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Twitter Reacts To Woj Bypassing ‘No Spoiling Picks’ Rule

After reporters Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania basically spoiled the last couple of NBA drafts by announcing the picks before Adam Silver did on the podium, most major outlets, such as ESPN, Yahoo! and Turner Sports had agreed to not announce Draft selections before they’re announced on TV.

But Woj wouldn’t be Woj if he hadn’t found some kind of loophole to bypass the ‘rule’. Instead of directly announcing the picks, Wojnarowski used a variety of terms to indicate which team would select each player.

Twitter obviously took notice and offered help.

Credit: Reddit/u/Sim888

Woj is zeroing in on https://t.co/bYlNHtvK6I.

— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) June 22, 2018

ESPN: “You can’t announce picks early on Twitter”

Woj: pic.twitter.com/UVCWpdXq2U

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 22, 2018

For @wojespn; adopt, suggest, wish, put, desire, aggrandize, upgrade, tap, raise, pose, cull, fancy, mark, elevate, incline, proposition, elect, propound, tag, finger, be partial to, be turned on to, fix upon, opt for, optate, propone, put forward, would rather, would sooner

— Brent Barry (@Barryathree) June 22, 2018

NBA: no more leaking picks

ESPN: ok

WOJ: fine

SHAMS: [tweets first two picks three hours early]

ESPN: woj, n—

WOJ: pic.twitter.com/9mCYlTQFIY

— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) June 21, 2018

I'm waiting for Woj to go with…

"appears to be"
"likes the idea of"
"is poised to"
"is in line to"
"feels it best to"
"really, really wants to"
"can't wait to"
"is dying to"
"is hot and bothered over"
"thinks it's a good idea to"#NBADraft #loopholes

— Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) June 22, 2018

https://twitter.com/OldTakesExposed/status/1009953902735872000

Yo, @wojespn.

“The Knicks have been enticed by…”
“The Sixers fancy…”
“The Hornets have been entranced by…”
“The Clippers find _______ alluring…”
“The Nuggets are intoxicated by…”

— Robert Mays (@robertmays) June 22, 2018