Chapter Ninety-Eight: All-Star Weekend
That night, the sports column of Huaxia.com published this video interview about Wang Xiao, and attached a text analysis, focusing on the possibility of Wang Xiao serving as the coach of the national team.
The report immediately caused a sensation among Chinese netizens.
When it comes to the coach with the highest coaching level in China, Wang Xiao ranks second, no one dares to rank first, and in half a season in the NBA, he can lead the team to the second place in the East, which is one of the best among basketball coaches in the world!
If Wang Xiao serves as the head coach of the national team, then there is no doubt that the level of the Chinese men's basketball team will be raised to a higher level.
Since Da Yao was reimbursed for the 09 playoffs, many Chinese people have been pessimistic about Chinese basketball.
Da Yao is not a god, he will also be injured and will get old, once Da Yao retires from the national team, then who can replace Da Yao in the Chinese men's basketball team? The answer is no.
Da Yao's dominance is a phenomenon in Asia and even the world, and it is undeniable that he has many flaws, such as his high body and large tonnage weight making his physical fitness quite poor, his ankle is fragile and prone to injury, etc., but as long as he is on the court, then it is absolutely impossible for opponents to ignore him.
If Da Yao is lost, what kind of impact will the Chinese men's basketball team have on the world rankings? Whether or not even Asia can maintain its hegemonic position is a question!
But now, Wang Xiao has been born.
The young Chinese coach has always been controversial, but his strength is unquestionable.
If this head coach is allowed to coach the Huaxia men's basketball team, maybe it can make the Huaxia men's basketball team go further!
But...... Some old fans sensitively discovered Wang Xiao's last sentence.
"If I am asked to coach a team, then I have to have the final say in the selection of players to the daily training and other arrangements of the team, if you can't agree to my requests, I'm afraid there will be no possibility of cooperation."
Wang Xiao's words have already indicated his attitude.
Let me coach the Huaxia men's basketball team, of course, no problem, but the team wants me to have the final say, otherwise there is no need to talk about it.
From a bystander's point of view, it doesn't seem like a problem, isn't it a matter of course that the manager is in charge of the team?
But if you put it in the national team, it's not so simple.
The list of players of the Chinese men's national basketball team is definitely not something that the head coach can decide alone, there are many complex reasons for this, and it is impossible for the Basketball Association to delegate power to a head coach.
These old fans have posted their views on the Internet, thinking that if Wang Xiao still adheres to this view, I am afraid it will be difficult to become the head coach of the national team.
But the comments didn't attract much attention online, and people were more excited about the basketball association's views on the matter.
However, although this incident caused a huge repercussion on the Internet, the national team did not issue any statement as if it was completely unaware.
Whether Wang Xiao has the opportunity to coach the national team, no one knows, including Wang Xiao himself.
However, Wang Xiao doesn't pay much attention to this matter now.
He has planted the seeds with his own hands, and when they will sprout and blossom is a question to be considered later, and now Wang Xiao is more concerned about NBA events and All-Star Weekend.
In the Rookie Challenge, the first-year team led by Curry Harden defeated the second-year team 143-131, breaking the record of a second-year rookie beating a first-year rookie in the Rookie Challenge for seven consecutive years.
Curry started the Rookie Challenge, scoring 29 points and 4 assists and winning the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.
In addition to Curry, Harden, who is also a first-year rookie, also scored 23 points, and Green scored 11 points, all of which were excellent.
Jordan Jr. in the sophomore team came off the bench and scored 2 points and 5 rebounds, his performance was very mediocre, no way, on the All-Star stage, performance is more important than competition, and it is difficult for a player like Jordan Jr. to defend and grab rebounds, it is difficult to perform on the All-Star stage.
The day after the Rookie Challenge, there will be competitions such as the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest.
The only player on the Wizards in this session is Curry, who participated in the three-point contest.
In the first round of the three-point contest, Curry threw up 19 points, the highest of any of the six players in the competition, and he reached the finals with Pierce and Billups, both of whom had 17 points in the first round.
In the finals, Curry may have been a little nervous, scoring only 17 points after a five-point shot, which was not as good as the score in the first round, but Pierce was in excellent form, scoring 20 points, defeating Curry's 17 points and Billups' 14 points, and lifting the three-point championship trophy.
Curry didn't lose much about missing the three-point championship trophy, and he also knew that these honors were just a small dessert after dinner, and it didn't hurt at all, and the real highlight was tomorrow's All-Star Game.
Before the start of the All-Star weekend, the Eastern Conference All-Star starter Allen. Iverson announced his retirement from the All-Star Game due to his daughter's illness, and his position was replaced by Hawks center Al A. Replaced by Horford.
Without Iverson, there will be a vacant position at the starting guard in the East, which will be filled by a substitute player in the East.
As the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars, Wang Xiao did not hesitate to use his power for personal gain, allowing Curry to sit in the starting position in the East.
said that he was using power for personal gain, but Wang Xiao's choice of Curry was also a normal decision.
The bench guard line in the East is these players: Joe of the Hawks. Johnson, Rajan of the Celts. Rondo, Derrick of the Bulls. Rose, and Stephen of the Wizards. Curry.
Of the four backup guards, Curry is clearly the best, averaging 27 points per game to rank fourth on the scoring list, and Joe Brown, the top scorer of the other three. Johnson was just over 21 points.
In fact, in terms of scoring, Curry is even higher than the two All-Star starting guards in the East, Wade and Iverson, but as a rookie, Curry's popularity is not as good as these two, so even if the scoring and team record are better than the two, he can only be an All-Star substitute.
It is precisely because of Curry's outstanding performance that Wang Xiao can let his disciple sit in the All-Star starting position with peace of mind.
But even so, Wang Xiao didn't let Curry play too much time in the All-Star Game.
At the end of the day, Curry is just a first-year rookie, and in this performance-oriented arena, fans want to see their idols play.
James, Wade and other superstars are the real protagonists, and the other All-Star benches also need to show their faces.
Wang Xiao has no need to offend these All-Star players and fans because of the entertainment game of the All-Star, although he himself doesn't care much about these, but he still has to take into account Curry's position, as a first-year rookie, if he steals the limelight from his predecessors in the All-Star Weekend, I am afraid it will be difficult to mix in this circle, even if the stars don't care, their fans may have disgust and resistance to Curry.
All-Star Weekend can increase followers, but it can also lose followers, and if that's the case, the gains outweigh the losses.