High level basketball revolves around the US so their bemoans hold little weight imo.
I imagine Italians care very little on how Englishmen view their pasta.
High level basketball revolves around the US so their bemoans hold little weight imo.
I imagine Italians care very little on how Englishmen view their pasta.
Says who? All the best players are already in the US.
Basketball just isn’t structured the way football and rugby is and I think that’s okay to admit. Competition is more evenly distributed across Rugby and Football internationally, whereas high level basketball completely revolves around the US. Not a single person would question the legitimacy surrounding the Celtics being the best club in the world, so it would make logical sense to call them world champions.
Olympic basketball, unlike football, is the highest form international play as well (the FIBA World Cup is explicitly treated as a lesser competition) so it would make sense to call the winner the world champion as well.
Difference for basketball is that their the World Cup is a qualifier for the Olympics. It’s explicitly treated as a lesser competition.
Eh, seems there is hardly any distinction since both competitions feature the same competitors.