Over the summer, track star Noah Lyles ruffled some feathers when he said NBA players did not have the right to call themselves “world champions” after winning the NBA Finals. “I have to watch the NBA Finals, and they have world champion on their head. World champion of what?” Lyles said in August shortly after he won three gold medals at the world championships. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“The Olympics is definitely ‘world championship.’ 100%. McCollum will begin his quest for his first NBA, not world, championship when his Pelicans open their season against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.

Source: Fox News October 24, 2023 00:50 UTC