The Noah Lyles-NBA players beef explained
Noah Lyles is a charismatic, boisterous athlete who is not afraid to say what바카라 게임 웹사이트s on his mind in his effort to push track and field바카라 게임 웹사이트s profile higher in the sporting world. Last year, however, that put him at odds with some of the most high-profile basketball players in the NBA.
At last year바카라 게임 웹사이트s world championships, Lyles won the 100-meter and 200-meter races 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a double he바카라 게임 웹사이트s trying to repeat in the Olympics on Thursday night after winning the 100m on Sunday 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t shy about comparing his accomplishments to those of his professional basketball counterparts back in the U.S.
When speaking to reporters at the World Championships in Budapest, Lyles was asked about what he wanted to do for track and field and what he바카라 게임 웹사이트d like to see to improve the sport바카라 게임 웹사이트s profile.
Lyles said the medals he wins are the first step to raising track바카라 게임 웹사이트s awareness in the public바카라 게임 웹사이트s eye and that he wants more former world champions to be present at high-profile meets. And then he took a turn into taking a shot at the NBA.
바카라 게임 웹사이트You know the thing that hurts me the most is that I have to watch the NBA Finals and they have 바카라 게임 웹사이트world champion바카라 게임 웹사이트 on they head. World champion of what? The United States? Don바카라 게임 웹사이트t get me wrong, I love the U.S. 바카라 게임 웹사이트 at times 바카라 게임 웹사이트 but that ain바카라 게임 웹사이트t the world,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Lyles .
바카라 게임 웹사이트We are the world. We have almost every country out here fighting, thriving, putting on their flag to show they are represented. There ain바카라 게임 웹사이트t no flags in the NBA.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Lyles바카라 게임 웹사이트 comment hit on something that sports fans in the rest of the world often mock about U.S. sports culture. In almost every major American sport, the champion of the league is referred to as the world champion, even though those teams only play against other franchises that are based in either the U.S. or Canada.
But the U.S.바카라 게임 웹사이트 distinct sporting culture means that the four major American sports 바카라 게임 웹사이트 football, basketball, baseball and hockey 바카라 게임 웹사이트 are head and shoulders above those sports바카라 게임 웹사이트 domestic leagues in other nations. Most of the best players from around the world in those sports end up playing for American teams, hence the claim to the title of world champion: case and point, the last six NBA MVP awards went to players who were born abroad.
Lyles바카라 게임 웹사이트 comment was not welcomed by the American NBA players who he had called out.
Two-time NBA champion and 2014 MVP Kevin Durant, who has also been named Finals MVP twice in his illustrious career, led the charge.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Somebody help this brother,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he wrote on Instagram, responding to an ESPN post.
Four-time NBA champion Draymond Green also got involved, writing on Instagram, 바카라 게임 웹사이트When being smart goes wrong바카라 게임 웹사이트 with the face-palm emoji. Devin Booker, who plays on Team USA in these Olympics and the Phoenix Suns, just simply posted a facepalm emoji.
So if Lyles ends up winning the 100m-200m double, don바카라 게임 웹사이트t expect very many American NBA players to be celebrating publicly.