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Noah Lyles has once again stirred controversy and stoked tensions between athletics and basketball fans with controversial comments in a recent interview.
After insisting that winning the NBA title does not make a team world champions, the 27-year-old is back in the news.
The track star faced backlash from fans after admitting on the Night Cap show that he's not familiar with Nikola Jokic, arguably the NBA's best player.
When asked if Jokic is one of the best players in the world, Lyles candidly replied, "I'm gonna be honest, I don't know who that is."
Shannon Sharpe: “Is Nikola Jokic one of the best players in the world?”
— Jeremy Nicolls (@JeremyNicolls) August 18, 2024
Noah Lyles: “I’m gonna be honest, I don’t know who that is”
🤔 Interesting. pic.twitter.com/i4VZI3V2ZO
Fans react to Noah Lyles comments on Nikola Jokic
Fans were quick to roast him, pointing out that if he's not aware of Jokic, who just led Serbia to a bronze medal and won NBA MVP, then he clearly doesn't understand the level of international talent in the league.
Noah Lyles tried to say the NBA doesn't deserve the world champion title then proceeds to not know arguably the most popular international player, typical https://t.co/u8PZaeMROj
— Jacob Moreno (@jmoreno76ers) August 18, 2024
why does the nba community listen to anything he says https://t.co/9Wgg3fYim7
— Nuggets Lead (@NuggetsLead) August 19, 2024
and this is why I never took anybody seriously that tried to argue his point lol just say you don’t know basketball or how the NBA works https://t.co/K6vAPeGyQd
— niles (@NILES100) August 18, 2024
Lyles might need to brush up on his NBA knowledge to avoid getting in even more trouble with NBA fans and players in the coming months.
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