Giannis Antetokounmpo backs Noah Lyles: "I wanted to back him up so bad. He received so much backlash for stating the obvious."

arunnerinwa wrote:

The one that gets me is the Crossfit people claiming they're "fittest in the world." I figure I could outrun some of them (and I'm over 40), and even if you accept their definition of fitness, their membership is so limited. The vast majority of competitors are from a few white English-speaking countries.

When you win the Tour de France, you don't even get described as the best cyclist in the world.

brooklyn trainspotters wrote:

If Giannis is having trouble accepting that the USA is the greatest nation on this planet he can always buy out his contract, pack his bags and fly back to Greece South Macedonia.

We don't need no haters tearing down the great institution that is the NBA. If I was a team owner I'd demand 'no-slander' clauses in all future contracts.

brooklyn trainspotters wrote:

If Giannis is having trouble accepting that the USA is the greatest nation on this planet he can always buy out his contract, pack his bags and fly back to Greece South Macedonia.

We don't need no haters tearing down the great institution that is the NBA. If I was a team owner I'd demand 'no-slander' clauses in all future contracts.

Hisie wrote:

Hisie is lonely wrote:

Lyles mentioned the NBA specifically in his comment. Giannis is addressing the comment that was directed at the league he represents. He doesn't need to attack other leagues to get his point across. That's not ignorance, that's intelligent communication.

1. You could probably learn some lessons from him.

2. An NBA superstar defends the comment made by a track athlete, on a running-based message board, and the basketball playing is getting criticized? Some people are just desperate to create hate.

Giannis said “I don’t think in any other sport you’re called the world champions.”
I pointed out that many other sports have world champions. It is sad they you’re not able to understand how Giannis sounds ignorant, probably because you and he share this trait.

Hisie seems dumb wrote:

Hisie wrote:

Giannis said “I don’t think in any other sport you’re called the world champions.”
I pointed out that many other sports have world champions. It is sad they you’re not able to understand how Giannis sounds ignorant, probably because you and he share this trait.

You are either deliberately misunderstanding, or displaying a spectrum-like inability to comprehend basic language.

OBVIOUSLY we all know that sports with legitimate world championships have legitimate world champions.

OBVIOUSLY what Giannis is saying is "I don’t think in any other sport [the winners of a single league are] called the world champions.”

And he's right.

For truly slow people like you, he even helpfully provides the example of soccer, in which the world's best league doesn't call its winners "world champions."

Get it?

JohnR wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Interesting that Giannis self-identies as more Nigerian and African than Greek even though he was born in Greece and represents them.

One, that's not true. He has consistently said that he is both. Two, that topic has nothing whatsoever to do with this conversation.

A Joke wrote:

Basically he is trying to say nicely: USA is not the center of the world. Never was, never will be. Some Americans know that, most dont.