Nick Wright reacts to NBA trade madness and Super Bowl opening night | What's Wright?

[@aneesabashir8496]

Nick Wright = content machine

[@williamusher4396]

“Thats demonte hes my son I know its a little complicated youll figure it out as we go along 💀”

[@PrinceCortezJones]

lmmfao!

[@tristonkinch6064]

Isit step son

[@utaug595]

lol Nick is hilarious

[@roselelouch3038]

@@tristonkinch6064yes he’s Nicks step son

[@user-yt5ot9ex9n]

This is nepotism

[@l9o6p7a3k4a]

Luka after a couple Heinekens is still a top 10 player 🤣

[@12gark]

He's a 6'7 balkan guy. You may need 15 Heineken just to get him slightly dizzy 😂

[@l9o6p7a3k4a]

@ lmao frl bro🤣🤣 I’m 6’1 210 and it takes at least 5 or 6 to feel anything gotta double that for luka 😭

[@riverjao]

He’s prob a little better with a few in him 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@jjax5248]

*3

[@praveen921]

I wonder how many fellow Nick Wright viewers are from India? I've been his viewer since the beginning. Funny thing is I discovered Nick because I was a huge Luka fan back in the mid 2010s when he was on Real Madrid and i found Nick was like the first person in mainstream American media who talked about Luka, and since day 1 referred to him as a generational prospect back when Luka was 16-17. Now to see how he is a Laker on a team with LeBron from that point.... it is some insane loop

[@jleuu7664]

Let’s go!

[@jonathonfulmore7097]

This Luka trade has reignited Nick's passion for the NBA😂

[@wesleycuban8649]

FTF hasn’t talked basketball all season and it’s been killing me

[@jerisj.8971]

I heard a nick name on another vid, calling AD "Anthony Day-to-Davis" and I'm deceased.

[@holidayarmadillo8653]

It’s just “Day to Davis” but yeah. It’s rough man, as a Laker fan seeing AD every night he was doing the best he could but just could not stop himself from getting hurt. The last two years btw he played in like 90%+ of the games so he’s conquered his injury woes for me. Mavs shouldn’t be worried about injury, it’s just a fact that he’s 31 and Luka is 25 which is rough. But the mavs are contenders now w ad they could go to the finals if the players jell cuz it’s an amazing mix and a scary playoff matchup.

[@SuperSilver316]

The best nickname is the one Charles Barkley gave him, “Street Clothes”

[@jerisj.8971]

@SuperSilver316 street clothes was pretty funny ngl

[@iiMFaMouS_WondeR]

I haven’t stopped smiling since we got Luka 😂

[@KSIMimephobia]

Since *** just helping you.

[@iiMFaMouS_WondeR]

@ thanks lmao 😂

[@christianwarrior249]

What did it used to say

[@iiMFaMouS_WondeR]

@ I put sense lmao 🤣

[@iSkyzzle]

I haven’t stopped crying since we lost him

[@johnkluge3421]

The Doncic Davis trade is the equivalent of the Bills trading Josh Allen for Miles Garrett. It will never make any sense.

[@mikejones9906]

Josh Allen isn’t fat

[@yeshuaisking1247]

@@mikejones9906he isn’t Luka doncic either, Luka is closer to Mahomes than to Allen, he is a savant!

[@yeshuaisking1247]

Defense wins championships, let’s trade the only great thing about our offense for said defense that has maybe 3 more years and an injury history 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻

[@michaelallen1242]

Josh never made the Super Bowl

[@johnkluge3421]

@@yeshuaisking1247 And lets trade him to a team in our conference and that can now thanks to the trade sign him for a hundred million dollars less than we would have had to pay.

[@bobbyroubal]

Nick, thank you for what I would say is an honest take expressing the frustration from the Dallas fan base side. I lived in LA during Kobe years and in Dallas for Dirk and Luca. Fans here are absolutely devastated.

