[WOJ BOMB] Woj has agreed to become the GM of St. Bonaventure men’s basketball program

ESPN will use that money to go after Shams.

I am happy for Woj. Outside of the money, being an NBA insider does not seem like a fun job at all. Having to be monitoring your phone throughout the day, worried that if you unplug for an hour you might miss a scoop. I am surprised Woj is even married and has a family, he must have met his wife before he started this life. Shams for example is 30 but doesn't have a partner cause he's focused on work every day. There aren't even days off. Every day seems pretty draining. Your life is literally on your phone talking to hundreds of people a day on the possibility that they will give you breaking news.

 

Shams has a gig on Fan Duel TV and can do his own thing like Shannon Sharpe when his tenure was over with.

He has a way out.

 

weird that so many vids have been made on yt on how this breh was a douche and a tyrant. thought there would be more celebration in him going into obscurity. shams must have really done him in.

 

Spoiler

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/58...n-espn-nba-adrian-wojnarowski-shams-charania/

ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan has emerged as a candidate to switch sports and replace Adrian Wojnarowski as ESPN’s NBA lead newsbreaker, six sources briefed on the discussions told The Athletic.

In the wake of Wojnarowski’s shock retirement, The Athletic’s Shams Charania is another top candidate for the job, according to those sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the ongoing search. ESPN has NBA insiders like Ramona Shelburne, Brian Windhorst and Tim Bontemps on its roster. It let go of ESPN NBA senior writer Zach Lowe this week.

ESPN declined comment.

Passan, 44, followed the same path as Wojnarowski by first becoming a top insider at Yahoo Sports before moving to ESPN. Passan makes in the neighborhood of $1 million per year, according to sources briefed on his contract. Wojnarowski left $20 million on his deal when he left journalism to become the general manager of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team. Wojnarowski was earning around $7 million per season.

While Passan is aware of the interest, according to those briefed on the internal conversations, it is not known if he would agree to the switch if offered.

Some decision-makers at ESPN would like to reimagine the position of its top NBA insider. Passan not only breaks news on MLB but also writes longer-form stories. Wojnarowski once wrote a lot, but at ESPN, he mostly stuck to breaking news, along with TV and radio appearances.

Charania, 30, would be more of a plug-and-play hire for ESPN, as he competed directly with Wojnarowski. Charania, whose contract is up at The Athletic, also has interest from new NBA rightsholder NBC, according to the sources. FanDuel TV would also like to continue with Charania. He recently signed a deal to have his voice in NBA 2K. He previously worked for Stadium, as well, but is not returning to that outlet.

At ESPN, Charania has the public backing of Pat McAfee, whose show Charania regularly appears on. The Athletic hopes to retain Charania.

 

Dropping bombs on St. Bonny's now.