C.J. McCollum is not the only member of the Trail Blazers’ backcourt who’s also a practicing journalist. Damian Lillard has spent the week outscooping the basketball press. The point guard has turned into a reverse Adrian Wojnarowski and broke news about where a pair of national basketball writers are headed.
On Wednesday, Lillard reported that ESPN’s Chris Haynes would be leaving for a job at Yahoo.
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He didn’t break Thursday’s news about Taylor Rooks going to Bleacher Report, but only because he has reporting ethics.
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Today, Lillard reported that USA Today’s Sam Amick would be joining The Athletic, a move that’s part of sportswriting’s current manifest destiny.
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Damian, for your next scoop, please tell us who’s going to buy our website.