Noah Lyles Trolls USA Basketball After World Cup Loss in Deleted Twitter Post

Julia StumbaughSeptember 8, 2023FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty ImagesAfter American sprinter Noah Lyles said in August that NBA title winners should not call themselves “world champions,” he received pushback from players including Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Draymond Green and Devin Booker.Lyles shared his comeback Friday after Team USA was upset 113-111 by Germany in the FIBA World Cup semifinals.The U.S. sprinter reposted on X, formerly Twitter, a post combining the game’s final score with an image of Lyles saying, “World champion of what?”Lyles has since deleted the repost.World Athletics @WorldAthletics🤐 pic.twitter.com/36cW68XNmzLyles also liked a different post commenting on the semifinals score.Bleacher Report @BleacherReportNoah Lyles liked this post about USA losing to Germany 👀(h/t @EmmanuelAcho) pic.twitter.com/DlQ3VO2aEEEmmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAchoSomewhere, Noah Lyles is like: pic.twitter.com/Ec8sdS4DTo https://t.co/QLqCwRuPIeLyles’ original comments came after he won the 100m and 200m events at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, making him the first male sprinter to win both races since Usain Bolt.When asked about the difficulty of winning a world title in track and field, Lyles described the World Athletics Championships as a comparatively more global competition than the NBA Finals.”You know the thing that hurts me the most is that I have to watch the NBA
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