Nick Wright Embarrasses Himself With Contradictory Kemba Walker Take

Nick Wright might be the most obnoxious and inept of all the morning sports show talking heads — and that’s saying a lot.

Ever since rumors connecting Kemba Walker to the Boston Celtics first surfaced last week, the “First Things First” co-host has fired shots at Danny Ainge and asserted that Walker is inferior to Kyrie Irving in almost every way. And that clear, anti-Celtics bias would be fine, if only Wright was consistent in his analysis.

However, we now have tangible proof the FS1 bozo is more full of crap than a porta-potty.

Here’s what Wright said on April 4 — as pointed out Monday by Celtics Junkies — when discussing the possibility of Walker joining Irving’s former teammate, LeBron James, on the Los Angeles Lakers: “I think Kemba is the exact fit Kyrie was. I don’t think Kemba’s a worse defender than Kyrie is. I think Kemba is — in fact I know he’s a better 3-point shooter than Kyrie.”

Now, here’s what Wright said Monday when discussing Walker joining the Celtics: “Kemba, a player I like a ton, who is coming off the best year of his career, is a lesser version of Kyrie. He’s smaller than Kyrie. He’s a slightly worse defender than Kyrie. He is a slightly worse offensive player than Kyrie.”

Woof. Tough look for Nick.

In other Celtics-related news, the C’s shored up their frontcourt Monday by adding Enes Kanter, and Boston just might be in on DeMarcus Cousins.

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Plymouth State/Boston University product from Wolfeboro, NH, who now is based in Rhode Island. Have worked at NESN since 2016, covering the Patriots since 2021. Might chat your ear off about Disney World, Halo 2, and Lord of the Rings.