Whole NBA on Noah Lyles head rn

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Noah doesn't have any personal beef toward the NBA, or it's players. He is just doing this for publicity. instead of realizing this and playing along, or ignoring him, the NBA got in they feelings.
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Why would you hate on fellow Americans during world competitions for clout?

It was stupid
 

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I still til this day, don't get any of this and why he even brought up the NBA in the first place

And how him winning a gold correlates to the NBA players and their competition
It's worrying that seemingly only Americans don't know what he meant.

The NBA is a national league with two countries, one of which has only one team. It doesn't make sense to title yourself world champion if your competition is two countries.

It makes as much sense as Miss Texas calling herself Miss Universe because she beat the other states in a Miss America beauty pageant.

If after the season, the Celtics played in the intercontinental cup, they'd be world champions


But the NBA decided to send the g league winners instead. Ironically, if they win the cup they can call themselves world champions. But they didn't. No G League team has beaten international clubs :francis:
 

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It's worrying that seemingly only Americans don't know what he meant.

The NBA is a national league with two countries, one of which has only one team. It doesn't make sense to title yourself world champion
when did the NBA title the finals winner "world champion"?

I don't care about NBA teams hanging their own banners saying so. The NBA finals winner is not called the "world champion."
 

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when did the NBA title the finals winner "world champion"?

I don't care about NBA teams hanging their own banners saying so. The NBA finals winner is not called the "world champion."
I mean you can say you don't care, but that was his argument. The Celtics, and other teams, have banners calling themselves the world champions. That doesn't follow if they didn't beat other teams around the world.

I still think the FIBA intercontinental cup should include the NBA champions. G league is a horrible representation of American talent
 

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He took shots at his own countrymen tho :gucci: :russ:

Are yall purposely choosing to ignore that? American arrogance is all cool and fun, but express that at your fellow countrymen?
I've heard the "American arrogance" point be made from Carlin to Patrice when it comes to world champs in sporting events. This shyt ain't nothing new. TMZball fans and athletes being in they feels again. Guarantee if no TMZball player/fan gave Lyles comments any oxygen, shyt would have been outta the news cycle by the evening news of the same day.
 

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I've heard the "American arrogance" point be made from Carlin to Patrice when it comes to world champs in sporting events. This shyt ain't nothing new. TMZball fans and athletes being in they feels again. Guarantee if no TMZball player/fan gave Lyles comments any oxygen, shyt would have been outta the news cycle by the evening news of the same day.
I ain't in my feelings about this man, all I said is the American arrogance thing is moot when it's applied at other black American men. He took shots so he's liable to get shots taken at him if it's fair right? Is he in his feelings since he brought the convo up? I already said I ain't gonna root against him or any corny shyt like that.
 

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It's worrying that seemingly only Americans don't know what he meant.

The NBA is a national league with two countries, one of which has only one team. It doesn't make sense to title yourself world champion if your competition is two countries.

It makes as much sense as Miss Texas calling herself Miss Universe because she beat the other states in a Miss America beauty pageant.

If after the season, the Celtics played in the intercontinental cup, they'd be world champions


But the NBA decided to send the g league winners instead. Ironically, if they win the cup they can call themselves world champions. But they didn't. No G League team has beaten international clubs :francis:

This is intellectually dishonest

Kendrick Nunn was the best player on the team that just won the Euroleague. If he signed with the Pistons today, who’ve been the worst team in the NBA for the last 3-4 years, can you even confidently say he would crack their rotation?

This is not the equivalent to Miss Texas declaring herself Miss Universe after winning Miss America. It’s the equivalent to the girl who finished 18th in the Miss Wyoming competition moving to Greece and winning Miss Greece, then the Greeks telling Miss USA she can’t call herself the best pageant winner until she beats her :skip:
 

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I mean you can say you don't care, but that was his argument. The Celtics, and other teams, have banners calling themselves the world champions.
fukk a banner meant to get a city's fans swept up. I don't give a fukk what they call themselves. The NBA does NOT call the finals winner world champions.
 
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