Shams Charania defends his reporting on the Bucks amid criticism from Doc Rivers, who questioned his sources and suggested personal motives behind the story. Charania firmly states he stands by his reporting, emphasizing the truth can be painful.
Rivers also questioned Charania’s sourcing in the story and appeared to allege that the insider had written the story as payback for a joke the coach made about him during NBA All-Star Weekend. Rivers said Antetokounmpo should have traded him from his celebrity team, a quip the team’s social media department ran with, much to Charania’s reported dismay. “I just report the news,” Charania said on Monday. “I just document the news and the truth can hurt sometimes 100 percent. I stand by my reporting to the 10th degree, like 100 percent.”
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Doc Rivers questioned Charania's sourcing and implied that the report was a form of payback for a joke he made during NBA All-Star Weekend.
Shams Charania responded by asserting he stands by his reporting and emphasized that he simply documents the news, regardless of its impact.
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