In the eternal “Word Champion” war between the track-and-field star and NBA fans, the polarizing Team USA gold medalist gives flowers with some thorns.
, track-and-field star posted a tweet clarifying the original controversy surrounding an old story that resurfaced of why he refused to attend the up-and-coming NBA superstar Anthony Edwards’
Lyles said at the time, "You want to invite me to a man who has not even been to an NBA Finals? In a sport that you don't even care about? And you're giving him a shoe? No disrespect; the man is an amazing athlete. He is having a heck of a year. I love that they saw the insight to give him a shoe, because they saw that he was going to be big. All I'm asking is, 'How could you not see that for me?'"shoe release because he didn’t deserve it.
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