In the video, entitled “Steph Curry Gets N Word Yelled At Him In China & KD Spotted In NY After Becoming A Free Agent”, host Chris Clarke asks, “Also did that Chinese fan just call Steph Curry the N-word?”

The Fumble then shows the original viral video before showing a slowed down version that was originally shared on Chinese social media and has since been shared on Twitter.

In the slower version it appears that rather than a racist epithet it is actually “thank you” that the fan says.

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Clarke takes that view, as does the fan who recorded the video. A Weibo user calling themselves “Monica” claimed that she also heard “thank you”.

They have since deleted the original video, likely because of the number of responses but also because there are strict laws against rumourmongering in China.

However, both the video and her posts explaining what she heard have been saved for posterity and discussed on Hupu, another Chinese social network.

A Hupu post titled “Curry N word event clarified, indeed misunderstood” has been read by almost 180,000 people.

It has also been discussed on Weibo where one user likened the video to the viral internet sensation from 2015 where users could not agree whether a dress was blue and black or white and gold.

There are also similarities with the May 2018 “Yanny or Laurel” meme, where social media users disagreed over what word they heard during an audio clip.

The Weibo account for the Steph Curry Tieba, Baidu’s popular discussion forum, responded to the posting of the slowed down videos thanking the user for clarifying what was said.

However, reports that Curry was racially abused remain online and they have garnered equally vitriolic comments in response.

Curry, who is in China on a promotional tour with sportswear brand Under Armour, was in Shenzhen to launch his new golf clothing line. He had earlier visited the headquarters of tech giant Tencent.