FOX Sports’ Nick Wright Reveals The Wild $2,000,000 Bet He Has Riding On The NBA Playoffs

While he is more known as a poker player, Wight didn’t miss the chance to bet on the T-Wolves to try to make a $10K bet into a $2 million payout.

“They’re already in round two, and I’m like, ‘That’s just wrong, that can’t be right,’” Wright said when he saw the Timberwolves’ odds. “I check the betting odds, and all of the sports betting apps have between 150 to 200/1. That’s wrong. The Lakers are 28/1, have to play (the Thunder), they don’t have their best player. I saw five years ago Giannis (Antetokounmpo) suffer the same injury during Game 4 of the (Eastern) Conference finals. He started Game 1 of the Finals eight days later. I think Ant Edwards will play at some point this series.”

He needed to get clearance from casino authorities, though.

“I text Nick and Taylor, ‘Hey, I’m going to make this bet. A big bet. Do you guys want a piece?’ They can’t believe it either; they’re going back and forth,” he said.

“We want to see if they will take $10k to win $2 million. Everyone is skeptical that they will take that much. Whatever, we will start big and work backward from there.”

Wright told The New York Post he could have sold the ticket for $65,000, but he refused to do so. The Timberwolves could leave Frost Bank Center with a 3-2 lead and put Wright closer to $2 million.