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#FirstThingsFirst with @getnickwright , @Chris_Broussard and @kevinwildes on @FS1 Weekdays 3 PM ET and on FOX Sports on SiriusXM Ch. 83
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@criscarter80
: Am I scared? Yes I’m scared but football has given me everything I love in life.
An emotional Cris Carter on CTE in the NFL
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@getnickwright
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Never. A. Doubt.
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Shaq, Kobe, KD & D-Rose at their absolute best: that's been LeBron this year.
@getnickwright
explains
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@stefondiggs
opens up about what Kobe Bryant meant to him
"I grew up a Lakers fan, my dad liked the Lakers. ... I love Kobe. I was a Kobe guy. It was tough for everybody. I haven't felt that way about losing somebody since my dad."
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"Aaron Rodgers is the most disingenuous athlete of my lifetime."
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@getnickwright
breaks down Rodgers' decisions this season in 135 seconds:
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"Coach Izzo made a promise to that kid and his parents. When he sat in their living room he told them, 'I'm going to be on your son and grow him from a boy into a young man.' That's what Aaron Henry got last night. This coaching will always be effective." —
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The case against Michael Jordan not being the GOAT, according to
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1. Loser without Pippen
2. Never once beat Larry Bird
3. Could never beat a Super Team
4. The East was terrible
5. Everyone won rings on his watch
"We pretend Jordan's career was 6 years long."
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"Aaron Rodgers has been a very selfish guy. ... I go back to personal experiences. His words to me were, 'don't be that guy.' All of a sudden, it's about the money."
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@GregJennings
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"How much did these Finals hurt Jimmy Butler's legacy? ... I think Giannis came out of these Finals a lot better — 0 losses. A Finals loss the single worst thing you can do in the playoffs, right? I thought he played well, but the legacy just tanks now." —
@getnickwright
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Tyrod Taylor is an example of black quarterbacks playing with a smaller margin of error.
@getnickwright
explains
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Who is the better QB?
RT for Josh Allen
LIKE for Baker Mayfield
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"If Dwayne Haskins, as an African American, goes to Duke and puts up those mediocre stats, 7th in the Conference, he's not drafted Day 1 or Day 2. That stuff is racial."
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@criscarter80
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Do you want to see Russ and Melo win a ring with LeBron and the Lakers?
RT for YES
LIKE for NO
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"What Kobe's doing is showing his own insecurity about where he ranks in the All-Time Greats. Because 8th or 9th isn't good enough for him, evidently."
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reacts to Kobe's comments on LeBron
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The idea that Kobe was a better scorer than LeBron is crazy.
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"Giannis might win a championship without a Superteam. LeBron hasn't really done that, Kevin Durant hasn't really done that. That would be big for Giannis' legacy." —
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"LeBron James went to the Lakers, who had not played in a playoff game for 6 years, and by year 2, they were champions. This is what LeBron James does. ... That's what the greatest player of his era or any era does. And he just proved it once again." —
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By any measure, Tim Duncan was better than Kobe Bryant
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@getnickwright
: A potential trade w/ Pelicans could mean this starting 5 for Cavs:
IT
DWade
LeBron
KLove
Boogie
That team wins the title
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"People need to start putting some respect on Tim Duncan's name. Duncan and Kobe are the same era. Duncan won 5 titles, Kobe won 5; Duncan has 3 Finals MVPs, Kobe's got 2; Duncan has 2 regular season MVPs, Kobe's got 1. We keep skipping over Tim Duncan."
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"Patrick Mahomes is a Frankenstein's monster at QB. He's got Rodgers' arm, Elway's toughness & escapability, w/ Brady's clutch gene.... The best arm I've ever seen, the best sense of the moment & toughness I've ever seen, & the most clutch player I've ever seen." —
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"The Boston Celtics plan was Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, Al Horford. That has turned into Jayson Tatum, Kemba Walker, Enes Kanter. That’s a disaster." —
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NEVER A DOUBT!
