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🗓️ 22 February 2025
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Nick Wright explains why LeBron James is more clutch all-time than Kobe Bryant, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and all your favorite players…and he has the numbers to back it up. Later, Nick breaks down why bashing LeBron for missing the NBA All-Star Game makes no sense, responds to Draymond Green’s criticism of All-Star Weekend, and answers what’s wrong with Luka Doncic since joining the Los Angeles Lakers. #Herd
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the best of the week for What's Right with Nick Wright the best takes and moments from this week on the show. Enjoy |
0:09.0 | I thought the conversation was going to be about Luca today because Luca looks unsettled |
0:18.0 | However, it's not because if people didn't stay up to watch this game, let me give |
0:24.4 | you the quick recap. Lakers were up 20. They then slowly but surely blew the game. They |
0:32.6 | then late down four. actually down to |
0:39.1 | Rui misses back-to-back free throws with 35 seconds left just a killer just a good free-throw shooter misses both |
0:46.9 | They then find themselves down four after Lamello kind of cooks Luca out on the perimeter and they get a layup |
0:53.3 | LeBron hits an impossible three to cut it kind of cooks Luca out on the perimeter and they get a layup. |
0:58.8 | LeBron hits an impossible three to cut it to one. |
1:02.5 | The Hornets thin, Lamello hits a couple free throws, |
1:06.8 | and then LeBron has a really good but deep look and misses it. |
1:10.8 | They get the rebound, gets another decent look, and misses it, and they lose. |
1:20.8 | And I'm like, man, I was like, we're going to have to talk about how sad Luca looks. |
1:23.1 | That to me is the actual story. |
1:32.3 | Little did I know, and this is a bad job by me bad media you know kind of seeing the tea leaves |
1:36.3 | I missed what the obvious story was gonna be |
1:42.3 | LeBron missed another clutch shot which by the way he has been |
1:47.1 | shockingly bad at those in the regular season since he's been a Laker. |
1:55.5 | Last five seconds, shots to tie or take the lead as a Laker, one of 29. |
2:00.3 | So, like, really, really bad at those in the regular season. And that's a legitimate complaint, I guess, like whatever. |
2:06.5 | But I foolishly thought we were done with and passed the LeBron clutch gene stuff. |
2:16.2 | I thought maybe, and you guys know, I've always been pretty respectful to my former colleague, Skip Bayliss. |
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