The Herd with Colin Cowherd - What's Wright - Best Of: Nick Wright GOES OFF on Stephen A. x LeBron feud, Bronny drops 39 in G League, JuJu Watkins tears ACL

Episode Date: March 29, 2025

Nick Wright reacts to the Stephen A. Smith x LeBron James feud following James' appearance on The Pat McAfee Show. Nick explains why Stephen A. is losing the war between sports' biggest analyst and it's biggest star. Later, Nick reacts to Bronny James' 39-point performance in the G League and USC star JuJu Watkins tearing her ACL in the NCAA Tournament. #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it. But, you know, tired and sick. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you.

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Hey, it's Edwin Castro, also known as Castro 1021. And I'm Conky, his best friend and business manager. And we've got a new show called The 1021 Podcast. I'm taking you behind the scenes on how I became one of Twitch's most popular streamers. We also love sports. And with the World Cup right around the corner, we'll be breaking down the biggest storylines ahead of the big tournament here in the USA. Listen to the 1021 podcast on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Joey Dardano. And on my new podcast, Hope from a Hypocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with thoughtful solutions. Sike, I'm a comedian. I'm not qualified to give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we riff, rant, and recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to me. This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the devil's. dumbest people you know. Listen to help from Hippocrite Wednesdays on the Iheart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. We have to lead this morning with just a huge bummer, which is a young woman who I truly, and I said this last year, I think, and well, and I'm not going to use past tense, but I had said this in the past, and I still believe it, has a chance to be the greatest women's basketball player ever. I truly believe that. I believe that. When everyone was talking about, and I obviously was a huge part of the talk as well, about the phenomenon that is Caitlin Clark, I think you guys heard me say a couple times on the show that I thought Juju Watkins at USC might end up being even better than Caitlin and even better than everybody.

Her size, her athleticism, her basketball IQ. It is elite of the elite and a player that can do everything, a player that recently put up a stat line that had not been put up in min's, or women's professional or college basketball this century when I think she had 38 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 8 blocks, and again a 40-minute college game, she tore ACL last night. And it's just devastating for a bunch of reasons.

It puts it, I would imagine, on the board that she doesn't play college basketball again. Now, I would think she does. I would think that the plan is for her to miss all of next season and then come back for what would be her senior year, I guess redshirt junior year, and continue to play. And with NIL and the WMBA salary structure, I would have to imagine Juju can potentially,

make far more money at USC than she would at the beginning of her WMBA career, unless something drastically changes with the rookie salary scale there. But this is just an ultimate bummer because getting, we got in the final four last year, page versus Caitlin. And we were basically assured that we were going to get, Page versus Juju in the Elite 8. And it was, I talked about how I didn't love that they put USC and Yukon in the same region because that felt like it should be a final four or a national championship potential

matchup and it ends up that it's going to be. And USC should still get, they should be able to win next round without Juju but not past that. They absolutely can't beat Yukon without Juju. And you just feel sick for this young lady. who has the real potential to be a true superstar, a true crossover, not just great player. She's obviously going to be, well, she already is a great player, and a torn ACL is not career altering the way it once was,

but she needs a great NCAA tournament run just to capture. catapult her celebrity the way Caitlin had and the way honestly Angel Reese who no disrespect Angel Reese but Angel Reese is not nearly the caliber of player of Caitlin or of Juju or of Paige for that matter and they have all had these great tournament runs Juju this was going to be that this year and if not this year next year and now out for I would imagine all of next season, which is just such an absolute bummer. And here is the thing about ACLs the way I have seen them over the last decade. ACLs are different in that they used to truly be career altering.

And these days, they are not meaning people typically come back 100% to their pre-ACL terror, ability, strength, speed, quickness, all of that. But they are not quick injuries. It usually is a minimum of a calendar year that you are out and usually a little more than that until you look like your old self. So a huge bummer. This is put this in the huge story, not a great topic category. And I mean, that's kind of what it is.

There's not much to say. It's massive news, but it just sucks. There's no real take to have. And so Juju Watkins out, and I have to, you know, Yukon's now. I'm going to look it up on Draft Kings. I just can't. Maybe you guys can put in the dock for me. I mean, I know they're the favorite, but I just wonder what they are now.

is Yukon women to win that region. To win the region, I have to imagine they are minus huge money. I'm not able to pull it up right now. If you guys can throw it in the dock whenever you can find it, just put what they are to win the championship and what they are to win the region because I do not see who possibly could stop them certainly.

