With one month to go before the championship resumes, the market, this time the media market, is coming to life. The sudden announcement of Adrian Wojnarowski's retirement is forcing a reshuffle of the cards.
Who to replace the king of NBA scoops on ESPN? According to Front Office Sportstwo tracks emerge. Without doubt the most natural, the first leads to Shams Charaniahis former “student” now working at The Athletic, Stadium and FanDuel.
For years, the two men have maintained a serious competition on opening nights of free agency or trade deadlines to be the first to announce any move within the league.
For the record, in 2015, the young journalist, now 30 years old, had started to team up with “Woj” for The Vertical, the basketball entity of Yahoo! After several years of collaboration, the “father” had ended up being recruited by ESPN, to which he had migrated without forgetting to dub the “son”: ” The best young basketball journalist on the planet “, according to him.
The other possibility being considered to replace Adrian Wojnarowski is the “insider” Chris Haynes42, who is also coming to the end of his contracts with TNT Sports and Bleacher Report. Having already worked with ESPN, he has built up a solid network, particularly among players. Where Shams Charania gets his information from agents… while Adrian Wojnarowski was more connected to GMs and other league executives.
