After the United States flopped at this year’s FIBA World Cup, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo weighed in to back track star Noah Lyles’ criticism of the term “world champions.”
Lyles took plenty of heat after comments he made in August calling out NBA players for their use of “world champions” to describe the winner of the NBA Finals. Several NBA stars, including Kevin Durant and Draymond Green, called out Lyles for the comments. But Team USA’s rough performance in the World Cup did in some ways validate Lyles’ point, and Antetokounpo backed him up in an appearance on the 48 Minutes podcast.
“I might get some backlash for this, but I really do not care. I totally agree with [Lyles],” Antetokounmpo said.
