“Andrew Wiggins did Michael Jordan’s famous layup!”: Nick Wright puts forth INTENSELY controversial opinion on Warriors man’s highlight, NBA Twitter goes nuts

Tonoy Sengupta | 15/06/2022
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NBA Twitter reacts as analyst Nick Wright compares Andrew Wiggins highlight from game 5 to a famous one by Bulls legend Michael Jordan

Game 5 of the 2022 NBA Finals will forever be known as the Andrew Wiggins game.

During the first 4 games of this Finals series against the Celtics, Stephen Curry had been the best version of himself imaginable. He was averaging an incredibly efficient 34 points per game, while also putting in work on the defensive side of the rock.

However, with the series drawn at 2-2, Steph had an awful shooting night in game 5, going 7 of 22 from the field, and a shocking 0 of 9 from beyond the arc.

So, who would pick up the slack? Along with Klay Thompson, and Jordan Poole, it was Andrew ‘Maple Jordan’ Wiggins.

The man ended this game with a stellar 26 points, 13 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 block, while shooting 52.2% from the field.

Heck, the man even had quite a few highlights that people in the NBA community just can’t stop talking about. And well, it appears that Nick Wright has decided to raise some controversy with one such moment, by bringing the name of Michael Jordan into the mix.

Let’s get into it, shall we?

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Nick Wright believes Andrew Wiggins’s immaculate layup late in the game was the same as Michael Jordan’s famous move in the 1991 NBA Finals

In case you read that subheading, and are a bit confused as to what we’re talking about here, take a look at the YouTube clip attached below.

A famous moment with good reason, isn’t it? Really, not many moves in NBA history even come close to it. But, if Nick Wright were to be believed, a certain move by Andrew Wiggins did exactly that. And well… take a look at the tweet below.

And as you’d probably expect, NBA Twitter wasn’t quite down with this opinion.

We’ll be honest here. We LOVE Andrew Wiggins. And his layup was nothing less than magnificent. But, even we have to admit, Michael Jordan’s move was a lot prettier than Wiggins’s.

Sorry, Nick Wright. We can’t support you on this one.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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