This spring, the Denver Nuggets won the Larry O’Brien trophy for the first time, making them the new basketball world champions.However, please don’t say it to American track and field athlete Noah Lyles, or at the very least, refrain from calling them “world champions.”
Lyles recently garnered media attention by contesting the legitimacy of such title.
“You know the thing that hurts me the most is that I have to watch the NBA Finals and they have ‘world champion’ on their head,” Lyles said via Eurosport. “World champion of what? The United States?”
The clip went viral online, with many NBA players firing back at the sprinter. Amongst them was Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon, who took to the comments of an ESPN Instagram post to air his response.
“Whatever, I’m smoking buddy in the 200m,” Gordon wrote.
Could forward Aaron Gordon of the Denver Nuggets defeat Noah Lyles in a competition?
Without a doubt.
Gordon is a superb athlete who frequently soars for highlight-reel dunks. Though it doesn’t really matter, it’s difficult to conceive that he could outrun the top sprinter.
Should the Denver Nuggets be regarded as ‘world champions’?
The Pope is he a Catholic?
Because Lyles’ assertion that the NBA champions shouldn’t be referred to as “world champions” is so absurd, I’m writing about it and you’re reading it.
At the conclusion of each NBA season, the winning club should unquestionably get that honor. The league is the finest in the world, so every year, the best players from across the world battle to win the Larry O’Brien trophy.
The Nuggets would surely triumph and it probably wouldn’t even be close if they faced off against the champions of other leagues around the world.
It’s absurd how much of a talent gap there is between the NBA and some other leagues.
Not to mention the enormous quantity of talent from around the world that makes up the association today. Despite coming from different nations, players like Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, and many others have all achieved stardom.