NBA

NYT Bestselling Author DESTROYS Chris Broussard's Embarrassing LeBron Coverage

Chat Sports Staff
Jul 11, 2014 · 3:00 PM CT

If you've been following the LeBron saga on Twitter, you're aware by now that ESPN's Chris Broussard has not exactly covered himself in glory over the past week. Broussard's self-promotional, mistimed and abysmally incorrect Twitter posts have rubbed a number of writers and journalists the wrong way...and acclaimed basketball writer Jeff Pearlman spoke for much of the community when calling him out:

Right now on ESPN: watch Chris Broussard guess about sports.

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

ESPN is killin' it. By "killin' it" I mean choking any life out of NBA free agency. And it's ALL guessing. Argh

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

People will blame LeBron James for milking this before us all. DON'T. He's allowed to take time. It's 100% ESPN & Broussard bullshit bluster

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

35 minutes ago @Chris_Broussard reported Dan Gilbert letter was preventing LeBron from going to Cleveland. ZERO credibility. Zero. None. Zip

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

This is a crushing day for @espn. Crushing.

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

On the bright side, Chris Broussard was third to report on the Jarrett Jack trade ...

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

Admittedly, @chris_broussard's career covering NBA might be over. But I hear the 700 Club is looking for correspondents ...

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

Dear God. @chris_broussard's "sources"—wrong throughout—confirm LeBron's SELF-written confirmation is true. Blog post http://t.co/RGu0gTJIm3

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014

Explaining my anger: I believe in reporting. Not for fame or attention. Because it's what journalists do. It fuels us. It makes stories.

— jeffpearlman (@jeffpearlman) July 11, 2014