Like many Americans watching the 2024 Paris Olympics, New York Knicks guard Josh Hart felt immense pride in Team USA – except for one athlete.
On Thursday’s episode of the “Roommates Show” podcast with teammate Jalen Brunson, Hart confessed that there was one event, and one person in particular, he hoped would leave without a medal.
“I feel like for most of these Olympics, I was very patriotic. I wanted Team USA to win gold in most every event,” Hart began.
“Oh my God,” Brunson, seemingly already aware of what he was going to say, interrupted. “You can save yourself and just let it slide and just keep it pushin, bro, because there’s no reason…”
“There’s no reason to do this right now. Just be patriotic, shut the hell up, and move forward,” Brunson added, before egging Hart on. “You already said what you had to say. But if you were going to continue your statement, what would you have said?”
“I really wanted him to lose,” Hart laughed. “I think it was the first time all of NBA Twitter banded together and was just hatin. I was hatin, and I was just like ‘Damn. You know what, respect. I can’t even hate anymore. You can talk as much as you want.’”
So who was the mystery athlete? It was American track star Noah Lyles.
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