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Ric Bucher Has Left ESPN, Adrian Wojnarowski Resists ESPN’s Wooing

by Dylan Murphy | 3:19 pm, October 24th, 2012

Ric Bucher and ESPN parted ways over a month ago, which unfortunately means we will no longer be privy to Bucher-Popovich sideline encounters. The sad news was first reported by The Big Lead, and later confirmed by Bucher himself. Bucher has taken over as a radio host on 95.7 The Game in San Francisco.

But the bigger news is the rebuffing of ESPN by Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Woj is undoubtedly the NBA’s top reporter at this point, usually edging out Marc Stein, Chris Broussard and other ESPNers on breaking NBA news – from trades to injures to free agent signings. So it comes as no surprise that ESPN reached out to Woj, but Woj was having none of it and has chosen to stay at Yahoo!

Because speculation is fun, we’ll assume that ESPN offered more money than Yahoo! could hope to muster. Which, then, begs the question: Why not leave? Especially when you’ve got some beef and can capitalize on a retaliatory opportunity.

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Anonymous

“ESPN” and “breaking news” means only they come up with the scoops; when someone else does it, it’s because ESPN’s sources told them exclusively.
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thank the good lord that no talent hack is gone. so tired of hearing him tell me how d rose is the second coming of jesus while simultaneously telling me why lebron just isn’t that great, can’t win a title, etc. does it matter lebron shut d rose down in the playoffs? nah. does it matter lebron is the best all around baller we’ve seen in maybe 20 years? nah. does it matter that d rose has never won a meaningful playoff series? nah.

good riddance to someone that clearly does not know basketball or is just so biased he can’t see clearly.