Marc Stein Throws Shade at Shams Charania Over 'Sources'
By Bobby Burack
There was some major NBA player beefing going on Saturday night, now it is time for the NBA insiders to get chippy.
When The Athletic/Stadiums’ NBA insider Shams Charania tweeted news regarding high school-to-pro prospect Darius Bazley via sources, the New York Times’ NBA insider Marc Stein was not having the “sources” portion of it:
Sources on a story that was already online when you tweeted this? Interesting … https://t.co/9zu4ypwb7f https://t.co/3z51XkILC9
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 22, 2018
As Kevin Draper shows, Charania “sources” were seven minutes late:
The insider game is a game of seconds, and while it is more than plausible that Charania got the news and was unaware it was already out there, this round goes to Marc Stein.