Adrian Wojnarowski leaving ESPN for position at St. Bonaventure

One final Woj bomb into the good night.

Adrian Wojnarowski, the man who brought NBA scoop reporting into the mainstream, first with Yahoo! Sports and for the last seven years with ESPN, announced his retirement from his current position at the Worldwide Leader in Sports.

We quickly learned what the next step will be for the long-time reporter, courtesy of ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

A class of 1991 St. Bonaventure alumnus, Wojnarowski has been public about his love for his Bonnies over the years, so you have to be happy about this move for him. I’m sure his extensive network and industry knowledge will be extremely beneficial for that program.

Still, it’s the end of an era. The final Woj Bomb was a scoop about Isaac Okoro, if that ever comes up as a trivia question in a very specific game of Quizzo. For better or worse, Wojnarowski’s instant sourcing changed the NBA reporting landscape as we know it. We’ll remember the ‘race to the report’ rivalry that developed with Shams Charania. The 2018 draft night, where he used a bunch of euphemisms in his tweets because he wasn’t allowed to specifically state that a team was selecting a player, was the stuff of legends. This being a Sixers blog, I’ll mention that the Sixers were ‘enamored with Landry Shamet at the 26th pick.’ You can pick your own favorite, but mine was the Lakers being ‘unlikely to resist Mo Wagner.’

This being a family blog, I’ll not link to the Josh Hawley email, but IYKYK.

Wojnarowski was the most trusted and respected name in NBA reporting for over a decade. Best of luck to him at the collegiate level and I hope he enjoys the well-deserved respite from the reporting grind.