Scoot McGroot wrote:Trader_Joe wrote:K_chile22 wrote:Based off MacMahon's piece he just dropped, I'm going to go ahead and say that Nets guy is not as plugged in as some suggest.
If it doesn't happen by the draft, I dont think it happens. But I am confident Pooch was told this by someone he trusted and reported it. Things dont always pan out or his source was off. Simply put he is a young aspiring NBA reporter who already has legit Net connection (all of YES knows him as do many Nets players and staff) and thousands of us Net fans know this. No reason to question his validity though. He's a complete stand up person.
I get that he likely has inroads and sources, but he reported there was a deal in principle, right? There clearly isn't. He may be reporting what he's formed from sources, but it's also possible that a source is telling him what the source wants out there, too.
Trader_Joe wrote:Trader_Joe wrote:If it doesn't happen by the draft, I dont think it happens. But I am confident Pooch was told this by someone he trusted and reported it. Things dont always pan out or his source was off. Simply put he is a young aspiring NBA reporter who already has legit Net connection (all of YES knows him, he's been mentioned on air and in studio as do many Nets players and staff) and thousands of us Net fans know this. No reason to question his validity though. He's a complete stand up person.
He even updated his story to say Nets are willing to send anything outside of KD and KI and mentioned Claxton (who not many have, just an interesting inclusion) and mentioned multiple future 1sts and swaps...in addition to the usual LeVert, Allen, Dinwiddie, Prince.
I just find it weird that he reported there was a deal in principle, and yet now talks as if there's nothing agreed upon.
Which is why I think if nothing happens by draft, it's not happening. Either fell apart or his source had it wrong.
All I'm trying to say, each fanbase and team can tell you the best reporters and insiders to follow specific to their teams. Pooch is the Nets. It's a pretty well known fact among Net fans. It's not Netsdaily as insider anymore and assuming Pooch is back full time, he's the best beat reporter as was before brief hiatus.
I shared his link early in the rumor thread for a reason and even RealGM has it in it's headlines. He is a legit Nets source.
Despite being young he is a visible, respected and experienced Nets reporter. A lot of Net fans can tell you what he looks like, how he dresses, how he talks. Because he's visible and engaging online in print, audio and video. He's been mentioned on YES announcers and in network and been on air and on ESPN radio in NY calling KD and KI. Players and staff know him. He's written for Netsdaily for years and has a close relationship with Net Income at Netsdaily who is an Emmy award winning journalist and also knows most the org. He broke KD, Kyrie and shared other minor details before anyone else. I feel like I'm defending both him and my decision to share his tweet, and nothing more so I'll stop. It's a rumours thread. Here was one from is universally regarded as one of the best Net guys by us fans.
