ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski surprises everyone by dropping NBA MVP news early
It was at 10:34 a.m. Eastern that the New York Times’ Marc Stein tweeted that the NBA would announced the 2019-20 MVP on Friday at 2 p.m. ET. That included an announcement from NBA TV that it would reveal the MVP on a show hosted by Turner’s Ernie Johnson.
It was then 12 minutes later that ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted that Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo won his second straight MVP award.
It seems like that report might have blown up some plans for a bigger reveal given what the Bucks then tweeted at 11:08 a.m. Eastern, with the reaction being exactly what you’d expect:
Here’s some other reaction from around Twitter:
What a scoop!