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The real reason he’s wrong is that no one really calls NBA champs “world champions” anymore. Is it even in the official title? All I know is I’ve listened to a lot of NBA media this year, and they’ve talked about NBA championships, like, daily. I’ve never heard anyone use the phrase “world champion.”
Or, I dunno, did they stop because of Noah Lyles? I never considered that.
even before Lyles went viral about “world champions of what?” all of the official communication from the NBA about the champs was “NBA champions”. The league keeps the NBA branding front and center, and they’ve been more deliberate about it in recent years (and, probably their guidelines for media partners emphasize this, though they’re not 100% on always doing it.) My Nuggets shirts from 2023 all say “NBA champions”, not “world champions”. The only league I know of that routinely says “world” is MLB’s World Series. “World champs” is really more something that fans say than something the league says.
The real reason he’s wrong is that no one really calls NBA champs “world champions” anymore. Is it even in the official title? All I know is I’ve listened to a lot of NBA media this year, and they’ve talked about NBA championships, like, daily. I’ve never heard anyone use the phrase “world champion.”
Or, I dunno, did they stop because of Noah Lyles? I never considered that.
even before Lyles went viral about “world champions of what?” all of the official communication from the NBA about the champs was “NBA champions”. The league keeps the NBA branding front and center, and they’ve been more deliberate about it in recent years (and, probably their guidelines for media partners emphasize this, though they’re not 100% on always doing it.) My Nuggets shirts from 2023 all say “NBA champions”, not “world champions”. The only league I know of that routinely says “world” is MLB’s World Series. “World champs” is really more something that fans say than something the league says.
Oh, so he was being an edgelord for no reason? Lame.