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Jonathan Abrams: Years of reporting, hours of first-hand interviews, and one young core in OKC that altered the NBA forever. Hyped that “When We Were Young and Fearless” is out tomorrow.
Richard Deitsch: A MAJOR win for the @WNBA and USA Network. Game Six of the WNBA Finals averaged 1.5 million viewers across USA Network, E!, and SYFY and Peacock. Fifth most-watched WNBA Finals game on cable on record. The number bumps up to 1.7 million viewers of you include the encore presentations on USA Network and CNBC at 8 p.m. ET. They avoided a disaster rating. A big win.
Kristian Winfield: Mike Brown says he doesn’t watch a lot of basketball shows but wants to shoutout Ernie Johnson: “Just from afar, Ernie seems like he’s a big-time human being… he will be sorely missed… I know from a coaching standpoint, he’ll be missed in that regard as well.”
NBA Communications: “Few people have shaped the way fans experience the NBA as profoundly as Ernie Johnson. His brilliance as a broadcaster is matched by his character, compassion and generosity, which have been evident throughout his 37 years as host of ‘Inside the NBA.’ We are grateful for Ernie’s extraordinary impact on our league and look forward to celebrating him during his final season.” – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver
After the Knicks won their championship in June, longtime NBA X/Twitter personality World Wide Wob walked away from his account with more than 1 million followers and hasn’t looked back. Wob, the 39-year-old creator whose real name is Rob Perez, parlayed a career initially spent selling tickets into becoming a social media personality. In the mid-2010s, Perez blogged for Barstool Sports and The Big Lead before reaching a full-time job at Fox Sports, writing in a digital division that was then helmed by current ESPN executive Mike Foss. His career later included stops at Cycle (with former Front Office Sports investor Jason Stein), The Action Network, SportsGrid, FanDuel, and Underdog, a licensing deal with ProphetX, and hosting roles for Bleacher Report and SiriusXM’s NBA channel.
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FOS: Do you think you’ll ever return? WWW: X mutates at an airborne virus pace, so if a future variant inspires me again—I don’t see why not.
FOS: How did you save enough money to walk away from this career? Did you have successful investments besides earning money from NBA talk? WWW: Good timing and creating your own luck. FOS: Are you doing anything else for work now? WWW: Still covering L.A. police chases daily on Twitch. Copy [merchandise], I also post some NBA-related stuff on Threads, whose team I’ve enjoyed working with thus far.
Draymond Green Show: Draymond reacts to Ernie Johnson's retirement "Having an opportunity to work with Ernie on the set with those guys and I say this with all due respect, (Ernie) is the best point guard I've ever played with and that's no disrespect to the great Steph Curry... Ernie Johnson on a set is as incredible as they come... this guy is amazing and so I tip my cap to him heading into his last year."
Lucas Kaplan: So here's the news. I have accepted a position with the Los Angeles Sparks' front office. I am excited beyond adequate words, really. I had to say a proper goodbye to my public work, and specifically to NetsDaily, though trust that I could not say it all: www.netsdaily.com/site-news/11...
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ClutchPoints: “Nah, I mean the media gonna be the media. You know, they're gonna try to bury you when you down, but then it's quiet when you up... You expect that from the media.” Bam Adebayo on whether he’s spoken to Giannis Antetokounmpo about all the outside noise 👀 (via @ZachWeinberger)
Josh Robbins: Rick Bonnell, who passed away in 2021, was a dedicated journalist, a mentor to many and a great friend. Rick and Sekou Smith, who is honored in a similar fashion in Atlanta, had so much in common, because they shared all of those wonderful traits. They are sorely missed.
Justin Martinez: For those wondering about NBA.com’s feature that lets you watch a video of each box score stat, I’ve been told that feature is temporarily down but will return in the coming weeks as soon as possible.
