Wang Xiao was even secretly looked down upon by many people when he first entered the league.

You, a coach from China, grew up in such a backward basketball league country, what skills do you have?

Facts have proved that Wang Xiao is really capable. In just two years with the Wizards, he made the team a powerhouse in the league.

But even so, many coaches in the league will still feel dissatisfied when they hear the media's remarks about Wang Xiao being the best coach in the NBA.

As the initiator, although it was just an unintentional mistake, Curry's remarks still caused many fans who supported him to turn negative.

"You kneel down and lick the head coach of the team without any bottom line. I really misjudged you. You are not worthy of being my idol."

"Touting a coach from China as the best coach in the NBA, where do you put Popovich? A coach who has not even won an NBA championship deserves to be called the best coach?"

What was originally just a casual remark during a talk show interview gradually began to change in an uncontrollable direction.

It is precisely for this reason that Curry's popularity has been affected, causing Rose to come from behind in the All-Star voting and almost overtake Curry.

Afterwards, Curry immediately called Wang Xiao to apologize. He seemed very disappointed on the phone. He didn't expect that things would develop like this. It didn't matter that his own popularity was affected, but because of what he said without thinking, it made him feel disappointed.

Wang Xiao is also involved in controversy.

In this regard, Wang Xiao seems very generous. He is very clear about Curry's attitude towards him. So far, Curry is the one who has the most kindness to him in the locker room module. Wang Xiao is sure that if he is ready to leave the Wizards

If the team goes to another team, Curry will not hesitate to apply for a trade transfer.

The reason why he said that on the talk show was out of genuine respect for himself.

As a person who traveled back in time in 2019, he is very clear about the media's methods of setting the pace and triggering topics.

"A boring trick."

The criterion that defines the success of a head coach is performance, not fame and controversy, so Wang Xiao completely ignored reporters who asked relevant questions at the press conferences of several subsequent games.

Wang Xiao's behavior undoubtedly disappointed many reporters. Failure to respond means there is no topic and no news.

If this continues, this matter may soon subside and return to silence.

However, an incident caused the matter to further ferment.

On February 4, the Wizards defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 114:92 at home. Although the Clippers acquired Paul this season and formed the All-Star combination of Paul + Griffin, there are too many powerful players in the Western Conference this season.

Well, even with Paul, the Clippers can only rank fifth in the Western Conference behind the Spurs, Lakers, Trail Blazers and Grizzlies. Against the Wizards, who are ranked first in the league, they still lose at the opponent's home court.

The ball is a given.

However, the loss seemed to make Clippers head coach Vinnie DeNagro feel very unhappy. At the post-game press conference, DeNagro's speech was full of provocation and sarcasm. Although he did not say it explicitly, everything
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