[@wesleycuban8649]

Dude I’m a lakers fan, we’re with you. I hate how they gave away our franchise player so I know it’s worse with Luka.

[@Rickiwitdasticki]

As a Mavs fan, nick you brought up new ways for me to hate this trade and I already thought it was the worst trade in basketball history, and maybe sports history as well. I am pain, why can’t Dallas sports have nice things?

[@MrCody6925]

Update Mavs are 7-15 now.... They just lost again.

[@devster1124]

Hey Nick, kc kid living in dallas now, all the buzz around dallas is the luka trade is centered around the Adelson family’s lobbying efforts to legalize gambling in Texas. They made no headway this legislative session and will not have another shot for 2 years. Word in the mavs building is they want to use the threat of the mavs relocating to vegas as their last bargaining chip to get their casino/new mavs arena approved in dallas and can’t have a contending mavs team with a top 5 player to make that realistic.

[@44RisingSun44]

24:40 Love Nick sending shots at Stephen A & Barkley! Get em again for me Nick!

[@wesleycuban8649]

He doesn’t like SAS

[@Victor-jy8ko]

If the Lakers play the Mavs in the playoffs Luka is breaking Wilts record

[@lnewell1974]

I'm trying to tell people. Y'all created a monster cuz now he fueled on anger.

[@kauffmann101]

Yeah , in Goku mode super saiya like in DB

[@g.t.werber4476]

Luca's going to DESTROY the Mavs in their next game

[@DP-8964]

Nico Harrison is a Lakers fan!

[@MrCount987]

Nick cooking for a change, nothing but a pure FACTS.

[@SWG_by_P93]

Stephen A. is a Basketball commentator who knows nearly nothing about Basketball

[@OkiemuteEsiekpe]

With his fake as* collegiate career!

[@willzsportscards]

If I'm the Boston GM and they called asking about Tatum....I'm not hanging up the phone...deal's getting done lol.

[@wesleycuban8649]

Exactly.

[@cybersub4693]

Has anyone thought about why Lukas is top 5 player in the world is BECAUSE of beer and smokes? 🤔

[@davidsyked9420]

I remember Luka said it use to be fun, but not anymore, Luka wasn't traded because of conditioning, a trade like that only happens if there is power struggle between the star and management

[@calebwhitcraft1664]

I have kept thinking up trades in my head for this, it's wild. I think they could have called PHX and got KD and Book, paired them with Kyrie and Klay, and they immediately become contenders. I think they could call Minny and get Ant and JR. Luka should net either dozens of picks or half of a championship roster.

[@Rosecain27]

The NBA wanted Luka on the lakers it’s that simple

[@lakingpaul]

@@Rosecain27Where's your proof of that, smart guy

[@tladinyanel]

This is why Nick’s so good when he’s not in hot-take mode. He lays out a coherent thesis. It doesn’t always end up as he would’ve expected, but most of his contemporaries (SAS, etc.) are such 1st-level thinkers with no real credible reason for their views that they miss the bigger picture.

[@AbandonedRaven]

I love the Takes on Takes segment. Great addition to this podcast.

[@williecompton243]

This costs Nico Harrison his job at the very least. He’ll need a security detail to get out of Dallas.

[@jainmelbourne]

how much authority would a GM have at an NBA franchise? I have no idea, but surely a trade like this only happens when the owner says " Im not paying him the max, make sure you get something done"

[@ximianwho]

the younger host looks more than luka likely to have a drinking problem😊

[@tsleeziii4435]

There should be like a commissioner in the league in every league that turns down stupid trades that make zero since.. like the REAL reason needs to come out on why this happened.. the GM for the mavs is very sketchy.. something really sketchy happened to make this happen

[@Area-5l]

The doncic trade is like trading Joe burrow after getting to the Super Bowl for Jalen hurts and some nobodies and a 2nd rounder. Too me that’s the most accurate

[@tladinyanel]

The Takes on Takes segment is great. Way to hold people accountable.

