While it wasn’t the driving force behind his retirement from ESPN, Woj says it provided clarity on what’s important.
One of the biggest moves of the NBA offseason didn’t involve any of the 30 teams in the league, but instead saw Adrian Wojnarowski, the league’s most notable news-breaker and insider, suddenly retire to become the general manager of St. Bonaventure’s basketball program.
It was a shocking development that led to some major shuffling in the NBA media landscape, with ESPN hiring Woj’s former protege turned rival, Shams Charania, to fill the news-breaking void. Many wondered exactly why Woj would walk away from the most lucrative job in the NBA media space, but it was pretty clear based on his statement that he was burnt out on a job that is unforgiving and unrelenting on its time demands.
