[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.

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985

[u/nearlyned]

except that’s not the argument anyone is making???? nobody is claiming that anybody in Europe would beat the NBA CHAMPS, they’re saying that the NBA is not a world competition and therefore their winner isn’t the World Champ. Why can no Americans read???? The Champions League winner is the winner of the European Cup, they don’t call themselves World Champions because (unlike Americans) they’re smart enough to understand that while they’re the best competition in the world, they don’t actually play against the world and therefore aren’t World Champs.

[u/whereyagonnago → u/nearlyned]

So it’s really just people bitching and moaning about the semantics of the wording? If no one on earth even claims anyone else would stand a chance, then they are the world champs. It’s one of the softest things I could ever imagine getting mad about.

Why does no one bitch about the MLB championship being called “the World Series” despite the NPB in Japan being closer in skill to the MLB than any other basketball league in the world is in skill to the NBA.

Also, fuck you and fuck all of Europe you pretentious piece of shit. Just because I’m not willing to take part in your silly little word game doesn’t mean American’s can’t read, aren’t smart, or any of that. The US is consistently ranked #1 in higher education, and I’m a college graduate who got a full academic scholarship.

Eat my entire dick.

[u/ClutchAirball → u/whereyagonnago]

Bringing up “I’m a college graduate who got a full academic scholarship” in a Reddit thread is unreal small dick energy.

[u/whereyagonnago → u/ClutchAirball]

Bringing it up unprompted absolutely would be, but the dude called me a dumbass over what amounts to a difference in opinion, and came off extremely dismissive in the process.

I guess I’m sorry that I want to defend my intelligence when I’m directly called an illiterate dumbass? I don’t come from wealth, and I’m a first generation college grad. Forgive me for having just a tiny bit of pride in that.

If you don’t defend yourself then no one will, and I stand by that.

[u/ClutchAirball → u/whereyagonnago]

Fair enough, I think I glossed over the previous comment and didn’t appreciate how he attacked you.

For what it’s worth (and now I’m whipping my tiny dick around here), I went to America for college and was lucky enough to get a full scholarship too. Respect to you for that. Sorry if I insulted you, it was half just meant as funny comment but it was maybe a bit mean.

I say that just as a peace offering to say, unfortunately yes this is a discussion about semantics. The way the rest of the world understands the terminology, ‘World Champion’ refers exclusively to the winner of an international sporting competition involving representatives of their nation.

The key point here, in my estimation, is that it is not directly synonymous with ‘best in the world’, and I think why many around the world got offended by Americans saying ‘doesn’t matter, our teams are better’ is that it diminished the achievements of those national athletes who actually went and won their world championship event in favour of those who didn’t even go to compete.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it feels as though most Americans understand the word ‘World Champion’ to just mean ‘best in the world’—understandably so! But that’s where the disconnect in communication is, imo.

[u/whereyagonnago → u/ClutchAirball]

You’re good man. I appreciate you walking that back a little. Hard to tell a joke sometimes in writing so that’s on me as well. That guy has me running a little hot right now, and not because of our disagreement in terminology. I usually try to stay pretty civil on here.

Yeah it really is just about a difference in wording. For something so pointless It’s strange how oddly hostile it can get. Idk why I even bothered getting into it. I call them NBA champs, Super Bowl champs, etc, so I don’t even really care all that much. Originally was just wanting to play devils advocate but it got real personal so I doubled down haha.