Denver fans don’t seem like they are enjoying the Nuggets’ first-ever NBA title nearly as much as they are enjoying rubbing said title in the faces of members of the national media that doubted the team. Nick Wright has had about enough of it and he let 104.3 The Fan’s Schlereth & Evans know it Tuesday morning.
Throughout the season, Wright noted that he had trouble justifying a third consecutive league MVP for Nikola Jokić before the big man even had a single NBA title. He pointed to history noting that didn’t happen for LeBron, for Jordan, or for Kareem. Schlereth asked him if after seeing Jokić’s playoff performance, did the FS1 star think it was unfair that voters gave the award to Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid or if he regretted advocating against Jokić.
Wright had no problem defending himself or Embiid’s victory. He said that until the team won the NBA Finals, they hadn’t done anything extraordinary.
“I don’t think that was unfair,” he said. “I think Denver fans, and their coach and their broadcaster, take your victory lap. You guys won. You’re the champion. You have unequivocally one of the two best players in the world and most people think the best player in the world. The grievances? Get over it, all of them. Get over it!”
Schlereth joked that Wright is so disliked by Nuggets fans, that he gets grief for being friends with Wright. He said there was a barrage of blowback Tuesday morning when he tweeted that his “good friend Nick Wright” was going to join the show.
Wright answered by saying the chest-thumping in Denver has turned into something more pathetic. He wonders if basketball fans in the city even care what the team accomplished.
“It seems like ‘nobody believes in us’ is a very powerful thing in sports. That’s fine,” Wright said. “But the whining from, like folks being mad at Stink because he has a personal relationship with me? It’s embarrassing! You guys are the champs! At this point, Jokić has a near-perfect approval rating.”
