

On Sunday night, the 2022 Black Entertainment Television or BET Awards were revealed. They are supposed to celebrate the achievements and performances of the African American community. This year, Stephen Curry won the sportsman and Naomi Osaka won the sportswoman award for the year. Generally, the players receive praise for their achievements. This year it was a bit different as fans were more interested in questioning the decision to award Naomi Osaka than celebrating her or even Curry’s victory.
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The Warriors’ star player is no doubt deserving of this award for his incredible performance throughout the year. It is the felicitation of Osaka that fans have a problem with. A lot of fans believe that the 24-year-old tennis star did not contribute enough to deserve the win.
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Naomi Osaka and Stephen Curry
The career graphs of both the winners have been very different this year. Stephen Curry won his fourth ring, finals MVP and even All-star MVP this year. On the other hand, Naomi has withdrawn from multiple championships due to injuries. Fans were baffled by Naomi winning an award despite her limited presence on the tour this season.
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What are the fans saying?
There have given mixed reactions from the fans after the BET awards 2022. A few fans have congratulated the Warriors star and believe that he had an incredible run this year.
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On the other hand, people are upset with Osaka’s win. Fans talked about how Osaka was not playing for the most part of the year and there are many more deserving candidates.
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What did Osaka do?
— L'enfant (@Thekid_64) June 27, 2022
@StephenCurry30 still racking up on AWARDS!! 💪🏽2022 has been a year indeed!!
— Patrice Cattlidge (@PatriceCattlid1) June 27, 2022
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Why not Coco Gauff? Osaka hasn't played in a year!😅 pic.twitter.com/mOskNEUUbl
— TNo Sports (@TNo1o1) June 27, 2022
Naomi been at home almost all year😭
— Splash Hoops (@sporttalk4real) June 27, 2022
Despite the mixed reaction to the awards, fans of Stephen Curry will be happy that he added another trophy to his cabinet. Do you think the fans’ reactions are justified? Let us know in the comments.
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