"If this Chiefs team makes the Super Bowl ... you are not allowed to doubt them ever again." —
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"Andrew Wiggins is a bad basketball player. He's owed $95M over the next 3 years, starting next year. It's unspeakable the Warriors did this. ... It's over for them now. We will never see Steph in another NBA Finals again. Ever." —
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"For a decade I heard, 'LeBron is feasting on the East. If he came out West he wouldn't do it.' All of a sudden, people have to go to the Boise State argument — well, what about the schedule? It's the damn NBA. Every team plays the same schedule." —
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"Kawhi is in Year 9, he's 28. We had a damn national emergency when LeBron in Year 14, after 6 straight trips to the Finals, took a couple games off. ... Kawhi's not coming off an injury, he's now going to miss 2-of-8 and they're both on national TV. I hate it." —
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"Doc, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett have never gotten over the Heat ending the Big 3. KG... basically said: The league wanted the Heat to win. Not b/c they beat you in 5 the 1st year LeBron was in Miami. Then in Game 6 he had 45-15-5 to officially end the Big 3 era."—
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"LeBron has been the GOAT since June 19th, 2016, everything since then has just widened the gap.
... Six rings is in play." —
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"LeBron is everything for people that he never had. He never had a dad, so he became the most involved father imaginable. He bounced around schools, so he built one. ... He still tries to beat the young guys but he's going to be there for them at every point." —
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"The reason the East looks wack is because the Greatest Player Ever has been romping them for 15 years." —
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#FTFin60
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"I've spent a lot of my television & radio career picking at what makes Kobe not as great as Jordan, LeBron, or whoever. That's what we do when we're ranking players. ... It deprived me, I think, of really appreciating what this guy did every step of the way." —
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"I grew up in a family of 7 kids and we didn't have a father. I set out to say: 'I'm going to be a better dad than what I had.' I coached my kids and was involved with their team. LeBron's heart is in the right place. We need to find something else to criticize." —
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"There are a few things going around about Colin Kaepernick that are just factually inaccurate." —
@getnickwright
sets the record straight
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"The Chiefs are the best team in the AFC. The Chiefs aren’t going to lose again until next year." —
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"Larry Fitzgerald is universally loved and in contact with the whole league; no one in recent history, especially as a WR, has a better reputation. Larry Fitzgerald, if he speaks out against me, that would give me pause."
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@criscarter80
on Antonio Brown
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@kevinwildes
has officially been welcomed back to Chiefs Kingdom!!
"I never left and I'm BACK!" 😅😅😅
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"Every team that makes the playoffs in the NFC has a better shot of making the Super Bowl than your
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"I'm so happy right now I could cry. If the Lakers win a title it'll be one of the most satisfying championships in sports history for fans. If Russ & Melo can get rings alongside LeBron, & get the only thing missing from their careers, it'll be spectacular." —
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"The NBA MVP is now one less thing that I need to care about. Once upon a time it mattered. ... Back-to-back MVPs used to be reserved for the all time best of the best, + Steven Nash. Two yrs in a row, Jokić's team is AT HOME when the award's actually announced."—
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"If you're saying Michael Jordan would average 42-43 points per game [now], when in the 90s when he was winning he never averaged more than 32, what you're saying is Kevin Durant would struggle to break 20 a game [then]. It can't only work in one direction." —
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There's a difference between the best basketball player ever & the most accomplished.
@getnickwright
on LeBron vs Jordan
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"Take the best Kobe ever was, and just take LeBron this year. It's not close." —
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@getnickwright
apparently has a tendency to hit our Super Bowl guests while in Miami. 🥊 We even added a counter. 🔢
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"The better scorer is Jordan. The better all-around player? LeBron James." —
@iamisiahthomas
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LeBron proved his clutch credentials a decade ago, and every year since.
@getnickwright
gives a quick history lesson on the King
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"Carson Wentz doesn't rush the passer, he's not a linebacker, he doesn't cover RBs in space, he doesn't play corner and give up bomb after bomb. I know we like to put a lot of blame on the QB. But let's stop this. Carson Wentz is not the problem in Philadelphia." —
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"It's like folks are contractually obligated when discussing Giannis to throw in the things he can't do, even when giving him his flowers. I'm done with it. We don't do this to the other great players." —
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There’s a real problem when JuJu & Iloka get the same punishment as Rob Gronkowski.
@getnickwright
explains
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"The most popular guy on planet earth took his Saturday...& babysat my son for free." —
@BigDame900
on Odell offering to watch his son
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"I don't know that I've ever said the refs cost a team the game...this is as close as you can come, though. I believe the refs broke the rules."
