Some devastating news hit the NBA world in Season 4, when ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski released his latest Woj Bomb and officially took over his sports media position and left for ESPN to become the general manager of his alma mater, St. Louis.
His departure leaves a huge hole at ESPN and in sports media in general, and ESPN is working quickly to get some big names to replace him.
According to FOS' Michael McCarthy, ESPN is expected to have Bleacher Report's Chris Haynes and Woj's biggest rival, The Athletic's Shams Charania, on board as well.
ESPN is expected to have NBA insiders Shams Charania and Chris Haynes as Woog's assistants. @MMcCarthyREV.
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With three years and nearly $21 million left on his contract with ESPN, the company presumably had no idea an office was about to arrive.
This is a tough training period for NBA fans, who are also dealing with the fact that Inside The NBA on TNT is also officially entering its final season, so the media space is changing radically.
Charania and Haynes are obvious alternatives to ESPN, especially Shams, who has been locked in a years-long battle with Woj over the ability to break NBA news first.
The rivalry in the history of Shabab Shams will end, and he will finally win over a long period of time.
It seems like a fair bet that he'll be next on ESPN's list, and it's hard to imagine the company won't be able to spend enough money to keep up with The Athletic.
