ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski has retired from his post at ESPN to become the general manager for the St. Bonaventure men's basketball team.
With "free agency" in college basketball now as part of name, image and likeness agreements, general manager positions have become to pop up across the previously amateur ranks. Wojnarowski is an alum of the New York school and has been vocally supportive of the team throughout his long career of NBA news-breaking.
The position may serve as a springboard to future positions in the NBA, considering the laundry list of league connections Wojnarowski possesses.
St. Bonaventure does not have any futures odds or betting odds on individual games posted so far. The team last made the NCAA Tournament in 2021 after winning the Atlantic 10 Conference, which boasts the likes of Dayton, Davidson, Loyola Chicago and VCU — teams that have held their own in the postseason.
Bettors in New York, by the way, will be unable to wager on the team's exploits this season by virtue of an in-state college wagering ban.
But those in every other state will be eligible to wager on St. Bonaventure's individual games once those lines are posted.
St. Bonaventure's odds to win the NCAA Championship are too long to be on the board, but you'll be able to bet on it to win the Atlantic 10 whenever those are posted.
Wojnarowski had been the preeminent NBA newsbreaker since his days working at Yahoo Sports. He left the outlet in 2017 to join ESPN, where he was featured heavily on live and recorded coverage.
The news will leave a dearth in NBA breaking news, with The Athletic's Shams Charania likely to fill much of the void. Still, he's had some problems of late. Charania has been noted for his overly verbose — and PR-adjacent — news breaks, language and framing by which seems to have been fed directly from his sources.
In addition, his business partnership with FanDuel has come into question when his news changes odds — and when the news turns out to be incorrect, like during the 2023 NBA Draft, when he reported that Scoot Henderson was the likely No. 2 pick by the Hornets. Charlotte eventually selected Brandon Miller, despite the fact that Henderson's odds to go No. 2 shot down from +400 to -900 after Charania's tweet.