[@twomandemtalkmovies]

I bet A.D is even watching all this coverage to find out what happened💯

[@zr1888]

I don't know ad looks happy 🤔

[@12gark]

AD knew everything for days. No shot he didn't and still waived his trade kicker like "ehy, no problem, I'll give up millions to help you complete this trade"

[@wesleycuban8649]

I feel so bad for him

[@wesleycuban8649]

@@12garkhe did it to help the Mavs. He said he knew losing Luka was a lot and he’s tryna help. That’s why the lakers sent him home on the road trip, they knew he was leaving

[@12gark]

@@wesleycuban8649 yeah, but he knew he was going there, for days.

[@robertobarajas2329]

it is hard to ignore the relationship between Rob P. and Nico H. and LeBon. Nico knew he was trading Luka when he got the job

[@riverjao]

I actually know a little bit about reading body language and, yes, J-Kidd…well, let’s just say that he would’ve preferred a lobotomy over being held hostage with Nico as he was. Man…dude was not happy. Understandably so.

[@datyellaman447]

Luka is amazing, he just dropped 34,9 n 9 and went to the Finals last year, when no one gave them a chance, and guess what, he will be just fine playing with LeBron, haven't been this excited about the league since LeBron led the Cavs back 3-1 on the Dubs

[@chrisclark2747]

For the Lakers, going from bad to terrible defensively isn't that big of an issue. At some point, your defence is just the clock and the other team inevitably missing around 50% of their shots. If their offence improves more than their defence worsens, they're better off.

[@kennethstone4590]

Since Getting Luka, as a Lakers fan idk why I feel so cocky to my friends when it comes to basketball talk 🤣🤣🤣

[@tsleeziii4435]

And if there wasn’t something else going on behind closed doors the mavs GM would in fact be fired.. like ASAP ! The fact he still has his job… something is up gambling or betting.. the mavs gm lost in some way

[@soprolificgroup7501]

People don’t understand basketball if you say Bron nd Luka won’t work. Playoff basketball comes down to half court offense. How you gonna scout a pick&roll? Bron can play screener, high man or low on the weak side. You can’t double Luka no more. They both can play elbow low post. JJ is gonna have a field day drawing plays up. They just need a lob threat. They get Claxton or even Capella from ATL. They might be in the final this year.

[@oblivionpro69]

Luka+LeBrons not the problem, the roster’s lack of defense is the problem, but those 2 are part of that. I think they’re a dangerous team with a trade for a defensive center

[@gldngwd]

Considering WHO was traded, I'm calling this the biggest trade ever. Usually "blockbuster trades" involve 1 superstar. Not 2. The other trades worked out so we're measuring them by the results, but when we're talking about the names traded? This one is number 1 to me hands down. Kareem AND Wilt were both traded for people no one knows

[@JoeMamBa213]

Nick, do you think Luka will handle the pressures and distractions of LA? Love the pod especially that the family is so involved.

[@mikejones9906]

It’s gonna be a disaster, the man got traded because he won’t stop smoking, drinking and eating.

[@l9o6p7a3k4a]

@@mikejones9906 Luka after a couple Heinekens is still a top 10 player

[@jonathanhoward8608]

@@mikejones9906 he lead the league in minutes last season and average 34 a game. Where’s the eating and drinking problem affecting him?

[@rogerhunkapillar7171]

He handles pressure as well as anyone I’ve seen in almost 50 years. Congrats if you’re a fan.

[@ky_jellybean]

@@mikejones9906do you even know what an alcoholic or drug abuser looks like? Definitely not an mvp in the nba. you really just gonna choose to be a lame

[@InvestBetter.]

Word on the street is the Mavericks owner told Nico to trade Luca. He didn't care about getting the best return He wanted AD for Luka..... Just get it done.

