The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17.
After the famous win, however, the USA basketball team's official X account became the subject of social media trolling over the post "Are we the World Champs now?" This post was seemingly a direct swipe at the country's own sprinter, Noah Lyles, who had questioned why the NBA champions call themselves 'world champions.' Lyles, who earned the 'fastest man on the planet' title at the Paris Olympics by winning the 100m gold medal, doesn't agree with NBA winners giving themselves the 'world champions' tag.
After winning the Olympic medal, USA's basketball team shared the post. ***GOLD OLYMPIC CHAMPSFIBA World Cup makes you the world champ Nope, Germany are world champs Germany Men's Basketball team is still the World Champions, while the USA Men's Basketball team is the Olympic Gold medal Champions.
Noah might have been rude, but he was right. He really got into your minds...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's winning the world.