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- The NBA draft officially begins at 8pm on Thursday night
- ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski started spoiling draft picks six hours before the draft and fans were annoyed
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ESPN’s NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski got off to an early start while spoiling NBA draft picks on Thursday afternoon and fans weren’t happy about it.
At 1:30p est, six and a half hours before the official start of the NBA draft, Woj revealed that the Detroit Pistons were set to take Cade Cunningham with the #1 overall pick.
ESPN Sources: The Detroit Pistons have landed on a decision to select Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick in tonight’s NBA Draft (ESPN and ABC at 8 PM ET).
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 29, 2021
About a half an hour later Woj went on to spoil the #2 and #3 picks in the draft.
With Cade Cunningham a solid No. 1 to Detroit now, Houston and Cleveland continue to trend toward Jalen Green and Evan Mobley with the second and third picks, respectively, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 29, 2021
Fans immediately blasted the longtime NBA insider for leaking the top three picks in the NBA draft hours before the start of the draft broadcast.
can we actually watch the draft tonight and wait to see who's going where on tv . before we get a twitter announcement . "sources say" 😂 https://t.co/FrTiMEESUr
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) July 29, 2021
@brobible Woj stays spoiling the draft #nba #nbadraft #basketball #nbadraft2021 #detroit #houston #cavs #pistons #fyp #rockets #cleveland #nbamemes #wojbomb
Woj is spoiling picks less than 7 hours ahead of the NBA Draft. He’s unhinged 🤣 https://t.co/jlIxM2hy8J
— 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 (@HeatvsHaters) July 29, 2021
You’re actually weird lol. The draft isn’t for another 6 hours. Just let us enjoy it…
— Josh Humphries (@choc) July 29, 2021
Why is Woj spoiling the draft HOURS before it even takes place. I hate that.
— cKyle (@ClipperKyle) July 29, 2021
Woj spoiling the entire draft that his own employer has broadcast rights to is the weirdest annual tradition https://t.co/7WhPULkTRQ
— Josh Dotson (@Josh_Dotson) July 29, 2021
If Woj is gonna be spoiling draft picks this far in advance the draft might be a lot less fun to watch https://t.co/IrZ8UmVtXQ
— Zero Sum Hoops (@zerosumhoops) July 29, 2021
I understand Woj’s job is to have the news first. Usually it makes sense. But wtf is the point of watching the draft if he’s gonna tweet everything out ahead of time😂
— Mike DeStefano (@_DeStefano) July 29, 2021
No need to watch tonight, Woj will have the entire first round within a couple hours. https://t.co/4Tm3ogA071
— ProCity Hoops (@ProCityHoops) July 29, 2021