[@kennethstone4590]

I knew I could go to no one else concerning this trade being a lakers fan but Nick Wright who makes so many great points cause everyone else is basically hating, cause this basically just handed LeBron and the lakers another championship let’s be real!!! Minus defense no one is going to stop the lakers offense and especially the more they Gel with Luka!!! It’s wraps for the West!!!

[@CoachsCouch]

Demonze spoke a lot more clearly, at least at the start I'm only 10 mins in

[@CityLover117]

I think the best equivalent would be if the commanders after this year traded Daniels for Mayfield and a pick

[@blakewillie6331]

I like this set up better

[@Yo-wd6ch]

This was political reasons and 345M reasons

[@MachinaSapien]

Zion been eating supersize combos tryin to force a trade id crash out

[@maxvaahs6198]

Also if they win it with ad who says they wouldn’t with Luka lol

[@billpowley5882]

I can't wait til Luka plays the Mavs. Box Office, record breaking crowd, going to be gold. Let's Go!!!

[@justinchan6043]

I think LeBron and Luka will be able to play together just given that both of them have high levels of basketball IQ. Both players are driven to win, and are willing to sacrifice their own individual stats to do so. And both are prolific scorers and passers. I can only imagine a pick and roll with LeBron and Luka could be unstoppable. You would basically have to have two elite defenders guarding each of them and switch on every pick and roll. But then again, there is nobody in the league who can guard either one of them, one on one.

[@cybersub4693]

What a cool dad to have.

[@infinityproductions-c7p]

People forget that Dallas also lost Maxi Kleber somehow. They got FLEECED

[@12gark]

Old Luka will look better than Harden does now. How do you consider that unplayable?

[@rodh-ww6ii]

Shaq trade to Miami from LA would be top 5 shocking trades too

[@oblivionpro69]

Not quite on this level though, there was way more rumblings of a trade happening before that. All the drama between Kobe and Shaq you knew someone was gonna go

[@210RaisedMe]

He’s either on a power trip or doesn’t have any idea what he’s doing 😂

[@anthonyuram2017]

I would like to offer an argument for Luka’s ceiling, rather than floor, is 4th best player. Giannis is a top defender, and Shai is looking like he could even get a defensive team at one point, and they’re both on Luka’s level offensively. Jokic is also on Luka’s level offensively, and is the third best defender of this group. Luka’s offensive talent isn’t so much better than any of these guys’ to make up for the clear defensive deficiency.

[@TempusFugit366]

You know who has three starting-caliber big men and desperately needs a secondary creator like Austin Reaves? Dallas. Maybe they can get that extra first round pick after all. 😂

[@vikings_fans_anonymous]

Chiefs winning and now Luka with Lebron….Nick will be absolutely insufferable yet slightly entertaining

[@cameronray1387]

I can’t seem to find your appearance in the SVP pod? Help? Link anyone?

[@okcjoesos]

He had a great season and they traded him!.. That should make you think.

[@jiggidyjosh4273]

Honestly? If someone says they cant stand Wilds i know i cant trust their opinion.

[@carson7561]

I know I'm biased but I really do not think the take that Luka owns the thunder is fair. Pj washington was the best player in that series last season

[@ryanjohnson9620]

Nick, could you talk about your son playing with Dearon Fox? that sounds really interesting to hear more about

[@NAIMSHARIF10]

I think they played against each other. Damonza went to Kempner I think and Fox went to a school in Cypress.

[@billpowley5882]

The Luka trade probably pits some eyes back on the NBA. Like it or not, they have been losing fans.

[@Yo-wd6ch]

They want the Mavs to be bad, so the can move the team to Vegas

[@kauffmann101]

Right , that's their plan

[@jonathonfulmore7097]

Rich Eisen belongs on that list

[@RealJRoyall]

Gotta get that theme music back bro!

[@thisguy4608]

Welcome to being a patriots fan for 20 years 😂

[@BIGOOZILICIOUS]

Lakers/Luka presser starts in 10 minutes??

