The NBA neighborhood was abuzz Thursday when information broke: ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from the trade.
That creates a void to fill at ESPN, probably the insider who received his large break when LeBron James joined the Miami Warmth. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst has adopted James since his highschool days, however joined the ESPN workforce in 2010. The identical yr James signed with the Warmth.
Windhorst may transfer up the ranks at ESPN with out Wojnarowski on the firm, in accordance with Entrance Workplace Sports activities.
“Let’s begin with Brian Windhorst. He is been following LeBron James since highschool. “He is extraordinarily underrated,” one supply stated. In actual fact, sources are whispering that Wojnarowski’s departure may pave the best way for Windhorst’s rise.” Michael McCarthy of FOS wrote:“Some really feel he was held again by Woj’s overwhelming presence.”
James solely spent 4 years with the Warmth whereas Windhorst stays at ESPN to this present day. There are, nonetheless, a plethora of candidates vying to fill Wojnarowski’s job, together with Shams Charania, Chris Haynes, Marc Stein and Jake Fischer.
If loyalty components into ESPN’s determination, the general public ought to count on Windhorst, who has been with the corporate since James’ first yr with the Warmth, to have a bonus.
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