{"id":51756,"date":"2026-04-15T21:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=51756"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:07:30","slug":"nick-wright-mortified-by-steph-curry-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=51756","title":{"rendered":"Nick Wright &#8216;mortified&#8217; by Steph Curry mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"hidden\"\/><!-- Arbitrary hidden heading for SumoMe to hook into --><\/p>\n<p>Nick Wright is trying to make it right after snubbing Steph Curry, but he\u2019s accepting his fate and whatever backlash comes his way.<\/p>\n<p>Wright unveiled his top-10 NBA guards of all-time on Tuesday afternoon on <em>First Things First<\/em>, and he briefly joined Christopher \u201cMad Dog\u201d Russo as maybe the only other sports media member who has <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nba\/bob-cousy-jj-redick-first-take.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Cousy ahead of Steph Curry<\/a>. The now polarizing list began with Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Jerry West, and Isiah Thomas as his top five, followed by Oscar Robertson, Dwyane Wade, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chris Paul, and Bob Cousy to round out the 10.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever amount of time Wright spent on this list, it wasn\u2019t enough. Because you can\u2019t have a top-10 list of NBA guards and leave Steph Curry off it. Wright was, however, alerted to the blunder later in the show, and he quickly insisted it was just a brutal oversight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Editing error by me not recognizing Steph was omitted! He should be 4th behind Kobe &amp; ahead of West, obviously.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/getnickwright\/status\/2044156187726279151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wednesday afternoon, Wright addressed the omission again at the start of <em>First Things First<\/em>, jokingly noting he would have understood if FS1 didn\u2019t let him back into the building over his controversial list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIf after the show yesterday, the bosses had called me and been like, \u2018Turn your keycard in, you\u2019ve lost it.\u2019 I would\u2019ve been like, I get it.\u201d \u2013 Nick Wright on his Steph Curry mistake <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7lyU0FJrmr\">pic.twitter.com\/7lyU0FJrmr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/2044501842487287823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI messed up. It was a mortifying oversight,\u201d Wright said. \u201cYou know, I\u2019m three days away from my 10-year anniversary at the network. If after the show yesterday, the bosses had called me and been like, \u2018Turn your keycard in, you\u2019ve lost it.\u2019 I would\u2019ve been like, I get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Wright doesn\u2019t have to worry about that. As one of the network\u2019s pillars, Wright will keep his keycard for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>Wright could have gone rogue and just leaned into the blunder. He could have built a brand as the foremost Steph Curry-hater in sports media, much like Skip Bayless did with LeBron James. 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