[@whoiskj4711]

Nick completely thinking this Lakers team is going anywhere but a 2nd round exit is ironic coming from him especially when he hated on the 2022 Nets for being all Offense and no Defense. LeBron bias is insane here

[@whatever6306]

I feel like Nico traded him because of a control issue.

[@christianedwards6364]

The question is how the lakers address center. Do they just get a serviceable big for the rest of the season or try and make a package for someone higher tier. But is a guy like that even available? even if they dont do anything this trade is salvation for them since they were looking at several years of dreadful basketball post lebron retirement. Absolutely wild.

[@9lokkNine47]

Playing the most minutes while playing no defense and no off ball movement is not impressive.

[@robertobarajas2329]

Just do It! Nike sign

[@cameronray1387]

Question for Nick, why don’t you give more pushback on the “Brady what Mahomes twice “ take? First loss was Mahomes as a first year starter in OT never got the ball back. The 2nd one he was in his 4th string o lineman and set the Super Bowl record for most rushing yards behind yards behind line of scrimmage, what reasonable person would let that be a factor in determining who the greatest quarterback of all time is?

[@okcjoesos]

Damanzay! Coffee is your friend.

[@stephenwilson9612]

That and dial back on the bong hitz

[@adaqable]

I mean it's consistent with going all in on KP and botching brunson, he managed to conjure 1 decent season where it wasn't 90% Luka

[@Shiloh_Shepherd]

I can barely hear Damonza speak

[@Hans3l]

I want to know what Nick thinks after Mad Dogs went after the refs and KC today...

[@codystrom8708]

How’s your woke family not like Taylor swift?? That doesn’t make sense Yall are the same 😂

[@montanaSD]

I’d understand if they got a once in a lifetime haul for Luka, ok fine. They didn’t though.

[@kreed4]

Poor conditioning isn’t the only reason. It’s poor conditioning, plays no defense at all, lack of professionalism, no mamba mentality, on court antics, sets a terrible example for team. He’s James Harden, and they didn’t want to commit the super max, particularly due to the current CBA rules.m with hard cap. If you have a supermax player that doesn’t earn it, you’re toast.

[@chrisclark2747]

Thought he was going to say that the Lakers traded for his second favourite son....

[@0h_hello]

Intro entirely way to long...no music at least

[@oblivionpro69]

The poor officiating complaints is not strictly related to some kind of “rigged” conspiracy Nick. Just like when you used to complain about the calls Brady would get, people notice the Chiefs get favorable calls, it doesn’t mean it’s “rigged”

[@AlexPetrakovitz]

Nick is cool but this new thing where he like half his content is talking about what other talking heads are saying has gotten old very fast. Just ignore other people and have your own opinions

[@tatiabril-k4h]

so the future of the Lakers is build a team around a player that is never fit and doesnt defend...lol

[@Fore_left2637]

This is Exhibit A of why it’s scary to see the entrance of a new wave of ownership / Private Equity in sports. Some owners will no longer care as much as the fans. They are treating these franchises as assets. Also can we have a serious conversation that Adam Silver made a call? Not to be a conspiracy guy, but this can’t be ignored. We have to be honest that this trade smells. We can’t just write that off as “Conspiratorial Nonsense.”

[@ky_jellybean]

grow up 🧍🏻‍♂️

[@Zeph-gl4rz]

Miles coming to the Bucs. #Bucnation

[@deepvoicedude4749]

When Goodell and Manfred leanred about Luka going to the Lakers, I imagine their faces resembled Stalin's when he learned the Germans had invaded the USSR. Just utter defeat. However, unlike Stalin, I don't see how the NFL and MLB win.

[@The_Zilli]

Luka was dumped because ownership wants to deep six the Mavs and either get their casino stadium in Dallas and if not, relocate to Vegas and get their casino. Mavs could have gotten a lot more than a broken AD. Imagine what the Raptors would had given up, they're so desperate for a star.

