Curry's loss as an All-Star starter is no surprise at all
This morning, the NBA announced its starting lineup for this year's All-Stars. West: James, Durant, Jokic, Alexander, and Doncic. East: Lillard, Haliburton, Antetokounmpo, Embiid, Tatum.
The absolute majority of the 10 people lived up to the fans' expectations. Lillard, who went to the East, also tasted the benefits of the East, and was selected as an All-Star starter for the first time in his career, while Curry, who had previously pressed Lillard in the West, was not selected as an All-Star starter this year.
This should be the first time since Curry played at All-Star level that he was not selected as an All-Star starter due to injury factors. In the first three rounds of fan voting, Curry has been second, but not much behind Alexander.
In the final voting results, Curry ranked 3rd with 76 votes, 2nd with fans voted, and 4th with 4 votes from the media. Curry's media votes were even lower than Huazi's.
Fans vote for popularity, players vote for connections, and media votes are more about hard power. Alexander received 96 media votes, Doncic 89, Huazi 10, and Curry only four.
It can be said that Alexander is now recognized as the No. 1 guard in the West, and even the No. 1 guard in the league. So far this season, Alexander has averaged 31.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 54.6% from the field and 32.9% from three-point range.
Curry is averaging 26.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.4 blocks and 3 turnovers per game so far this season, shooting 44.6% from the field and 40.1% from three-point range. Whether it is in terms of statistics or records, Curry is a cut below Alexander.
Alexander has emerged as an MVP candidate, while Curry is still mired in an eventful spell for the Warriors. Especially since December, Curry's performance has been getting worse and worse, which has lowered a lot of impression points.
If it was a pure fan decision like before, Curry would still be able to get the start this time with his popularity. But now that only half of the fan votes are cast, and the media and players each vote are a quarter, if you want to be selected as an All-Star starter, you must not only be popular, but also have enough hard power.
Of course, there's a little bit of luck to do that. For example, Lillard, who didn't get into the starting line once in his prime, became a starter immediately after going to the East. Although Lillard doesn't have a championship ring, he still has his luck in the selection of some awards, as well as the big 75.
Curry's failure to start also frustrated the fans' vision of Janduku as a starter. However, this couple will definitely play on the same court on the All-Star level, and this time it will definitely not be Jandu who will hold Curry.
Last year's All-Star Game turned into a three-point contest between Lillard and Tatum, and the viewing level dropped a lot. What the All-Star Stars will look like this year is another matter, at least as fans, we can see Janduku teaming up, and it will definitely not be worse than last year.
Speaking of James, although James continues to be selected as a starter this year, he has been selected as a starter for the 20th consecutive season in his career, the only one in history. But his record of being the king of votes for 7 consecutive years was also ended by Brother Alphabet this year.
In the first three rounds of voting, Brother Alphabet has always been the king of votes. Although Brother Alphabet's popularity in China is not very good, his popularity abroad is still not to be said. Of course, there are also many reasons why James fans are very Buddhist.
A lot of James fans around me haven't mentioned voting for James this year. Everyone is busy with life, and they don't watch the ball very much, let alone care if James is the ticket king.
You can see James' failure to win the vote and Curry's failure to be selected as an All-Star starter as a normal change of the times.
Curry hasn't reached the curtain call yet, but this time it's time to leave the bigger stage for the youngsters.