Shams Bomb: Shams Charania Has Signed With ESPN, Replacing Woj As Their Senior NBA Insider

It's a boring Monday at Barstool HQ. There's nothing going on besides some stuff you'll probably see on the Rundown with Dave later, and there's a Yankees stream later today if you like watching paint dry. The whole sports world was taken aback when Woj retired from the news industry to go head operations at his alma-mater Saint Bonaventure:

There were rumors that the only guy who likes LeBron more than me Brian Windhorst was taking the position...

Until Shams announced today that Disney and ESPN ponied up the big bucks to get the clear #1 in the basketball media industry. There were some rumors that Jeff Passan was leaving the Beautiful Game played on the diamond and headed to the hardwood, which seems like it was just smoke and mirrors. I'll admit that Windy Bombs had a better sound than a Shams bomb, but this was basically a foregone conclusion after Woj left unexpectedly. They got Juan Soto instead of Pete Alonso, and Shams wasted 0 time changing all his socials after leaving The Athletic. Kinda a cool story for a guy who idolized Woj in high school and joined him at Yahoo before going head-to-head for years in what many are calling the NBA's only real rivalry. How many times do we see journalists have Wikipedias about their feud?

Congrats to Shams and I think the whole world is awaiting a tweet announcing a superteam formed in LA with Luka headed to the Lakers for cash considerations. We can dream.