[@fr3akzilla769]

I love Nick but his goat debate is contradictory. LBJ basically is Brady, but with half the titles. He is an all-time great and top5, no doubt, but he has always been changing teams to maximize his company and not even that made him win more titles than Steph in Golden State. There was nobody winning titles regularly when Jordan was on top, now there isn't as Mahomes is on top. Brady obviously had 2 runs, split by a drought, but nobody was winning during those.

[@tranquilanimaljamlover66]

I think lebron should sit and come off the bench when Luka comes...that way they work out and offense with Luka and lebron can figure out how to fit in...then by the playoffs they'll have some kinda plan

[@seanthatcher7791]

Luka will find a way to get JJ fired and then J Kidd can come to LA.

[@glennhaygood]

no one considering the possibility that luka is a locker room CANCER. if he were anyone else this would be the very first suspicion.

[@TylerHolt-n5q]

Everyone around him says he's awesome, including his current coach who broadcasted that to everyone lol. Why would that be different if he were anyone else? Edit: what is your context for this? I've never seen this in any sport to compare it to.

[@glennhaygood]

@@TylerHolt-n5q ok so imagine that he is indeed a locker room disruption...does this trade make sense then...? yes it does. if he is, its one of the only ways dallas could win this trade. thank you for reading.

[@4ktkaram395]

35:13 wuttttttttttttt

[@xaytrill7]

35:16 huhh?

[@SojiFro_0]

Lakers will 100% win a chip in the next two years. Don’t let the media gaslight you like this wasn’t Nico gifting his good pal in LA a championship team. And this is coming from a certified Laker hater.

[@TylerHolt-n5q]

It seems like Silver called in a ratings boost.

[@tyronebray9593]

This^^^^ not only that, it shows the other players that they can be shipped out

[@ky_jellybean]

why do conspiracy theorists have to infiltrate sports with their dumbass takes. cmon man grow out of it already 😪

[@TylerHolt-n5q]

@@ky_jellybean This is a hypothesis at best, not even close to a theory. Really it's just speculation. Regarding the 2nd part, I just have more faith in an NBA GM than this. I'm not using hyperbole, I think a psych eval is warranted if the facts are exactly as reported right now. What's the lowest level of "theory" you can come up with that explains the missing info?

[@ky_jellybean]

@@TylerHolt-n5q apologies for the rudeness. current state of our country has maxed out my tolerance for the ‘everything’s a conspiracy’ folks In terms of explaining this move, we see unqualified people in power all the time. Nepotism > merit all over the place in the corporate world. What makes a GM job any different? Look at the Jets, Giants, Raiders. not coincidentally, Mavs GM only negotiated this trade with his buddy Pelinka (Pelinka was Kobe’s agent, this guy was his Nike rep) I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy had a massive ego and traded their best player bcuz of it. Same ego is why Brady got kicked out of NE while still good enough to win a SB I don’t think any darker or more serious would-be reasons need to be fed into in this case, but what do i know

[@stephengoodell5984]

​@@ky_jellybean It's not really a conspiracy when its the most logical explanation. A drunken toddler wouldn't make this trade. They didn't even get the laker's second first. Mikal bridges went for 5 firsts several months ago. And the reports are all that luka wasn't shopped. He had to go to LA; and why would that be? Either the mav's gm is the dumbest gm of all time and sent his buddy the biggest favor of all time; or the league needed a ratings boost and this was their best idea. Or the gambling theory (although I think that one would be less likely)

[@thidonkgowe1685]

SGA has trumped him. And Lyka aint your regular 25 year old, hes been playing pro since 17. This is an old 25.

[@12gark]

Luka played like a old man when he was 19. Aging isn't changing his game in the slightest 🤣

[@studmuffin3264]

Lmao Luka literally beat him last year with similar teams.

[@pbnaj]

Luca may end up with Shawn Kemp syndrome.

[@TylerHolt-n5q]

He would then average 25 6 and 6 lol