The source for Sports Illustrated? Otis Smith, the Orlando GM. The sources for ESPN? Unnamed; for all I know it’s the ghost of Red Auerbach just screwing with us all. This NBA transaction fever has left me with the ever-growing feeling that ESPN is actually the sports brand for TMZ. Most of their stories are hearsay and trade rumors from tweets at this point.
ESPN is the FOXNews to Sports Illustrated’s CNN.
