Adrian Wojnarowski

The Los Angeles Lakers have been working behind the scenes to fill the vacancy of Head Coach that has followed Frank Vogel's departure from the franchise. Recent names mentioned in the running have been Milwaukee Bucks assistant Darwin Ham and former Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Terry Stotts. However, it seems that overtures were made to another candidate as well.

The NBA MVP race for the 2021-22 regular season has been one of the most hotly debated ones in recent memory. Three players had an excellent case for the award, with any of them winning unlikely to be a surprise. Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, and Giannis Antetokounmpo all made their cases with incredible seasons, but there can finally be just one MVP.

Phil Jackson has been an influential figure for the Los Angeles Lakers in the past. He has won 5 championships with the team during his two separate stints as the head coach. There's no doubt that without him coaching, the Lakers wouldn't have won those championships. The Los Angeles Lakers...

Ben Simmons when on the court is one of the best defensive players and playmakers in the league. He is a 3-time All-Star that impacts the game on many levels, and offensively, he can finish well at the rim. In the middle of the season, Ben Simmons was traded to...

The Dallas Mavericks are about to receive a major boost to their starting lineup. According to ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski, there’s “increasing optimism” that Luka Doncic will play in Game 4 against the Utah Jazz. Obviously, the Mavericks would love to have Doncic back on the court...

Ben Simmons hasn’t played a single game this NBA season, but all signs point to him suiting up for the Brooklyn Nets in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics. According to ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the current plan for Simmons is to play in Game 4. The All-Star point guard just needs to make sure he doesn’t suffer a setback.

Adrian Wojnarowski has a theory. He believes that fans in attendance are now taunting and booing NBA players more than ever because so many of them have their own financial skin in the game. Woj dropped the gambling bomb after he witnessed Celtic fans relentlessly chide Kyrie Irving of the...

ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski had a questionable explanation for the tension that played out between Kyrie Irving and Celtics fans over the weekend. After an eventful Game 1 at TD Garden for Irving and the Nets, in which he gave Celtics fans the middle finger and told another to “suck my d–k,” the Worldwide Leader’s preeminent NBA insider seemingly blamed gambling for how the events unfolded. Kyrie flipping off Celtics fans after the jumper 😳 pic.twitter.com/jwbIt4kYpP— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) April 17, 2022https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “As gambling becomes more prevalent in the arena, people gambling on almost everything, and they’re drinking, players and organizations – and...

The Brooklyn Nets are set to tipoff one of the most intriguing first-round playoff series of this year’s NBA postseason as they face off against the Boston Celtics. The No. 7-seed Nets are currently being carried by their core unit of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. But according to ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the third member of the never-before-seen Brooklyn big three could be taking the court at some point during this first-round series.

The Dallas Mavericks' worst nightmare came true when Luka Doncic injured his calf in the final game of the regular season against the San Antonio Spurs. That has sent the Mavericks into panic mode, as everyone associated with the team waits with bated breath to find out whether Doncic will play in the opening playoff game between Dallas and the Utah Jazz.

NFL insider Schefter and NBA insider Wojnarowski recently re-signed for hefty paychecks, with Schefter raking in $9 million a year over five years and Wojnarowski earning $7 million a year over the same span of time. In all, ESPN is spending $80 million on its two most prominent insiders. That's on top of ESPN recently agreeing to pay $165 million for Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to join Monday Night Football. "ESPN has just spent around $250,000,000 on four sports media personalities. A quarter billion! So what is ESPN doing?" says the New York Post's Andrew Marchand. "ESPN is trying to ward off the emerging platforms, the other major networks and the digital entities in an increasingly crowded space. There is an argument to be made against the excessiveness of the money spent – it is deliciously ridiculous – but if you have the dough, why not shop at the top of the market? You know, be 'The Worldwide Leader in Sports.'"

The future employment of ESPN's Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski had been the object of much interest before today. Both are staying put as the network announced multiyear deals with each newsbreaker. This came after much interest from the sportsbooks. The Big Lead's Kyle Koster reacts to the announcements and what it means for both ESPN and the future of insiders.

ESPN announced on Thursday that it has signed both Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski to contract extensions, and we now have an idea of how much money the network shelled out. Sources told Outkick’s Bobby Burack that Schefter and Wojnarowski will each be paid $10 million a year with their...

Earlier Thursday afternoon, ESPN announced it locked up its two biggest insiders with new contracts. Both NFL insider Adam Schefter and NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski aren’t going anywhere. Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN & Sports Content, announced both men signed new deals with the Worldwide Leader. “Adam and Woj are...