• Evan Fournier agrees with Noah Lyles’ controversial take on NBA Champions
• The French guard thinks world champions are crowned in international competition
• He went so far as to call the NBA Championship ‘just a title’
The internet has been buzzing over comments made by sprinter Noah Lyles‘ at the World Athletic Championships, as the Gold medalist claimed NBA title-winners shouldn’t call themselves world champions because the NBA is a purely North American league.
French guard Evan Fournier agrees with Lyles’ statement.
“I agree that it should be just the NBA Champs, personally. If you participate in the World Cup or even the Olympics and you win, you have the right to call yourself world champions. The way I look at is, the NBA champions, for sure are the best team. It’s just a title, it’s not a big deal.”
"If you participate in the World Cup or even the Olympics and you win, you have the right to call yourself world champions. The way I look at is NBA champions… It's just a title."
Evan Fournier on Noah Lyles' recent comments
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— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 29, 2023
Everyone can unanimously agree that as a basketball league, the NBA is by far the best in the world. Just because the best international players are also in the league doesn’t make it an ‘international’ league.
Should The NBA Champions Be The World Champions?
The simple solution to this is to have an offseason tournament with champions from each continent taking on each other to decide who deserves to be the world champions. That will never happen, as the leagues will look to protect their reputation instead of being hammered away by some other team, or worse, be upset by a much worse team.
Team USA are World Champions in my books, as they won the last Olympic Gold medal. We may see a new one be crowned in the next month at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, but the title will be up for grabs again next season at the 2024 Olympics.
Many American players have heavily attacked what Lyles had to say, but it seems pretty clear that international players in the NBA also would rather not be called world champions for winning the title. Playing for your flag and paying for a corporation that pays you millions of dollars isn’t the same level of emotion.
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