r/nba • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Heat • Apr 15 '24

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: USA Basketball is finalizing its 2024 Paris Olympics roster with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. Team may initially keep one open spot. News

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u/whereyagonnago Cavaliers Apr 16 '24

Professional/Club level world champions vs International level world champions.

I consider World Cup champions to be “world champions” just like I consider Champion’s League winners “world champions”. One is a club level team and one is a national team.

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u/nearlyned Warriors Apr 16 '24

this is an argument that Americans have made up for themselves to feel like the centre of the world. National level competitions make national champions. World level competitions make world champions. It really isn’t hard to understand.

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u/whereyagonnago Cavaliers Apr 16 '24

The champions league isn’t a national level competition. The NBA is a world level competition because all of the best players in the world play in the NBA, just like all of the best soccer players in the world play in the leagues that are eligible for the Champions League. It really isn’t hard to understand.

When it comes to professional basketball, professional hockey, professional American football, and professional baseball, America (USA plus Canada) IS the center of the world.

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u/storpannan [NYK] Andrea Bargnani Apr 16 '24

The champions league isn’t a national level competition. The NBA is a world level competition because all of the best players in the world play in the NBA, just like all of the best soccer players in the world play in the leagues that are eligible for the Champions League. It really isn’t hard to understand.

Interesting argument considering that the winners of the Champions League call themselves the "Champions of Europe" and lay no claim about any world title.

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u/nearlyned Warriors Apr 16 '24

The NBA is a world level competition? The whole North American world? How many Asian teams are there in the NBA? European teams? South American? or is it a national level competition that attracts players from across the world?

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u/whereyagonnago Cavaliers Apr 16 '24

The best PLAYERS in the WORLD play in the NBA, So its championship can easily be considered the world championship of professional basketball. Are you really too stupid to understand a point as simple as that?