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Noah Lyles, the world champion sprinter, questioned the title ‘world champions’ used by NBA players after his success at the world championships.

“I have to watch the NBA Finals, and they have world champion on their head. World champion of what?” Lyles said at the time. “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.”

NBA players, including Kevin Durant and Juan Toscano-Anderson, respond to Noah Lyles’ questioning of the ‘world champions’ title, with Giannis Antetokounmpo and CJ McCollum supporting Lyles.

“When I first seen the comment, I’m at the club celebrating three gold medals. We’re walking out, all of a sudden, my phone’s blowing up, and my boy’s like, ‘You need to tell KD to shut up,’” Lyles said in a recent interview with Fox News. 

“I’m looking at my phone like, ‘What are you talking about?’ Wake up the next day, still talking about it. Get into the night, Drake is talking about it. I don’t know what Drake’s doing here, but, ‘Wow, this is getting somewhere.’”

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