Quite fittingly, Adrian Wojnarowski, a.k.a. Woj, the NBA insider reporter whose very nickname is synonymous with draft and free agency scoopage, saved his final “Woj bomb” for the surprise news about his own transfer. On Wednesday, he announced that he will leave ESPN and retire from journalism to become the general manager of the men’s basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure—a transition so utterly implausible on its face that the rumor mill instantly cascaded with hypotheses about his impending cancellation or illness. For a few hours, at least, the tireless scoop machine and genre-defining NBA reporter became the subject of the same intrigue he usually afforded others by breaking news of their professional migrations.
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