Woj once again writing anti-LeBron articles: He's gonna leave again

[GunRanger]

Leaving after winning makes him bulletproof. He could do whatever he wanted and cle fans couldnt say shyt

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Woj's entire career is based on kissing guy's asses so that they'll leak him news.

There's been a ton of instances documented where Woj's puff-pieces on a particular coach or organization came hand-in-hand with Woj getting breaking info on that team.

He hates on Lebron because Lebron doesn't give him those. He's built up a massive personal bias, and it reflects in everything he writes about James.

Why anything Adrian Wojnarowski writes on Lebron James needs to be ignored



This is a crackup, just for all the delusional ways which Wojnarowski pretends that he knew the minute details fexactly how the whole Lebron decision went down AFTER the fact, when he didn't have a clue where Lebron would go before he announced.

Outside look at Wojnarowski's Lebron article




And boiling it all down:

Worst of Sports Media 2010

#1: Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports

From May of this year to the present, Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski has gone after LeBron James like Glenn Beck after President Obama or Keith Olbermann after President Bush. Beck and Olbermann, of course, are often regarded as representative of their respective parties’ fringe. By contrast, Wojnarowski is widely considered one of the better NBA writers today.

Wojnarowski's criticisms of James certainly do not approach Scott Raab's level of nastiness. That said, there's a personal touch to most of his writings about James that seems to indicate a latent personal dislike, an antagonism that seems inappropriate for a supposedly objective reporter.

Certainly, Wojnarowski parroted many of the now-common criticisms of James - that he quit on his team, that he was narcissistic, selfish, et cetera. This portrayal of James is commonplace, unoriginal. But he didn't stop there. James' free agency saga wasn't a referendum on James the player, or James the businessman. Wojnarowski decided it was a referendum on James the person. And with that in mind, he embarked on one of the most dedicated campaigns against a single athlete in recent sports media history.

James "never learned to treat people with any manners or treat authority with respect," he wrote in June (sports.yahoo.com, 6/2/10). He had neither "judgment" nor "shame" (6/2/10); he was the "vacuous star for our vacuous times" (7/7/10). He and his associates sought to not just overshadow, but actively "undermine the conference and NBA Finals, the NBA draft and Fourth of July parades in small towns and big cities across America" (5/14/10).

James wasn't just a stereotypical arrogant athlete; he was something almost approaching evil in Wojnarowski's eyes. Because of James, he wrote in June, "[a]ll hell is breaking loose, broken rules and broken promises ruling the day" (6/23/10). He concluded that particular piece with this almost-comically over-the-top statement: "On your knees, people. Bow down to the King. Bow to the chaos" (6/23/10). One imagines that he pictured LeBron as some kind of Satanic figure on a throne, surrounded by burning Larry O'Brien trophies in the background.

He described James' one-hour TV special as an "exercise in self-aggrandizement and self-loathing," and the "public execution of his legacy, his image," referred to James as a "callous carpetbagger"? who was "[leaving]his soul in Cleveland," said James' Nike "puppet seems more human than him," and even characterized the thought that James had always intended to leave Cleveland as "frightening" (7/9/10).

His character assassination of James arguably hit its peak when Chris Paul joined James' marketing company in July. He argued that Paul had "constructed himself a reputation of values and character, and separated himself in all the best ways," but was now throwing that away. "LeBron James damaged his own standing in the sport this summer, he wants to take down Chris Paul with him too," taking Paul's career "out of the sunshine and into the darkness" (7/23/10). The way he seemed to contrast Paul's "wholesomeness," "upbringing and character" with James was probably the biggest insult of all. It was as if James had actually committed some crime, as opposed to holding a one-hour TV special to announce where he would play basketball.

A good percentage of people reading this article, possibly most, will agree with Wojnarowski and believe this to be a piece simply defending an indefensible, selfish "punk" - to use Charles Barkley's word. But, as in the previous entries, this has very little to do with James. For as much as those in the media love to talk about accountability - and in regards to James, "accountability" was mentioned quite frequently by various writers - they never seem to hold themselves to that standard.

Wojnarowski isn't on this list because he was wrong about LeBron James. After all, I don't know LeBron James well enough to tell America what kind of person he is. Wojnarowski is on this list because, somewhere along the line, he lost the ability to cover James objectively. Because he used his bully pulpit to trash James as a person - not just his on-court play, not just his business decisions.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Woj's entire career is based on kissing guy's asses so that they'll leak him news.

There's been a ton of instances documented where Woj's puff-pieces on a particular coach or organization came hand-in-hand with Woj getting breaking info on that team.

He hates on Lebron because Lebron doesn't give him those. He's built up a massive personal bias, and it reflects in everything he writes about James.

Why anything Adrian Wojnarowski writes on Lebron James needs to be ignored



This is a crackup, just for all the delusional ways which Wojnarowski pretends that he knew the minute details fexactly how the whole Lebron decision went down AFTER the fact, when he didn't have a clue where Lebron would go before he announced.

Outside look at Wojnarowski's Lebron article




And boiling it all down:

Worst of Sports Media 2010

I forgot how ruthless he got called out. That's like how @Ed MOTHERfukkING G presents the WOAT award to someone.

 

[Kaypain]

Bron just fukking said he came back for more reasons than basketball, how is this still a story?

 

[Kaypain]

Be the THOT of journalism brehs

 

[SadimirPutin]

Worjanowski from 31st has the best OG kush in Chicago breh

this made me burst out laughing bro

 

[MVike28]

Woj is a fakkit

 

[Ain't That Something]

Why? We bout to beat Em back to back

We?

Weren't you a Lakers fan just last season

 

[Broad Street Bully]

I am 100 perc-... ok 98.9 percent sure this nikka is not leaving Cleveland again. I hold out that 1.1 percent cuz you are never too sure what LeLeave is thinking at this point

 

[SadimirPutin]

It's all good he does it to okc too. He's been better since they let him in more tho

That is exactly the issue...if you do not give him access he goes out of his way to write hit pieces

It is shoddy journalism and the fact that he isnt called out on it more is baffling

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

We?

Weren't you a Lakers fan just last season

just a kobe stan

 

[Sean312]

00000000000000000000000000028416I been knew this months ago. The NBA is rigged . Give cavs a ring then he gone.

 

[Roadie pipeher]

Jesus Ethan been around that long? That was ether...

 

[thatrapsfan]

Two things that Woj has zero credibility on: Lebron James and the Knicks.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Remember when he went out of his way to attack DeAndre Jordan for that dunk:

Jordan made a spectacular play. No one will soon forget it. So congratulations and all. Jordan has a $43 million contract and yet still doesn't have one offensive move, an ability to score outside the paint. Yes, he can leap, dunk on little guys. And somehow that makes him an achiever in the sport now. After this, perhaps even a folk hero.

Backward culture makes punch line of Brandon Knight for trying to stop DeAndre Jordan's dunk


"Backward culture" awful writer with good sources.