Generally when a news story breaks involving the NBA at large, multiple national reporters end up sharing essentially the same information.
On Tuesday, however, there were somewhat conflicting reports from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania regarding a text message NBA Players Association reps sent to players asking if they want to try to play again this season.
Wojnarowski first reported news of the text message Tuesday afternoon, but about two hours later, Charania tweeted a statement provided by the NBPA saying it “is not engaging in and has not authorized any formal poll of its players.