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James is the only one who enters the industry? How to develop this first NBA reporter

4:44pm, 9 August 2025Basketball

The famous reporter Shams has been a guest on a program "Sports Reporters" that specifically interviews reporters in the past two days and talked about his own opportunities to enter the industry.

Shams bluntly stated that the reason he came into contact with the Internet and X (formerly Twitter) was to pay attention to James' "decision" in 2010. Seeing the public opinion influence of these sports news, he felt that he wanted to develop in this direction.

was born in 1994 and was 16 years old at the time, which coincided with the age when he liked to touch computers the most.

Yeah! It's a solid evidence that the first whistleblower expert in service was raised by James.

Shams's history of fame is comparable to an inspirational blockbuster.

In high school, he was removed from the school basketball team due to his insufficient height (1.74 meters) and turned to his passion for sports writing. At the age of 17, he wrote in-depth analysis for the blog of the Chicago Tribune for free and accumulated early experience

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During college, he took the initiative to break through his limitations: after being rejected by the Bulls' qualification to be a reporter, he turned to the Bucks in the small ball market to establish a player relationship network, focus on reporting unpopular players and short contract transactions, and gradually cultivate trust in the source.

When he was 19 years old in 2014, he used social media to expose the "Rol Deng Transaction" during his internship in the hospital, shocking the alliance. This tweet, which was only forwarded 27 times, attracted attention from Yahoo Sports due to its accuracy, and was later recruited to become Woj's apprentice.

When the free market opened in 2018, he had been in the lead in reveling Griffin's contract renewal and George joined the Thunder, and the limelight overwhelmed Wo Shen. The climax of the master-apprentice duel is the news that Leonard joined the Clippers in 2019 - he released 10 minutes earlier than Wo Shen, setting a new benchmark in the industry.

Now after Woj retires, he deserves to be the number one person in the press. Despite these years, Jake Fischer, Brett Siegel and Michael Scotto.

But when it comes to super big news, Shams is still unique.

Shams revealed in the show that Doncic and Davis interchange, which shocked NBA history during the season. He only slept for 30 minutes that night, and the deal took place on Saturday night. On Wednesday, he received a tip that the Mavericks and the Lakers were talking about a deal. They had discussed a player, but the player did not appear in the final deal. In those days, he repeatedly asked different people who could trust to confirm the information, but the information he received was "not rejected".

And when he finally learned that he had rested, it was not much time since the others knew. He wrote the details wildly and sent Twitter, which took only 7 minutes to complete and there were no typos. (He said he hates revising articles)

is different from Woj's family. Shams is still single and has no children. He said he will work in this industry for at least another 20 years.

It seems that this first person has been reigning for longer than Jordan.

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