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explains
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@getnickwright
reacts to Kobe Bryant & his daughter Gianna's tragic death:
"I'm in true shock that we are not going to see Kobe Bryant at Lakers games when he's old & gray, & we're not going to get to see this next phase of his life that he seemed to be so excitedly embracing."
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"The reaction to, for the 1st time in my memory, some tough calls going against New England is so rich and borderline unbelievable. It sucks to have the calls go against you. That's the NFL in 2019 guys, welcome to it New England Patriot fans." —
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"Russell Westbrook was the best player I've played with. ... He's not just the best player, the best teammate I've had off the court." —
@EnesKanter
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"Kobe could never be considered the GOAT because he's a worse version of a player we've already seen: MJ. The reason LeBron can be considered the GOAT is because we've never quite seen someone like him."
via
@getnickwright
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Nick Wright compares Colin Kaepernick & Jimmy Garoppolo in their last 6 games played & reminds us why Kap still deserves a spot in the league.
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"He wants to coach, but physically he can’t. He can’t do this anymore. Urban Meyer is a good man, and he’s had a tremendous impact on young people."
@criscarter80
on his former WR coach & friend to step down at Ohio State
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Was LeBron’s game-winning three over Steph clutch or luck?
"In no universe, besides the one with this specific player, would that be considered luck. This is the definition of a clutch shot by the most clutch playoff performer in NBA history." —
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No one in NBA history could've done what LeBron did these past 6 weeks to get this team to the Finals.
@getnickwright
explains
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"Kobe is one of the 10 greatest players ever. But there is no math we can do to favorably compare him as a basketball player to LeBron James."
@getnickwright
presents the numbers
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"The Lakers didn't overpay, because you can't overpay. There's only 7 guys in the league that can be the best guy on a championship team, that can be a league MVP. The Lakers now have 2 of them." —
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@Chris_Broussard
has officially hit TEN Upset Alerts this season — including picking the Titans over the Jags on Friday!! 🔥🔥🔥
"The Prince is toast." 🤴
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"Jimmy Butler for a night in Game 5 was LeBron James — and to his credit he was. You know what it did to him? It made him a non-factor in Game 6 he was so exhausted. LeBron has done that every night for 15 years." —
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"Sept. 21st will be 29 years since I've had a drink. ... If Josh Gordon's healthy, this is the Super Bowl champ right here. I'm pulling for him because the league doesn't have any good stories. I can't pull for a person more than the way I pull for Josh." —
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“If there was no context to this, it would be spectacular — no one’s ever had a game like this since Wilt. But when you understand the context that Russ went out and said he was going to do this, 20-20-20, for Nipsey Hussle, it's breathtaking.”
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"LeBron became the 3rd person ever to score 34,000 PTS. Kareem, Malone, LeBron, the only 3 to ever to do it.
He was also the youngest to
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"For Kawhi, this is about which organization is going to support his quest to be the best player in the world and get as many championships as possible. To me, the only team that presents that is the Lakers. I believe there's going to be an announcement today." —
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"I'd like to officially congratulate the Bills & Josh Allen for not only avenging their playoff loss last yr but for also clearly becoming the class of the AFC over my Chiefs & Patrick Mahomes, respectively."
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@getnickwright
reads a prepared statement after the Bills 24-20 win:
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@SHAQ
reacts to
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's Top 5 Lakers of All-Time:
1. Magic
2. Kareem
3. Kobe
4. Jerry West
5. Shaq
"I can't be mad at that, those guys paved the way for all of us. I appreciate you having me on the list."
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"Dwight Howard not being on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team is an indictment on the entire list. It makes it seem like the cool kids lunch table rather than the most prestigious group in NBA history. ... His résumé is not borderline top 75, it's borderline top 45." —
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"I fancy myself a bit of an ideas man. If you don't have ONE great idea you need to have a lot of great ideas."
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@kevinwildes
* tries * to explain all of the ideas Sean Marks has had for the Nets during his tenure as GM: 🤣
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As predicted by
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on Friday.
Has Patrick Mahomes officially entered the GOAT discussion? 🐐
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The LeBron James Derangement Syndrome has reached an all-time high
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Patrick Mahomes at home, career in the postseason — best in NFL history.
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