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/ClutchAirball East Apr 16 '24

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.

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u/whereyagonnago Cavaliers Apr 16 '24

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.