TheBlueLensesB to NBA@enterprise.lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoPanathinaikos head coach Ergin Ataman message to the Boston Celtics: "You are not the world champion. If you want to get the world champion title, come and beat us, the EuroLeague champion."www.eurohoops.netexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPanathinaikos head coach Ergin Ataman message to the Boston Celtics: "You are not the world champion. If you want to get the world champion title, come and beat us, the EuroLeague champion."www.eurohoops.netTheBlueLensesB to NBA@enterprise.lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarejpaxluxBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI just think it’s funny how if an NBA team claims to be world champions, it’s “American arrogance,” but the Euroleague champions can do it with no backlash whatsoever. Apparently Europe = the world.
minus-squaresanytraMBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoEuropeans don’t call themselves World Champions, unless the nation wins the Fiba World Cup.
I just think it’s funny how if an NBA team claims to be world champions, it’s “American arrogance,” but the Euroleague champions can do it with no backlash whatsoever. Apparently Europe = the world.
Europeans don’t call themselves World Champions, unless the nation wins the Fiba World Cup.