I’m so glad the new TV contracts got us this crew. Makes ESPN look like even more dogshit.

Such a good assortment of players. Nash is a genius, haslem and dirk are both loyalty legends and have good jabs from their title runs, and Blake is a good performer

They treat the players and the game with respect but still speak the truth.

If the NBA stayed on TNT, these guys probably would’ve been the successors to Inside the NBA. 

lol Shams got Mozgoved

Also having Taylor Rooks throw shots at you and laugh at you being called a nerd has to hit like freight train. I’d be rethinking my whole life.

I like how Blake’s dunks are continuing after his pro basketball career

Love that he got called a fucking nerd 

go easy on him guys he only sleeps 18 seconds a night

“go to brunch you nerd” is objectively the perfect insult for a scoop reporter. shams is probably staring at three different phones in a dark room right now missing a perfectly good sunday

He was in an episode of Broad City. It was hilarious.

Lebron did fairly well in Trainwreck. I also didn’t mind Ant being a heel in Hustle

Kevin Garnett was awesome in uncut gems.

Blake and Drake

Blake does great whenever he’s on comedy podcasts. I remember his stand up wasn’t bad for a beginner either.

Outside of Chuck who doesn’t do much analyzing forsure, Blake is hilarious. His kawhi laugh impression was funny as hell

Blake is great on TV

This is s1 Blake. Future seasons blake is gonna be so hilarious as his filter goes away

He gives Channing Tatum vibes.

Build shams credibility even more in exchange for favorable reporting.

If you’re going to leak something for a future favor, this was about as low stakes as it gets. No one was surprised, and I’m sure plenty of people knew by this morning.

who would even have this info? I would think it’d just be the league. I understand teams/agents/players getting into bed with “insiders”, but why on earth would someone in the league office need a quid pro quo with shams

Shams is not even a reporter. He is just a mouthpiece who has zero ability to do proper journalism

I find Shams annoying too but this is literally his job lol. He’s doing exactly what he is paid to

Also the NBA needs to announce the MVP a month ago when they got the votes.

Might not get leaked if we didn’t all know the answer throughout half the playoffs

He is a mouthpiece and leaks what he is told to leak. Someone probably wanted it this way. He acts as a mouthpiece, and in return he gets to be famous and rub shoulders with the elite in the NBA. Without this, he’d be a nobody like 99.9% of this subreddit.

Don’t act like a large majority of fans would jump at an opportunity to do something like this. Look at all the people doing stupid shit on reality TV. People turn their nose at it then do worse for less when given the opportunity.

You do know that Shams only gets information bc he’s deeply connected in with NBA agents, execs, players, media members, etc. right? Like they can collectively kill his career instantly by just not talking to him. Shams’s entire career is built on access – he has nothing else.

Yall gotta realize that the NBA world (not fans, actual people in the NBA) don’t hate “insiders” as much as yall do. Why? Because insiders do bidding on behalf of agents/players/execs/etc. That’s the only reason they exist. So they’ll continue to exist as long as influential folks inside the NBA want them to exist.

The MVP announcement had no intrigue or excitement. I bet the NBA wanted it to go this way.

It’s bc NBA online discourse is overall a lot more cynical and hateful than it was 5-10 years ago. I’ve observed the downward slide even on this sub.

Woj was no better than Shams – in fact, I’d argue he was worse. The hit pieces he wrote on Lebron should be required reading for any of the parrots saying “bring back Woj.”

The reason Shams is getting more heat is bc fans in general are more negative and angry these days than in the past. He’s literally the same as Woj lmao.

Woj is classically trained journalist. Shams is just one step above redditors. 

woj got big time hate anytime he would spoil the draft picks minutes before they happened.

People on Reddit/Twitter liked Woj and #leepicWojBomb! was a thing

Then he got out before the (rightful) backlash began

Well Woj is white.

“Woj bomb” flirting vs “Shams” harassment

woj smartly did not put himself out there as much as shams does

Woj wrote articles and didn’t get on TV until ESPN, then retired. Shams seems to want to be a “personality.”

I think it was Bill Simmons who said it but its hillarious how him and Woj complain about how much time they’re on their phone and losing for their family when this isn’t a life or death job.

And Blake will just laugh at his sorry ass. Why would he be intimidated by someone who cant even say proper words in front of the media. Shams is just a keyboard warrior

No

No

i dont even think shams likes himself lol

The worst part is the that espn gained very little from the leak. If it was during the weekday with get up and first take I could understand. They should have held this one. It drained all the energy out of the announcement.

Yea, “the mvp announcement is happening here” is the tell. Beef between Amazon and Disney.

Also at the end of the day, it’s a reporter reporting news. I’m going to need an explanation for why that’s supposedly a problem. 

Seriously lol, this just feels like ESPN/Disney fucking with Amazon. Not like this specific announcement means that much, just a message that they’re not friends haha

I don’t even get why he’s getting shit for it. Blame the people who’s leaking it to him, tighten up your ship.

I assume you mean the regular season

You think Shams, the professional leaker, still wouldn’t do it?

That is bizarre, I wonder why? Just because MVP is the one people care about most?

One of the heavily upvoted comments in the other thread literally said “Woj gives boring old coworker vibes, Shams gives serial killer vibes” lmao. Like not even trying to hide the racism.

It makes a lot of sense when you remember Reddit commenters are like 80% chubby white balding dorks who look like Woj.

the old white man was classy, the brown young guy is evil (there are both doing the same thing)

I think it’s because people were less online when Woj was around.

I’m more used to NFL but I thought everyone HATED Woj?

The real L

ikr people here think Blake and Taylor hate Shams and look down on him. Blake even said this as a playful joke. This sub takes Shams WAY too seriously

Plus he works for ESPN he could care less about how the Amazon basketball team feels.