American sprint star Noah Lyles ruffled the feathers of NBA stars, including Kevin Durant. Lyles criticized NBA players for calling themselves world champions.
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American sprint star Noah Lyles appeared to have ruffled some feathers over the weekend when he took aim atAfter he won the 200 at the World Championships, he talked about how NBA players declare themselves world champions when they just won the league title. "I have to watch the NBA Finals and they have world champion on their head. World champion of what?" Lyles said as laughter filled the press room."The United States? Don’t get me wrong. I love the U.S. at times, but that ain’t the world. That is not the world. "We are the world. We have almost every country out here fighting, thriving, putting on their flag to show they are represented. There ain’t no flags in the NBA. We gotta do more. We gotta be presented to the world.
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