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New York Post
09-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Why Nick Wright believes Knicks beating Celtics would be good thing for NBA
Nick Wright believes that a Knicks playoff series win over the Celtics can change the game. The FS1 pundit made his case during his 'What's Wright' podcast on Thursday, saying that a Celtics loss would be good 'for the health of basketball.' 'It has the potential to be an all-time loss,' Wright said. 'It also has the potential to maybe stem the tide a bit against professional basketball simply being a 3-point shooting contest.' Advertisement 4 Nick Wright spoke about the second-round series. What's Wright? With Nick Wright/YouTube Wright has been a critic of the NBA's recent shift toward 3-pointers and has repeatedly called on the league to change the rules similar to how the MLB has done to reshape the sport in recent seasons. Advertisement 4 Al Horford of the Boston Celtics goes up for a shot as Josh Hart of the New York Knicks defends during the fourth quarter of Game 2. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post 'Watching 3-point contests is not as good of an entertainment product as the NBA we grew up with,' Wright said. 'Even though the league is deeper than ever, more skilled than ever, in theory, should be better than ever…you might need to be proactive like baseball was against the shift and the pitch clock and all those things.' The Celtics set an NBA playoff record with 45 missed 3-pointers during their Game 1 loss against the Knicks on Monday, shooting 15-for-60 beyond the arc. 'The Boston Celtics breaking every record for 3-point attempts, if they ended up cruising to a championship, then until the rules change, everyone's an idiot for not playing that way,' Wright explained. Advertisement 4 Fox Sports personality Nick Wright poses for a portrait on the set of 'First Things First' in New York, N.Y., on January 30, 2025. The Washington Post via Getty Im 'But if in the small sample size of a series, the Celtics get whacked by what most people agree is a clearly inferior team … whether it should or shouldn't change teams' philosophies and approaches, pro sports are reactionary. And I think it will. So yeah, I'll say it. For the health of basketball, it's good if this doesn't work for Boston.' Follow The Post's coverage of the Knicks in the 2025 NBA Playoffs Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series. The Celtics continued their 3-point struggles into the second game of the series on Wednesday, shooting just 25 percent from downtown across 40 shot attempts. Advertisement 4 Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson high five during the game against the Boston Celtics during Round 2 Game 2 of the 2025 NBA Playoffs on May 7, 2025 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NBAE via Getty Images Boston's woes ultimately amounted to a nail-biter 91-90 loss for the Knicks to get ahead 2-0 in the series. Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals is set for Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
New York Times
05-02-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Colin Cowherd signs Nick Wright's podcast away from Fox Sports: Sources
In the continuing trend of top sports media personalities creating their own podcast-centric companies that compete with major networks, Colin Cowherd has signed Nick Wright to bring his podcast from Fox Sports to Cowherd's The Volume, sources briefed on the move said Wednesday. What is particularly interesting about this move is Cowherd and Wright are the two biggest draws on Fox Sports' cable channel, FS1. Both will continue to do their weekday FS1 shows on TV. Advertisement Wright, who has grown in reach with his takes and fervent support of his hometown Kansas City Chiefs, will continue doing his thrice-weekly show 'What's Wright? With Nick Wright.' The show is a family affair as he hosts it with his son, Damonza, but plans to have his wife, Danielle, and two daughters on the program, too. Wright amassed nearly 720,000 views on his YouTube channel after 36 hours for his reaction to the blockbuster NBA trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks. In 2021, Cowherd launched The Volume following the success of media personalities, notably Bill Simmons and Dave Portnoy, who have used their brands to create larger media companies. Simmons (The Ringer) and Portnoy (Barstool Sports) sold their companies for hundreds of millions. Portnoy regained ownership with Penn National for $1 after Penn partnered with ESPN for sports gambling. Cowherd's success seems modeled after Simmons and Portnoy as he has used his popularity to help gain more traction with the likes of Shannon Sharpe, an FS1-turned-ESPN personality, NBA star and podcaster Draymond Green and 'FantasyPros,' a fantasy football podcast.
