Nick Wright Questions 'Lunacy' in Recognizing Luka Doncic's 'Dominance'

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Jaya RC | Last updated Mar 27, 2026 12:44 AM ET

Luka Doncic started chasing history the moment this season began. In his first three games, he became just the second player in NBA history to open a season with three consecutive 40-point performances, joining Wilt Chamberlain. His 92 combined points through two games broke Jerry West's Los Angeles Lakers franchise record. The rest of the league saw a problem.

That problem has only intensified as we approach the end of the regular season. On Wednesday night in Indiana, Doncic poured in 43 points to become the first player to average 40 points over a six-game road stretch since Michael Jordan in 1986.

Despite that, there have been MVP voters who don’t even consider Doncic an MVP candidate. Michael Wilbon just stirred things up by calling the Lakers guard a “half-court player.” FOX Sports' Nick Wright is not letting this slip as he emerged as one of Doncic's most vocal advocates, making the case in blunt terms.

"Luka is going to average 33 a game on a 50+ win team and nobody cares but me. It's weird," Wright said on X.

He supported that frustration with historical context. "Every other person to do this, Wilt, Kareem, Michael and Embiid, won the MVP. Jordan came in second another time. Harden came in second when he had already won another MVP."

“Luka is going to average 33 a game on a 50+ win team and nobody cares but me. It’s weird.”@getnickwright cannot believe that another dominant Luka Doncic season is being ignored pic.twitter.com/96ETM7n3Rw
— What’s Wright? with Nick Wright (@WhatsWrightShow) March 26, 2026

For context, Wright was referring to Chamberlain from 1966, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from 1972, Jordan from 1988 and Joel Embiid from 2023. Additionally, Jordan finished second in the MVP race in 1990 and James Harden finished second in 2019, both after winning one award.

But Wright pointed out Doncic's 2023-24 campaign, when the Slovenian averaged 33.9 points per game, one of the highest marks in 50 years. Still, he finished a distant third with just four first-place votes in MVP voting behind Nikola Jokić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. That result stung the Dallas Mavericks fans. As things stand, it may sting again, this time the Lakers fans.

"We are approaching a bit of lunacy when it comes to recognizing his utter and complete dominance as an offensive player," Wright said.

“Everyone that’s ever done this has either one MVP or had already won an MVP and came close except for Luka and now it’s going to happen to him again.”@getnickwright defends Luka Doncic for averaging 33+ PPG on a 50+ win team: pic.twitter.com/IIktDumpsA
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) March 26, 2026

The historical record supports his argument. Doncic's career scoring average of 29.2 points per game ranks third in NBA history behind only Jordan (30.12) and Chamberlain (30.07). His playoff scoring average of 30.9 points per game trails only Jordan’s 33.4. The numbers indeed scream generational talent.

Even Lakers head coach JJ Redick had also called out the coldness about Doncic. “He's playing as well as anybody in the NBA right now. It's probably not being talked about enough,” Redick had said after Doncic’s 50-point game against the Chicago Bulls on March 12.

Doncic, for his part, isn't sweating the narrative. When asked last week why he isn't mentioned in MVP conversations despite his historic stretch, he shrugged it off. "That's you guys, media," he said. "I ain't got nothing to do with that." He seems to be content with what he does best: making and breaking history night after night.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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