Shams Charania talked to CNBC about joining ESPN to replace rival and former mentor Adrian Wojnarowski, aka Woj, as the network's NBA insider.

Shams Charania will reportedly be earning significantly less, less than half of his Adrian Wojnarowski salary.

ESPN reportedly considered a number of options to replace Wojnarowski, including promoting someone internally. However, given how closely intertwined Wojnarowski and Charania were in the realm of NBA news, hiring the former The Athletic reporter clearly made the most sense.

Charania was less expansive when asked about how his relationship with former-teammate-turned-rival Adrian Wojnarowski. “Do I have to answer that?” Charania joked in reference

Adrian Wojnarowski had a classy message for Shams Charania after the latter was named Woj's successor at ESPN. Last month, Wojnarowski abruptly announced

ESPN didn't waste much time finding a replacement for Adrian Wojnarowski by hiring his longtime rival Shams Charania to replace its longtime NBA scoop

ESPN has hired The Athletic's senior NBA Insider Shams Charania for the same role at the worldwide sports network, replacing Adrian Wojnarowski.

New ESPN reporter Shams Charania will reportedly be making far less at the network than his predecessor Adrian Wojnarowski did.

Adrian Wojnarowski made the shocking announcement that he was leaving ESPN. Wojnarowski had been one of the most notable reporters in sports and wa

During an appearance on The Jim Rome Show, Adrian Wojnarowski shares his opinion about Shams Charania joining ESPN to replace him.

Charania replaces his former mentor Adrian Wojnarowski, who recently retired, as the network’s top NBA newsbreaker.