Nick Wright: “LeBron James, right now, is the best defensive player on the best defensive team in basketball”

Mar 17, 2021 2:44 PM

A co-host of Fox Sports 1’s First Things First Nick Wright details why he has the Los Angeles Lakers small forward LeBron James over the Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokić in the MVP race:

"LeBron James, right now, is the best defensive player on the best defensive team in basketball."

— @getnickwright on why he has LeBron over Nikola Jokić in the MVP race: pic.twitter.com/AwKNeH31LA
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) March 17, 2021

Nick Wright: “LeBron James, right now, is the best defensive player on the best defensive team in basketball”

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