Whole NBA on Noah Lyles head rn

[Damnshow]

Lyles was right though

Can't call it National Basketball Association and be World Champions

And while we're on the subject, the US are not even the reigning world champions in basketball, Spain is

Nah, Olympics > this secondary Fiba World Cup. Last time I checked Team USA won the gold medal in Olympics and Spain couldn't make the semi's.

This isn't FIFA soccer world cup where it's de facto the main tournament to determine which country is best in the world.

Tune in this basketball world cup and check out how many trash teams are in there. In Olympics at most might get maybe two trash teams.

 

[Jalether]

It's such a stupid argument on the part of everyone dunking on him.

Bro wasn't speaking to the quality of the nba, which is the best in the world but rather on the accuracy

Of labelling nba champions as world champions, which internationally tournament did nba teams/winners play to earn that title

Argentina are the world champions by winning the most prestigious international title, the world cup.

uefa champions league is the best in the world but their champions don't go around claiming to be world champions

Not unless they win the club world cup ofcourse


Now if he said the USA men's basketball team were not the world champions then it would be a false statement tas they are the current holders of the international basketball tournament, the Olympics. The nba however is a national/domestic league and doesn't compete in international tournaments unlike the USA mens basketball team so he's absolutely correct

This shouldn't even be a controversial statement at all

 

[Hawala Man]

He is using the clout and attention for marketing purposes rather than ignoring him they are playing into his hand. NBA players with the fragile egos are all giving him free clout.

The big name corporations will offer him some money soon.

 

[J Money]

Nba fans and players so emotional

Sissy shyt

 

[The ADD]

I think we should hear him out because I bet there are some ppl on this very coli that would say some goofy shyt like "Latvia would give the 96 Bulls a lot of trouble"

 

[Big Boss]

Lowkey he's right

 

[jj23]

Lol. He told no lies though, but top tier trolling

 

[jj23]

Shame to see such a phenomenal track star begging for attention like that.

Professional athletes do shyt like this every day, and we are all in for the fukkery.

If it brings more eyes to Track I am all for it.

 

[mastermind]

They might as well, though. The European Champ has won eighty percent of the Club World Cup titles and hasn't lost one in nine years, and that's a tournament with high variance since it's single-elimination.

They don’t because they aren’t world champions. It’s not a title they bestow on themselves until they face others from around the world.

 

[Roger king]

Its all fun and trolling but the NBA is the most elite basketball competition there is, it is the premier league of football. The best players and the best teams are in the NBA and it is close, the NBA champion is the best team in the world in basketball

 

[Peak]

Cant say i disagree but this is a clear attempt to stretch the 15 mins of fame US track and field every couple of years

 

[Big Boss]

9

Devil's advocate:

It's pretty much accepted by everyone that the premier league is by far the best soccer league.

Yet they still play teams from other leagues In tournaments and friendlies.

Is this just a basketball thing?

Or an American thing?

A large chunk of recent MVP's come from these leagues right? ( And Luka hasn't even won HIS yet)

 

[Big Boss]

The little league world series champion is more legit than the MLB world series champion or the NBA world champion

 

[LiveFromLondon]

They might as well, though. The European Champ has won eighty percent of the Club World Cup titles and hasn't lost one in nine years, and that's a tournament with high variance since it's single-elimination.

And if Real Madrid or Man City played in a league with the MLS, Brazilian, Argentinian, etc. champs from the Americas, Asia, and Africa, they'd walk that competition every year.

It's silly to compare the NBA to European football because the PL, La Liga, and Bundesliga are far closer in competitiveness than the NBA is to EuroBasket, the ABL, etc.

No non-NBA team is beating the Nuggets in a seven-game series, which takes out the high variance of a single game elimination format. It's obvious that the best NBA team is the best basketball team in the world. Not so much with the best La Liga team.

You cant be serious, What part of National Basketball Association dont you understand.

 

[Big Boss]

They might as well, though. The European Champ has won eighty percent of the Club World Cup titles and hasn't lost one in nine years, and that's a tournament with high variance since it's single-elimination.

And if Real Madrid or Man City played in a league with the MLS, Brazilian, Argentinian, etc. champs from the Americas, Asia, and Africa, they'd walk that competition every year.

It's silly to compare the NBA to European football because the PL, La Liga, and Bundesliga are far closer in competitiveness than the NBA is to EuroBasket, the ABL, etc.

No non-NBA team is beating the Nuggets in a seven-game series, which takes out the high variance of a single game elimination format. It's obvious that the best NBA team is the best basketball team in the world. Not so much with the best La Liga team.

It's called the National Basketball Association not the World Basketball Association