Best Of - Nick Wright LIGHTS UP Stephen A. Smith for Jaylen Brown threat, Wemby OFFICIALLY BEST PLAYER in the world, SGA Top 5 guard in NBA history?
What's Wright? with Nick Wright
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
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🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Nick Wright reacts to Victor Wembanyama's historic performance in the San Antonio Spurs' thrilling double overtime win over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Has Wemby cemented himself as the best player in the world? Later, Nick reacts to Stephen A. Smith's back-and-forth with Boston Celtics' star guard Jaylen Brown and shares why Stephen A. is acting out of line. Next, Nick debates where SGA ranks among guards in NBA history after winning his second consecutive MVP award. Where does Shai slot in among Stephen Curry, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, and the other historic guards? #Volume
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | Welcome to the best of the week for What's Right with Nick Wright. |
| 0:07.7 | The best takes and moments from this week on the show. |
| 0:10.9 | Enjoy. |
| 0:12.7 | So we witnessed some cinema last night between the Spurs and the Thunder. |
| 0:15.9 | Somebody finally gave a Thunder a run for their money. |
| 0:18.9 | So coming to the series, a big question was Victor with Maniama, would he be tired, |
| 0:22.6 | would be able to balance in these games? |
| 0:25.1 | Went to double OT, he obviously was not tired. |
| 0:28.1 | Should we overreact to this game? |
| 0:29.6 | Correct. |
| 0:29.9 | Where are we at right now? |
| 0:33.4 | I don't think, listen, it's overreacting to the game would be saying the series is over. |
| 0:40.2 | I don't believe that is the case. |
| 0:42.4 | But I want to talk about Wimby for a second. |
| 0:46.0 | It'll be more than a second. |
| 0:47.3 | We're going to talk a lot about Wimby today. |
| 0:50.1 | But a couple weeks ago on this podcast, during one of our mailbag episodes, I was asked the question, what's the greatest a player can be all-time rankings-wise without ever actually being the best player alive? |
| 1:06.8 | And I called my shot on it. |
| 1:09.6 | I was like, well, whenever I give this take, people get very, very mad. |
| 1:13.5 | But I explained how I have Kobe Bryant firmly in the top 10 all time, |
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