If Woj tries to limit others so that he stands out, then that would make him a bad teammate. John Kelly, Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff, did not mince words about his ex-boss as rioters violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, according to a new book. That detail suggests that Wojnarowski is just a very protective and competitive person, regardless of race.Д®lhassan is the one bringing race into it rather than just leaving it as claiming Woj is a bad teammate.

Keep in mind that when ESPN hired Woj away from Yahoo, ESPN got rid of a white reporter, Marc Stein, who otherwise would have been WojвЂ™s top in-house competition.

So I would point to that evidence to counter ElhassanвЂ™s claims that Woj is blocking black reporters.Д«ut the other question is whether Woj intentionally blocks black reporters but not reporters of other races, or whether he just blocks people in general to try and protect his status as the top dog. He elevated Charania from RealGM to Yahoo, which is a huge jump. Two of the three reporters he hired and gave a huge platform to are minorities. Just in what we know publicly, when Woj was at Yahoo Sports, he created an NBA-focused division called вЂњThe Vertical.вЂќ Woj hired three reporters: Michael Lee, Chris Mannix, and Shams Charania. First, it needs to be determined whether Elhassan is correct that Woj has blocked or held back black reporters. So itвЂ™s not new that Woj weaponizes his position when he feels it is necessary.ДЄs far as ElhassanвЂ™s claims, a big distinction needs to be made. He specifically did this with LeBron James about 10 years ago. He also has a history of using his platform to punish subjects who do not grant him special access. Two things about Woj are true: he has the best information about the NBA. вЂњBut he canвЂ™t talk to LeBron вЂ¦ Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, because he doesnвЂ™t have the rapport with them. вЂњDo you wanna talk about the newsbreakers (with an -s!) of diverse background - who have rapports with players that Adrian doesnвЂ™t have - that he saw as threatening? Because his sources are all front office people, and assistant coaches trying to move up, and maybe a video coordinator whoвЂ™s trying to get a better job somewhere else? вЂњDo we want to talk about the black careers that he put a foot on because he was threatened by? Do we want to talk about that?вЂќ Elhassan asked. Elhassan accused Woj of being threatened by black reporters who have better rapports with certain players. Then Elhassan specifically accused Wojnarowski, the networkвЂ™s top NBA reporter, of holding back black reporters. вЂњAre you f-ing s-ing me? This guyвЂ™s gonna call someone a bad teammate? For real? For real?вЂќ Elhassan asked rhetorically. To Elhassan, that was a laughable claim coming from a guy he deems to be a bad teammate. Former ESPN NBA analyst Amin Elhassan said the part about the Taylor-Nichols audio leak story that bothered him was reading Woj called Nichols a вЂњbad teammate.вЂќ The personalities on Dan LeBatardвЂ™s podcast were discussing the situation at ESPN surrounding hosts Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor. Adrian Wojnarowski is the latest ESPN reporter facing criticism.

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