Now listen, UCLA, South Carolina, those are legitimate championship level teams, but I, Yukon's in the final four and they're now plus 160 to win the whole thing. We can't find them to win the region, but it's not going to be, I mean, it's not going to be much of a question. I saw, I got the, I had the privilege of watching the Yukon women in person from, uh, court side seats, thanks to Fox. The game was on Fox beginning of the year. And I left that game saying, I don't know how anyone's beating them. Now, UCLA and South Carolina is obviously a juggernaut. And USC had shown, oh, no, they're of that caliber and Yukon lost a few times. But I feel like you can

put probably in Penn a Yukon UCLA final four on your left side of the bracket. And, you know, thoughts with Juju. It absolutely sucks. just absolutely sucks that she's done for the year and potentially done for next year. One note, and I'm sure this will happen because Paige is such an awesome athlete and awesome person from all accounts. Page dealt with an ACL and missed a year. And so I would imagine if she has not already, Paige is going to reach out to Juju and try to help her through it. but really, really sucks for basketball fans, for USC fans for Juju. This episode of What's Right is brought to you by Dea Pizza featuring dairy-free cheese made with their new Dea-Ote cream blend.

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Hey, it's us to Jonas Brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, huge news? We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it.

We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. And we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was...

This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys.

Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier.

This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise. Breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athletes themselves.

Their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context and ask the questions everybody wants answered. Sports Slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to Sports Slice on the Iheart radio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slicelife Life 12 and the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis. And I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs, and on the Renee Stubbs' tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening. at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on Clay.

Jenchian win. I mean, she went down in three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lena Rubakina is arguably the best player in the world right now, and I actually can win on any surface, because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports.

Brony James, 397, 4 and 4 for the South Bay Lakers last night against Santa Cruz. He was a plus 19 in his 38 minutes. It was far and away. His best game at the professional level. and this is where I will, as I have, remind everyone that 20 months ago, July 25th or 24th of 2023, this kid suffered cardiac arrest. It totally derailed his collegiate season, and that is evidenced by the fact that he has now had 10 professional games, one at the NBA level and nine at the G League level that

are better than anything he ever did it in college. And so when people pointed out like, oh my God, look at his college stat line and that's a player that you're drafting, there had to be some math done on. Yes, his collegiate numbers were that of a player that typically would not be drafted even late in the second round. but if you throw the season away and say those numbers were due to the fact that he never got his legs or his wind underneath him because of the months he had to stay away from the court because they thought he might not be able to play basketball ever again due to a congenital heart defect then maybe just maybe you saw some traits that could be a successful player and Kevin O'Connor who knows a hell of a lot more about the drug and about college basketball than I do tweeted to me this morning that if they did a redraft

today, he thought Brani would be a first round pick and that if Brony can keep up this shooting, then he's a legitimate NBA player. And again, I am not trying to make too much of the G League, which is something we never talked about previously. However, because Brony is a star, and because he has been the subject of scrutiny, we have to be fair in that the expectation was that in the G league, with grown men, with a lot of guys who were former first round picks

trying to make a career for themselves, with a lot of guys who had a lot more experience than him, with a lot of guys who were much more highly drafted than him, that he was going to certainly in his first year in the G. G league really have his work cut out for him. And more than his work cut out for him potentially really struggle. And instead, he now, after not playing well in Summer League and not playing well in the G league's kind of preseason, I don't need the tip off tournament or whatever they call it,

in the G league regular season, he is now averaging 22, 5 and 5 on 46, 38, 8th. splits. That is a great value for your 55th overall pick and shout out and credit to Brony. And so we're not going to spend more time on that, but that was in what missed the cup, but it didn't actually miss the cut. We did a nice few minutes on it. Also, SVP, my guy, after Maryland finally gets on the right side of a buzzer beater, tweets, you know, he's a diehard Terrapin fan, and he tweets out, never a doubt, as a wise man says. Shout out Scott. Van Pelt, Ernie Johnson, Kevin Wilds,

the only three people in sports media with 100% approval ratings. And very nice of Scott to include, you know, obviously my trademark tattooed, came up with first person ever use it phrase, never a doubt. Very nice of him to use that in celebrating an all-time Maryland moment.

More on the tournament in a second. and I guess that is one way to put it. I did invite myself on the Kelsey's pod. The Kelsey's tweeted, should we have an NFL salary cap expert on the show? And I just responded, I got you. I'm, you know, that way it can be, because obviously I'm a salary cap expert,

but also we could talk other things, and it would be interesting. Because, you know, Eagles fans tend not to like me that much, but Jason, I would imagine does. I don't know. but if we could get a What's Right with Nick Wright New Heights crossover, that would have to be good for the burgeoning

What's Right brand, which by the way, YouTube's like rate, subscribe review on all platforms, YouTube just crossed 190,000. So we appreciate you guys for that. The slow climb towards 200,000 continues. But also, we'd really like you guys to subscribe on either iTunes or Spotify. Spotify wherever you guys get your podcast. All right, some quick listener questions.

