Shams Chanaria salary revealed / News - Basketnews.com

NBA insider Shams Charania may be receiving up to 7 figures, including $600,000 per year salary from The New York Times and additional income from side deals with Stadium and FanDuel.

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Shams Chanaria has been one of the top names for NBA scoops in recent times, engaging in active competition with ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, who is generally known as the strongest insider for NBA leaks.

A feature by Reeves Wiedeman on the New York Magazine details the dealings of Chanaria.

According to Wiedemen, in addition to offering Charania more than $600,000 a year - significantly more than the paper's top reporters make - [The New York Times] allowed him to take on the side deals with Stadium and FanDuel.

Including the side deals with the mentioned companies, Charania's income could be in 7 figures.

Chanaria's peculiar situation as a dominant force in NBA reporting has caused controversy, particularly about the pay that he has been receiving.

"The blow to our collective integrity is real," Emily Bazelon said, who is Chanaria's colleague in the Times. "It's deeply unsettling to many of us and just not worth it."

The feature by Wiedeman notes that Chanaria was attacked last June after he made a huge prediction failure regarding the Charlotte Hornets drafting Brandon Miller instead of Scoot Henderson as the first pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.

It appeared Chanaria had purposefully transmitted misinformation to benefit his side deal with a gambling company, FanDuel.

While the claim remains unsubstantiated, and the Times does not let Chanaria gamble, some of the organization's authors criticized the news organization for partnering with FanDuel.

This is not the first time Chanaria found himself in hot water, as Dillon Brooks's agent harshly criticized him last May after a report he published.

Irrespective of such claims and criticisms, Chanaria remains one of the most prominent scoops specialists for the NBA and is one of the most successful ones in the sector.

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