The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Time has entered February, and the NBA league 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 the All-Star voting has also ended.

On the Eastern side, as the host of the All-Star Weekend, Howard of the Orlando Magic has always occupied an absolute lead in the All-Star voting. Not only is he at the center position, but even among all players in the league, he has the highest votes.

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

Among them, the number of votes between Curry and Rose is extremely close, with only a few hundred votes behind.

Judging from personal data and team record, it is clear that Curry is more dominant. The Wizards currently rank first in the league, and Curry has played the best personal performance of his career, averaging 31 points and 7 assists per game. .

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

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

It should have been like this, but not long ago, when Curry participated in a sports talk show, he stabbed Louzi.

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

At the same time as the popularity soared, various commercial endorsements and TV program invitations followed one after another.

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

This is normal, and people like Kobe and James often do this.

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

When he was mentioned about his opinion of Wang Xiao in an interview, Curry exhausted all kinds of words of praise.

He even said that in his opinion, Wang Xiao is the best coach in the NBA.

Wang Xiao is indeed very good. He led the 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.

The NBA has been established for decades, and there have been countless outstanding and legendary coaches, not to mention Cardinal Auerbach, magician Pat Riley, and recently retired Phil Jackson, even if they are still coaching Many head coaches of NBA teams are also better than Wang Xiao.

Like the Spurs head coach Popovich who led the Spurs to win 4 championships and led the team to 50 wins all year round, as well as the Celtics champion coach Doug Rivers, and not long ago he helped the Mavericks win the championship. Carlisle under NBA championship honors.

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

Of course, what Curry meant was not the case. What he said was that in his opinion, Wang Xiao is the best coach in the NBA, because his career has just started, and he has also come into contact with the head coach Wang Xiao in the NBA. That's all.

But the media and the audience care about you? Especially many media who like to take words out of context, can't wait to publicize this matter so that the entire league can know.

Unlike the circle of players, the circle of coaches in the NBA is very narrow, and almost the vast majority of people who can mix in this circle are Americans.

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

As a coach from China, what skills do you have when you grow up in such a backward basketball league country?

Facts have proved that Wang Xiao really has some skills. After two years in the Wizards, the team has become a strong player in the league.

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

As the instigator, although it was just an unintentional mistake, Curry's remarks still turned many fans who supported him into black.

"Kneeling and licking the head coach of the team without bottom line, I really misread you, you are not worthy to be my idol."

"Praise a coach from China as the best coach in the NBA. Where do you put Popovich? A coach who hasn't even won an NBA championship deserves to be called the best coach?"

It was originally just a random sentence in a talk show interview, but it gradually began to change in an uncontrollable direction.

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

After the incident, Curry immediately called Wang Xiao to apologize. During the phone call, he seemed very disappointed. He never thought that things would develop like this. Wang Xiao was also embroiled in controversy.

In this regard, Wang Xiao seemed very magnanimous. He was very clear about Curry's attitude towards him. So far, Curry has the highest value for him in the locker room module. Wang Xiao is sure that if he is going 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 is also out of sincere admiration for himself.

And as a person who traveled through time in 2019, he is very clear about the media's method of triggering topics with rhythm.

"A boring trick."

The criterion for defining a head coach's success is achievements, not fame and controversy, so Wang Xiao completely ignored the reporters who raised related questions in the press conferences of the subsequent games.

Undoubtedly, Wang Xiao's behavior made many reporters very disappointed. Failure to respond means that there is no topic and no news.

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

However, a small episode made this matter start to further ferment.

On February 4th, the Wizards defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 114:92 at home. Although the Clippers got Paul this season and formed an All-Star combination of Paul + Griffin, there are too many strong players in the Western Conference this season. Well, even with Paul, the Clippers can only be ranked fifth in the Western Conference under the Spurs, Lakers, Trail Blazers and Grizzlies in the Western Conference. They are still at the opponent's home court against the Wizards who are the league's No. 1 team. The ball is taken for granted.

However, the loss seemed to make the Clippers coach Vinnie De Nagro feel very upset. At the press conference after the game, De Nagro's speech was full of provocation and sarcasm. But people can tell that he is targeting Wang Xiao.