As you may be aware, r/NBA has an approved twitter list – https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/wiki/approved_twitter_list where national and team reporters are auto-approved for direct links to the twitter posts. This doesn’t limit other twitter accounts as they can still be linked to in a self/text post with the same format.
The season is over so some reporters are retiring or moving on to other things. An example is Mark Berman with the Rockets, who I have removed from the approved twitter list as his work account is actually gone now. If there are any team reporters in a similar situation, let me know and I will remove the account after verification.
These team reporters must be real beat reporters with legitimate accounts who have regular original reporting and interviews with players/coaches/front offices of their NBA team.
If you are suggesting a new beat reporter please have it in the following format.
Team – First name Last name – Organization – twitterhandle
Example: Houston Rockets – Jonathan Feigen – Houston Chronicle – https://twitter.com/jonathan_feigen
The accounts will be checked prior additions. Teams with many beat reporters (Celtics) are not likely to get additional reporters added. Teams with only 1-2 accounts (Hornets, Pacers, Magic) are more likely to get new accounts added, again as long as there are legitimate reporters recommended.
by 3rdEyeDeuteranopia
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Suggestion: Remove this dumb fucking rule
(gonna format this later, just running list for now)
Spurs – Mike Finger, Garcia
clippers – Azarly
Celtics – Robb
blazers – highkin
knicks – popper
pistons – langlois
pels – eichenhofer
hawks – chouinard
raptors – grange, wolstat
76ers – mizell
suns – Bourguet, King
draft – Wasserman, Woo
national – Pelton, Spears, Rohlin, Guillory
Sounds like we should have a poll to decide
Pew Research
Boston Celtics – Brian Robb – MassLive – https://twitter.com/BrianTRobb?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Robb has been a bit more active in terms of specific Celtics rumors and is reliable. I would argue that Keith Smith is more on a national level at this point than just specifically the Celtics, though he does more Celtics stuff than national stuff.
If you want more accurate trade intel, then Robb would be over Forsberg. Forsberg doesn’t really do trade intel reporting, but he does have more connections to players/team personnel and has more stories on them throughout the year. Just kind of depends on what r/nba would be looking for.
Warriors – Marcus Thompson – The Athletic – https://twitter.com/ThompsonScribe
Warriors – Tim Kawakami – The Athletic – https://twitter.com/timkawakami
Denver Nuggets – Joel Rush – Forbes Sports – https://twitter.com/joelrushnba
So when is the next janitor uprising scheduled ?
Golden State Warriors – Marcus Thompson – The Athletic – https://twitter.com/ThompsonScribe
Golden State Warriors – Tim Kawakami – The Athletic – https://twitter.com/timkawakami
Golden State Warriors – CJ Holmes – SF Chronicle – https://twitter.com/CJHolmes22
National Reporter – Marc Spears – AndScape/ESPN – https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears
National Reporter – Mike Vorkunov – The Athletic – https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov
National Reporter – Sam Amick – The Athletic – https://twitter.com/sam_amick
Phoenix Suns – John Gambadoro – Arizona Sports 98.7 – https://twitter.com/Gambo987
If any Suns fan tries to pass off Flex from Jersey as a source ban them immediately