Marc Stein Throws Shade at Shams Charania Over 'Sources'

By Bobby Burack | Oct 22 2018

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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.