Noah says, do you see Dan Harley is the rich man's Nick Siriani? Listen, I think that's on the board. Yeah, I mean, I think that's a good potential comp. And Seriana's champion now too. But Seriana doesn't seem to think the media treats him unfairly. Oh, our producers say maybe they're changing parts in pit stops. Maybe that's it Maybe the cars are good pre-race

Then during the race there are some shenanigans Taylor asks Why is Achilles or an ACL Sometimes considered a two-year injuries Consistently But a literal heart attack Isn't taking the same understanding That's about Brani

I think it's because We look at Things that aren't like Physical injuries as like binary Like is he okay Is he allowed to play again Okay then he should be the same when in reality it's the time off that i think really hurts these guys at times um

six and this says what would it take for you to get into hockey how much skew would you need to see in the Vegas books for betting to be a thing for you during the nchal season i for the sake of my marriage i don't think i can pick up another sport that i'm into right now maybe at some point in life but i i just know so little about hockey can't see they didn't have a team I've never been into it. So I, nothing against the sport. I just, I, it's very, very, very, it'd be very, very tough for me to tell my wife.

Now, by the way, also watching hockey, especially because I've kind of re-fallen in love with baseball, thanks to Bobby Witt Jr. and the Royals being legit again. All right, Alex, is there a single, and even the Rock is going to do everlasting games make you believe they can win a single round. Yeah. To win a single round for sure.

there is stuff they can do. Because the Rockets have a tough schedule, tough-ish schedule, I should say, down the stretch. So Atlanta, Utah is their next two. But then it's Phoenix, who's on a 4-game winning streak, Lakers, Utah again, Oklahoma City, Golden State, Clippers, Lakers, Denver. The Rockets play well during that stretch and hold their positioning. I certainly could see them winning around. My fear for them is they're going to drop from the two to like the four and Unless they are playing an injured Memphis team. I don't think they could again I think the Rockets have had an unbelievable season

As is they're gonna win around 50 games But for me to believe in them to win around in the playoffs They have to show me more And Scott says what would it take for Tomlin on the hot seat? They haven't been a true contender since they lost to Jacksonville in 2017 I listen you just got a contract extension I think think the Steelers have had three coaches in 50 years i i actually think what could be best for the steelers and for tomlin would be a fresh start for both of them but it doesn't he's obviously an excellent coach i just don't know that you can i think he if he could have gotten a job like the

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Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band.

Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, for people to call in and say, hey Jonas, and then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast.

But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smigel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman

help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends

on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise. Breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athlete themselves. Their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context and ask the questions everybody wants answered. Sports slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the

the people who live them. Listen to Sports Slice on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slicelife 12 in the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis. And I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs. And on the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on clay.

Jen she won. I mean, she went down in three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lena Rubakina is arguably the best player in the world right now. And I actually can win on any surface. Because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Presented by Capital One, founding partner of I Heart Women's Sports. This is where I think Stephen A has made a grievous error. He just today, he said, quote, he'll smile in your face and stab you in the back. That's why I don't like him. He's bringing up Wade's Hall of Fame induction, Kobe's Memorial. He's saying, quote, he literally circumvented meritocracy in the NBA. Here's the problem man and this is where by continuing to talk about this and not allowing yourself to take the L, you are really putting yourself in a bad spot. You always claimed you had no problem with LeBron. You always claimed he only had a problem with you.

Up until six weeks ago, the stance was, oh, nothing but love for the love for the thing. LeBron James. I, you know, a great person in the community. A great this, a great that. I just think he's not the greatest

basketball player ever. I just think he's only the second greatest player ever. And because of that, he has a problem with me. That's been the public stance. And now the guy makes fun of you on Instagram and takes a couple jokes at your

Spencer McAfee and you're letting everyone know actually no never liked him and so if the if if we are going to do a full real telling of it it the aunt the honest answer is so why what's been the problem was there something personal before and the answer's no LeBron wouldn't talk to him that was the problem LeBron wouldn't talk to him or acknowledge him. And Michael Jordan texts with him. That's it. It's the whole thing.

