{"id":3860,"date":"2024-08-12T00:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T00:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2024-08-12T00:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T00:32:29","slug":"social-media-is-destroying-usa-basketball-for-their-petty-insult-towards-noah-lyles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3860","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Is Destroying USA Basketball For Their Petty Insult Towards Noah Lyles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American men\u2019s basketball team secured its fifth consecutive gold medal with a decisive 98-87 victory against France at the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, after the win, the team surprised fans by taunting an American track and field athlete.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"mai-ad-video mai-connatix\" data-al=\"content\" data-unit=\"tpsplayer\" data-content-name=\"mai-ad-content-tpsplayer\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div id=\"cnx-outside\">\n<p>The official USA Basketball account on X (formerly known as Twitter) posted a photo with the caption,\u00a0<em>\u201cAre we the World Champs now?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0seemingly taunting Noah Lyles, a three-time world champion in the 200m. Lyles had previously criticized\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0teams for calling themselves world champions, as the league has 29 American teams and only one Canadian team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Are we the World Champs now?<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USABMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USABMNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t4M9NeBkU6\">pic.twitter.com\/t4M9NeBkU6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA Basketball (@usabasketball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usabasketball\/status\/1822405777640112396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This taunt was not well received by the fans, and they started criticizing USA Basketball in the comment section of the post.<\/p>\n<p>One fan supported Lyles\u2019 remark, saying,\u00a0<em>\u201cGermany Men\u2019s Basketball team is still the World Champions, while the USA Men\u2019s Basketball team is the Olympic Gold medal Champions. Noah might have been rude, but he was right.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Germany Men&#8217;s Basketball team is still the World Champions, while the USA Men&#8217;s Basketball team is the Olympic Gold medal Champions. Noah might have been rude, but he was right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jagaban_MCFC \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@mcfc_jagaban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcfc_jagaban\/status\/1822411480060285113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another fan mentioned,\u00a0<em>\u201cHe really got into your minds\u2026 Noah Lyles won the gold in the 100 meters, the most noble event of the Olympic Games. In addition, he won a bronze while he was sick with Covid. He won SIX world championships, now that\u2019s winning the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"follow-us-wrapper has-black-color has-text-color has-sm-font-size\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-2\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Are we the World Champs now?<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USABMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USABMNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t4M9NeBkU6\">pic.twitter.com\/t4M9NeBkU6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA Basketball (@usabasketball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usabasketball\/status\/1822405777640112396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He really got into your minds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Noah Lyles won the gold in the 100 meters, the most noble event of the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he won a bronze while he was sick with Covid.<\/p>\n<p>He won SIX world championships, now that&#8217;s winning the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NBkIWuhM9p\">pic.twitter.com\/NBkIWuhM9p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sincero Jordan (@SinceroJordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SinceroJordan\/status\/1822408892980019312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another fan said,\u00a0<em>\u201cNo. Olympic Champ. And noah was referring to the *NBA champion* \u2013 not the Olympics champion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No. Olympic Champ.<\/p>\n<p>And noah was referring to the *NBA champion* &#8211; not the Olympics champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dre Baldwin | #WorkOnYourGame (@DreAllDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DreAllDay\/status\/1822447433260945551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another fan commented,\u00a0<em>\u201cLooks like Noah is living rent free in your heads.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like Noah is living rent free in your heads.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rafa Glau (@GlauRaf4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlauRaf4\/status\/1822439004706316742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-lyles-spills-the-tea-his-take-on-nba-teams\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lyles Spills the Tea: His Take on NBA Teams<\/h2>\n<p>Lyles, who was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/olympics\/noah-lyles-being-accused-faking-serious-medical-condition-after-not-winning-200-meter-mens-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently criticized by fans<\/a>\u00a0on social media, criticized NBA teams for calling themselves world champions after winning the NBA league. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Noah_Lyles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sprinter\u00a0<\/a>expressed his love for the USA but stated that being deemed world champions after winning a league with 29 teams from the United States out of 30 teams is irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWorld champion of what? The United States? Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love the US, at times, but that ain\u2019t the world. We have almost every country out here fighting, thriving, putting on their flag to show they are represented. There ain\u2019t no flags in the NBA\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The NBA does not have flags for its teams. However, Lyles pointed out that in other countries, teams compete to display their flags as a way to show their representation. Therefore, Lyles does not tolerate NBA teams being called world champions after winning the NBA championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American men\u2019s basketball team secured its fifth consecutive gold medal with a decisive 98-87 victory against France at the 2024 Paris Olympics. 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