Host Brandon Contes interviews Brian Windhorst, ESPN senior NBA writer and host of "Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective." Brandon and Brian discuss a wide range of topics including NBA Finals coverage, covering The Decision, becoming a meme, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-:42: NBA Finals talk-1:19: Covering the Denver Nuggets for ESPN-1:57: Seeing new teams in the NBA Finals-3:58: National media/ESPN criticism for covering LeBron James so much-7:45: Criticism from ESPN people about their lack of Nikola Jokić coverage-10:02: ESPN’s basketball coverage-12:37: Thoughts on aggregate media-17:50: The Rudy Gobert trade and becoming a meme-22:56: The Paris interview with Victor Wembanyama on Draft Lottery night-29:17: Doing TV as a reporter-33:54: Covering LeBron and being linked with him through high school, the Cavs, and the Heat-36:21: Going to Miami and facing animosity-40:13: Cleveland’s reaction toward Brian when he left to cover LeBron in Miami-43:10: Covering The Decision-48:04: Is LeBron really contemplating retirement?-50:15: How and when to decide to report on transaction rumors-54:10: Difficulties of being on First Take as a reporter and not saying too much-56:29: Working with Stephen A. Smith-59:03: Working with Skip Bayless-1:01:45: Current NBA player who could be a media star Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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