The battle between ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania for the title of the NBA’s top scoop man took another twist overnight Tuesday when the Los Angeles Clippers traded for Sixers star James Harden.
Usually when huge trades like this one break, Woj and Shams report the details within seconds of one another. This one, however, went differently. Wojnarowski first tweeted that Harden was headed to the Clippers just after 2 a.m. ET, and Charania didn’t chime in for more than a half-hour before eventually confirming the deal was happening.
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