On Wednesday, Adrian Wojnarowski announced the shocking news that he is leaving ESPN after seven years.
Via ESPN: “Breaking: ESPN senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski has agreed to become the general manager of the men’s basketball program at St. Bonaventure, he told ESPN.
“I am retiring from a dream job at ESPN and am so incredibly grateful for my time and experiences with the World Wide Leader,” he said.”
Breaking: ESPN senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski has agreed to become the general manager of the men’s basketball program at St. Bonaventure, he told ESPN.
“I am retiring from a dream job at ESPN and am so incredibly grateful for my time and experiences with the World Wide… pic.twitter.com/UfAXGKtYPN
— ESPN (@espn) September 18, 2024
Thousands of people reacted to the news on social media.
One person who sent out two posts was NBA legend Kevin Garnett.
Garnett’s first post: “Ya’ll seeing this!? A ESPN top dog going into NIL. This NIL shyt is just getting started… shout out Woj 💯”
Ya’ll seeing this!? A ESPN top dog going into NIL. This NIL shyt is just getting started… shout out Woj 💯 https://t.co/gxzp8sC1iz
— Kevin Garnett (@KevinGarnett5KG) September 18, 2024
Garnett’s second post: “Anybody that is working in sports or aiming… you can re think it. Every college is about to have a front office lord… crazy… disruption. I love it 😤”
Anybody that is working in sports or aiming… you can re think it. Every college is about to have a front office lord… crazy… disruption. I love it 😤
— Kevin Garnett (@KevinGarnett5KG) September 18, 2024
Wojnarowski was known as the top news-breaker in the NBA for over a decade (he worked for Yahoo! before ESPN).
His final tidbit came on September 14 when he reported that the Cleveland Cavaliers had agreed to a deal with restricted free agent Issac Okoro.
Restricted free agent F Isaac Okoro has agreed on a three-year, $38 million deal to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Michael Tellem, Jeff Schwartz and Marcus Monk of @excelbasketball tell ESPN. Okoro — the fifth overall pick in 2020 — averaged 9.4 points a season ago. pic.twitter.com/dFInx3QoMS
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 14, 2024
As for Garnett, he spent 21 seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics.
The 2004 MVP had career averages of 17.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.4 blocks per contest while shooting 49.7% from the field in 1,462 games.
He also won the 2008 NBA Championship with the Celtics.
