dallas mavericks, but make no mistake, chris wright is a trailblazer. the first to play with multiple sclerosis. with less than three minutes left against the hawks, dallas point guard chris wright is in the game. playing in the nba has been his life long dream it almost didn t come true. my whole right leg went numb, right foot went numb, basically went all the way up to the right side of my body. last year, wright was diagnosed with multiple scleros sclerosis. ms, a disease that damages the protective covering of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. a disease he had never heard of. i do what i have to do to maintain my life. doctors told wright he would never play basketball again. but he responded well to