Team USA basketball shows zero class with Noah Lyles trolling tweet

A petty tweet by the official account slightly dampens an unreal victory by Steph Curry and the USA Basketball Men’s National Team to secure the gold medal vs. France.

Aug 10, 2024: United States shooting guard Steph Curry and guard LeBron James celebrate after defeating France in the men's basketball gold medal game during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Accor Arena. / Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

All Noah Lyles did at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 was win a dramatic photo-finish gold medal and a bronze medal suffering from COVID with a 102-degree fever.

Rewind to last year, NBA players and NBA Twitter were aghast when the Team USA track-and-field star went on a rant questioning the validity of NBA champions declaring themselves “world champions.”

"I love the U.S... but that ain't the world!" ❌

Noah Lyles throws shade at the NBA's 'world champions' 🏀👀 pic.twitter.com/BRCJagckcK

— Eurosport (@eurosport) August 27, 2023

Lyles was fairly pointing out that while the four major American sports leagues usually declare their winners “world champions,” it’s not a true test against the rest of the world like track and field and other Olympic sports. Also his tone is good natured when he pokes fun at the NBA.

Unlike the brash sprinter’s freezing cold take dissing Team Canada at last year’s World Championships that caught the ire of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after another 4x100-meter relay disaster for the United States track and field men’s team, where Canada won gold and the USA didn’t even medal.

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Aug 10, 2024: United States guard Kevin Durant celebrates after defeating France in the men's basketball gold medal game during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Accor Arena. / Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Fast forward to an unbelievably memorable victory from the old-man trio of Steph Curry, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant to outlast a frisky France team, led by 20-year-old new NBA sensation Victor Wembanyama, 98-87.

The official USA Basketball account couldn’t help themselves and stooped low for no reason whatsoever. (In case the tweet gets deleted, it simply says, “Are we the world champs now?”

Are we the World Champs now?

🇺🇸 #USABMNT pic.twitter.com/t4M9NeBkU6

— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 10, 2024

The USA Basketball Men’s National Team is an NBA All-Star team of the greatest players across the league and the world. They were heavily favored to win the gold medal. Steph Curry went full nuclear Steph in the fourth quarter to fend off a relentless French national team in front of an electric home crowd at Accor Arena.

Aug 10, 2024: United States shooting guard Stephen Curry reacts in the second half with his signature "Night Night." / Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Why USA Basketball thought this was a good idea, especially during the Summer Olympics as a unified Team USA, is baffling? Maybe Joel Embiid got a hold of the account?

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As any good parent would say, be better.

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