Fox Sports’ Nick Wright’s terrible take on Andrew Wiggins recalled after Warriors’ win
Steph Curry deservedly was the NBA Finals MVP, but former Kansas men’s basketball star Andrew Wiggins had a huge series.
Wiggins led Golden State in minutes played, rebounds and blocks, and was second in scoring for the Warriors, who beat the Boston Celtics on Thursday and won the NBA Finals in six games.
Curry won his fourth NBA title, and said this championship was unlike the other three.
“This one hits different for sure, just knowing what the last three years have meant,” Curry told reporters. “What it’s been like from injuries to changing of the guard in the rosters, Wiggs coming through, our young guys carrying the belief that we could get back to this stage and win, even if it didn’t make sense to anybody when we said it, all that stuff matters.”
After the Warriors wrapped up the title, a clip of Fox Sports’ Nick Wright lambasting Golden State for trading for Wiggins was shared by multiple Twitter users.
“Wiggins is a bad basketball player. He’s owed $95 million over the next three years starting next year,” Wright said in February 2020. “It’s unspeakable that they did this. ... I felt that if Klay (Thompson) came back at the end of the season (from an injury), they could be dangerous. And that starting next year, we’ll see if they can rejuvenate the old splash brother ‘15-’16 team and be dangerous. It’s over for them now.
“We will never see Steph in another NBA Finals. Ever. They have no path forward.”
That is, as they say, a freezing cold take, and fans let Wright hear about it.
