Track and field star, Noah Lyles doesn’t seem really happy despite winning a gold and a bronze medal at this year’s Olympics. He’s out there, taking it out on NBA stars; perhaps he can’t get enough. This time too, he wasn’t afraid of speaking his mind. Lyles attacked not just Anthony Edwards this time, but also Adidas with whom he’s had a good working relationship with since 2016. His reactions are getting backlash from not just fans but also NBA star Jalen Brunson.

After Lyle’s successful completion of the Paris Olympics journey, a tweet started to go viral on X, regarding the entire Adidas-Edwards fiasco, with him mocking Edwards. Brunson couldn’t keep quiet and responded, “Damn I thought this was Centel.” Brunson was notably referring to the account as a fake one but once the social media user behind the account tweeted the entire incident Brunson realized that Lyles wasn’t in his best demeanor towards Edwards.

The roots of the problem began to sprout in 2023 when Lyles first attacked Adidas as he was invited by the brand to a shoe release for Edwards. Edwards had notably got a deal with Adidas and his AE1s were released in November that year. During that time Lyles was in negotiating with Adidas and was invited to the Minnesota Timberwolves star shoe release, which apparently didn’t go down with Lyles.

Things went downhill as Lyles saw it as a minor gesture to appease him and questioned Edwards capabilities and whether he deserved his presence. In Lyle’s eyes, it was a major disparity. “You want to invite me to [an event for] a man who has not even been to an NBA Finals?” Lyles stated. Lyles then asked the billion-dollar company to give him a shoe deal by presenting his arguments.

“And you’re giving him a shoe? No disrespect: the man is an amazing athlete. He is having a heck of a year. I appreciate that they saw his potential for success. All I’m asking is, ‘How could you not see that for me?” Lyles enumerated.

As for the record, Edwards & Co. have made it to the conference Finals this passing NBA season which has been his best achievement in the NBA to date. Hence, it made Lyles question Adidas. Therefore, Brunson was joined by other fans who slammed Lyles.

Fans slam Noah Lyles

“even Jalen Brunson admitting Noah Lyles is out of his mind. you know it’s bad,” one fan commented. The user was pointing out that Brunson wasn’t satisfied with Lyles’s answer despite the fact that the two are compared oftentimes.

“This is why I celebrated Noah not winning…,” another balling fan commented that he celebrated when Lyles failed to bag gold in the 200m. Notably, due to COVID-19 Lyles had to be satisfied with bronze in the 200m in this Olympics.

“Nah Noah Lyles is just a world class hater,” another balling enthusiast stated. The user was most probably pointing out that Lyles had stated in August last year that ballers weren’t world champions where track and field athletes compete with the best stars from different countries. As per him, since the NBA is based mostly out of the USA, they didn’t deserve as much acclaim as Lyles.

“Perhaps there was always a good reason people hated him. LMAO. His own peers in track think hes a fucking weirdo with the way he acts. Its not personal, he just makes unneccesary shitty comments bc hes a shitty person. It is what it is. Hes jealous, a pocket watcher, and BIG MAD,” another person criticized Lyles. The netizen was most probably pointing out the fact his peer Letsile Tebogo had called Lyles “arrogant” and “loud”, enumerating that these qualities were responsible for making him the world face of athletics.

“Noah Lyles is kinda meh,” meanwhile one fan looked to support Lyles. As per him, Lyles deserved a deal with Adidas and was correct when he slammed Edwards. This year, Lyles inked an agreement with Adidas, which is said to be the most lucrative after Usain Bolt’s retirement.

Stay tuned for more such updates and join us for the exciting second episode of the “Dual Threat Show” as our host BG12 sits down with Georgia Bulldogs star and Mountain West All-Freshman Team Selection, Asia Avinger.