Based on what? If it’s becuase of geographical location than that would apply to “national teams” as well ….a “team” isn’t a living breathing thing …the players who comprise a team are and those players in the NBA are obviously not “local” they’re globally sourced
And since when has the NBA as an organization been calling their teams world champions?
Typical obtuse Europeans struggle with common sense when it comes to these topics, though, out of some sort of weirdo "we hate everything generating from the United States" deal.So his point is a semantical one .. i.e. meaningless
“You can only call yourself world champions if only the organizing body calls itself the world championship”
This is the most trite …ignorant shyt I’ve heard in a minute
Playing the “world” isn’t some unique abstraction or singular organism as some of you are mindbogglingly preseting it here. Every team is composed of individual players…those players don’t suddenly lose being from certain regions around the “world” when they put on an NBA jersey …shyt is silly
Where is he now? Someone tell me why he isn't warming up for Olympiakos in September.
The worst part of it is that the FIBA' World Cup is not even a club competition; it's a national team competition. These Euros all know that sports have club world champs and national team world champs and are ignoring the distinction to try and make what is an increasingly silly point.This nikka Giannis gave his blood sweat and tears for the Bucks and yet, the FIBA World Cup a non-club competition dictates who the club World Champs are??
Local, meaning that they play in a specific city or region.Based on what? If it’s becuase of geographical location than that would apply to “national teams” as well ….a “team” isn’t a living breathing thing …the players who comprise a team are and those players in the NBA are obviously not “local” they’re globally sourced
The fact that people are having difficulties comprehending this is yet another indication of the failing education system across our country and several others unfortunately.
I just had a conversation with an out of pocket Jamaican cat that I haven’t gotten along with years, but refriended him on Facebook:
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I love Pop, but this man's teams relied on key contributors from the U.S. Virgin Islands, France, Argentina, and Australia to win titles, among other countries.“There are no world champions in the NBA, so anybody that has the flag up that says world champions is not correct…. It’s not appropriate. …It doesn’t make sense for an NBA team to call themselves world champions. I don’t remember anybody playing anybody outside our borders to get that tag. Isn’t that true? I keep waiting for somebody to tell me I’ve missed something.’
-5 Time NBA Champion coach Gregg Popovich, 2010
Gregg Popovich Hates the Term 'World Champions' | SLAM
Pop truly is the best, as the Boston Herald reveals: "The Spurs coach isn’t disputing any of Bill Russell’s titles, and he isn’t saying the Lakers
1. The “World Championship” is held in a specific city or region as well ….like what the fukk are you guys talking about
1. A “team” means absolutely nothing without PLAYERS nikka … a team isn’t a self sustaining organism ..in this example the “Boston Celtics” are an amalgamation of several individuals from apparently several countries they represent the “world” just as much as any national team would represent their countries ..
How does this make sense in your brain when players currently in the NBA are already from different countries … why would they need to go play “countries around the world” when the competition is already integrated with those international players lmao …like just sit and actually think about what you’re writing
This is a bunch of nonsensical rambling.1. The “World Championship” is held in a specific city or region as well ….like what the fukk are you guys talking about
2. What the hell does where you geographically play have to do with who you’re actually competing against? Like what? we’re diverged into a conversation that doesn’t even have to do with the actual competitors anymore …Lmao
The shyt gets sillier and sillier the more you nikkas try to make it make sense…. it ok to just say Noah Lyes is an idiot who clearly didn’t think before speaking.
1. A “team” means absolutely nothing without PLAYERS nikka … a team isn’t a self sustaining organism ..in this example the “Boston Celtics” are an amalgamation of several individuals from apparently several countries they represent the “world” just as much as any national team would represent their countries ..
2. Where a team is “from” or HQ’d is pretty irrelevant if all of the people representing that team aren’t from the same place… that’s why Apple Google Microsoft etc etc are identified as “multinational/global organizations” not just american ones ..how are you still conflating this simple concept lol … like again THINK then speak.
How does this make sense in your brain when players currently in the NBA are already from different countries … why would they need to go play “countries around the world” when the competition is already integrated with those international players lmao …like just sit and actually think about what you’re writing
What you’re arguing is that once a player from outside of the states puts on an NBA uniform he is magically no longer apart or attached to whatever region they originated in ..which of course is completely asinine…
A “national team” is just a different way of distributing the same talent pool that the NBA pulls from..in fact it strains that talent pool out and makes it an even higher bar to obtain.. like literally …
I will say tho the idea of simply putting an NBA jersey on these international players causing so much confusion and tripping you guys up logically around these simple facts is comical to read lol