That's the start of it. And so I, it is, people ask me all the time, man. Do you believe what you say? And my answer always is 100%. Now, do I say it loud? or more emphatically or add some spice to it or whatever do I dress it up sure of course but the reason and this is not my quote but this quote is correct if you never lie you don't ever have to remember anything

when you do as and I'm not acting like I'm someone that never lies I probably have a bit of a I'm probably true character flaw of mine is I am my most honest talking to you guys friends and family I might you know what I mean I might be like you know what I can dance through the raindrops here a bit and clean this up later um and that's not be honestly it's self-serving it's not out of some Woodrow and Bernstein Woodward Woodrow Jesus Woodward and Bernstein journalism ethic it's because I don't want to have to it is too difficult

to do this much content if you're having to remember oh shit I said that and if your stance forever forever has been I have no problem with that person he has a problem with me and then the first time you get pressed

you empty the clip about everything you've always had a problem with people are going to say you're fucking lying to us you were lying to us and I don't and here is the problem with people in general

who don't have the ability to take an L and who are very online and who are public figures this applies to I guess some of our actual politicians and some of our potentially would be or want to be politicians.

All you can do is keep doubling, tripling, quadrupling down. Because you don't have the ability to be like, I was wrong. You constantly are reminded of the incident at hand and you are constantly reading people. and you are constantly reading people make fun of you or rip you so again i am not trying to act like i am some i have you know the silver bullet on this stuff however i do have uh one kind of just natural superpower i guess and another decision i've made the natural superpower is this i am Totally fine being wrong. Like, oh shit, got that one wrong, my bad.

Not a problem. And the other one is, I don't read my mentions. So people are like, I am not finding my, and I'll add a third thing I'm very good at. I'm on the right side of the great athletes conversation. Like the other thing is like I, you know, I, in the hey, LeBron James, good or overrated, I had the foresight to be like, I'll go with good. You know what I mean? I think I'll plant my flag on good

and see how it plays out over the next 15 years. And so that's been helpful. But I can't believe that this is how these last few weeks have gone. And the fact that... So here's the other piece of it that's important, DeMonze. on one one party in this is fighting a war of war work I can never say that war of words okay reminder to new people in the audience and young people uh I as someone who my only skill

is speaking and arguing had a really bad speech impediment growing up and couldn't say my rs or my ls and I do it for a living so I this is kind of a sidebar but just for you know young people out there or whatever like nah you can get over anything I shouldn't say anything but you can work on stuff and it won't hold you back go ahead No war of worlds I was just flexing on you No well yeah and world

And girl anything that has the RL next to each other like that I still struggle with a bit And I've told this story Nothing worse than not being able to say your R's and your last name starts with a hard R and when it's not an R, it sounds like a different word. You don't know how many times I went to basketball camp as a kid. They're like, what's your name?

Nick White. They're like, no, white, no white. It was brutal. Maybe that only happened once, but it steered me. It scarred me. The guy wrote down on my jersey right. I'm like, no, it's not white. It's white.

Brutal. It doesn't matter. I'm good now. Brutal. Here's the point I was making. In a war, Stephen A is fighting a war. of words. LeBron gets to actually go out and play the games.

And he's still awesome. So think about it in the couple weeks since this all happened. Lakers had a winning streak. Bronny drops 39, drops a career high in the NBA, has another good game the other night. Bronn last night hits a game winner.

And you have positioned yourself, I can't imagine being this boxed in. You have now positioned yourself where any time you give fair analysis about a good Laker game or brawny or whatever, you're going to get ripped for that too. Like you are all, you are so boxed in. And the guy, honestly, to God so much of this as I've said before so much of the toxicity of sports media across all sports and all our debates is actually about Michael Jordan and that era and that that era of people who came up in that era being like man my childhood was the best I promise like and not seeing that every single human being

ever it's like hey what's your favorite type of music and for everyone it just happens to be the exact type of music they were listening to when they first got their car and first were able to drive who are the best athletes and it's like oh that it just happens to be for everyone myself included the the athletes like we watched in our formative years and then into adulthood and not being able to see that it's not special it's just how human beings brains are are constructed but point is this whole thing really generates from MJ's my buddy this guy won't talk to me I must against all odds support MJ's legacy but in

J ain't playing anymore you're never gonna be able to go on the show and be like ah look what Michael did but this other guy won't fucking quit He's he's he is we are in a span of 10 days his son almost drops 40 in the G league and Scores a C lead the Lakers in points in the NBA and he has a buzzer beater and And so it's just a war you're not gonna win and it's a war you're not gonna win because I think because of your popularity and success and talent people have what enough people have watched you for long enough that we know what the record says and we know you

have always claimed you have no problem with LeBron he has a problem with you and then today you say he will smile in your face than stab you in the back that's why I don't like him is that just in the last two weeks literally circumvented the meritocracy in the NBA that in the last two weeks hey guys it's us the Jonas brothers I'm Joe I'm Kevin and I'm Nick and guess what we created our own podcast called hey Jonas we invented a podcast well we didn't invent it we just contributed to us people to do podcasts we get to ask other people questions because we're saying and tired of being asked questions.

Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it, but, you know, tired and sick. Tired and sick. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends.

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