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Gotta say I'm disgusted with NBA "media" more so this year than ever before, I guess the same happens with the news but obviously sports is more amateurish so you can see shyt if you look hard enough.

I've been reading about how Woj came to be and what he'll do if he doesn't get his way and it explains some things. You got Ballmer pumping millions into positive press for the Clippers, I ain't just talking about paying off ESPN etc, the Clippers have employed their own media team. This is bigger than a basketball and a hoop brehs, your blue check bois aren't as balanced as you think.
 
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LNDN said:
Gotta say I'm disgusted with NBA "media" more so this year than ever before, I guess the same happens with the news but obviously sports is more amateurish so you can see shyt if you look hard enough.

I've been reading about how Woj came to be and what he'll do if he doesn't get his way and it explains some things. You got Ballmer pumping millions into positive press for the Clippers, I ain't just talking about paying off ESPN etc, the Clippers have employed their own media team. This is bigger than a basketball and a hoop brehs, your blue check bois aren't as balanced as you think.
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They hired Lee Jenkins on their staff, been nothing but positive press since lol. The NBA media is bunch of agenda pushing for sources
 
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They hired Lee Jenkins on their staff, been nothing but positive press since lol. The NBA media is bunch of agenda pushing for sources
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And for everyone's favorite blue check, here's how he really gets down. From 2014

Four years later, Wojnarowski whiffed again. Last February he wrote a piece titled “How Cleveland lost its way, and lost a chance at LeBron's return.” LeBron James returned to Cleveland five months later.

Those within the league think Wojnarowski’s criticism of LeBron stems from reporting failures. “I don’t know if LeBron’s whole camp or just LeBron shafted [Wojnarowski], but [Wojnarowski] was having trouble getting to him,” a former team employee he tried to cultivate as a source told me. Somebody else familiar with Wojnarowski and James’ relationship said, “Adrian does not talk to LeBron, or people in LeBron’s camp. He doesn’t do any reporting with LeBron James or his people.” (Both spoke on condition of anonymity, citing fears that Wojnarowski would harm their careers.)
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What makes Wojnarowski different from other reporters, and one of the reasons he privately draws such ire from them, is that he is allowed to write in a way they are not. Like Wojnarowski, ESPN’s Marc Stein—his biggest competitor—develops trusted relationships with sources that allow him to break a tremendous amount of news. The biggest difference between the two lies in Wojnarowski’s ability as a reporter-cum-columnist to impact league and public perception of the people involved.
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And there's more. Everything from Dumars giving him internal memos and getting the Pistons fined 500k, claiming "war" against ESPN while at Yahoo, attacking Grizzlies VP of basketball ops bc he used to work at ESPN. I included the LeBron part since it explains why Woj was obsessed and doesn't like him, which is relevant to 2019 and the Lakers. Basically he's an obsessed nerd and if he doesn't have access to you he's going to smear you.
 
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