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Brianna Williams, ESPN
In August 2023, Noah Lyles turned the primary man since Usain Bolt to finish a triple at worlds with wins within the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4×100-meter races on the world championships in Budapest, Hungary.
He had one grievance on his thoughts: NBA gamers utilizing the title of “world champion” after profitable the NBA Finals.
” what hurts me probably the most is that I’ve to look at the NBA Finals and so they have ‘world champion’ on their head. World champion of what? The USA?” mentioned Lyles, responding to a query after his 200-meter victory.
“Do not get me mistaken. I like the U.S., at occasions, however that ain’t the world. That isn’t the world. We’re the world. We now have nearly each nation out right here combating, thriving, placing on their flag to indicate that they’re represented. There ain’t no flags within the NBA,” he added.
On the 2024 Olympic video games in Paris, his sizzling take continued to ring within the ears of NBA superstars.
“It was loopy,” Workforce USA’s Devin Booker mentioned. “I imply, it was nice for America. Congrats to him.”
Booker has one gold medal from the 2020 Tokyo Video games. In 2023, he and his Phoenix Suns teammate Kevin Durant, who has three Olympic gold medals and one world championship gold, have been among the many notable gamers to precise their displeasure on social media.
Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and different NBA gamers reply to Noah Lyles’ feedback. pic.twitter.com/O1eApkNpFG
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 28, 2023
On the Paris Video games, Lyles earned gold within the 100m and bronze within the 200m. The boys’s basketball group has received all 4 of their video games by 15 factors or extra in Paris and is the favourite to win gold.