Chris Broussard trashed by fans over false Tristan Thompson, Cavaliers report

ESPN’s Chris Broussard tried to report on Tristan Thompson Thursday and things got out of hand in a big hurry

Throughout the years, ESPN’s Chris Broussard has taken a lot of flack from NBA fans. In actuality, most of it is deserved. He’ll either get a report completely wrong or he’ll report on something citing “his sources” well after someone like Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski had reported it. Again, you can see why he takes some heat here.

Well, on Thursday, he had one of his biggest blunders to date.

Thursday afternoon Broussard reported that Tristan Thompson and the Cavaliers had agreed on a three-year deal, news that people have been waiting quite a while for. This was especially noteworthy seeing as the season starts rather soon.

HOORAY! Right?! Yeah, well, we would come to find out from the Akron Beacon Journal that the two sides actually had not come to an agreement. Instead of just saying that his sources were incorrect, we go this:

Sources: Tristan Thompson is WILLING to sign a 3-year, $53 million deal with the Cavs. Cavs have not yet agreed to the deal.
— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) September 24, 2015

Story is that Thompson has lowered his demand from 5 yr/$94 max to 3 years/$53 million
— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) September 24, 2015

Oof. Not good. So, naturally the fans let him have it.

Yo, Broussard. Basketball Twitter be like... pic.twitter.com/pZr7HXLx4Z
— Josh Hill (@jdavhill) September 24, 2015

Jus STFU please RT @Chris_Broussard: Story is that Thompson has lowered his demand from 5 yr/$94 max to 3 years/$53 million
— Rizzard of Oz✨🪬🦥 (@Nelzzzzz32) September 24, 2015

@Chris_Broussard pic.twitter.com/DRh1EOR3SK
— Brodie szn (@DroGotti_94) September 24, 2015

@Chris_Broussard Hahahaha. We lower our demand of you from NBA reporter to guy we never want to hear from again.
— Charlie Saturday (@CharlieSaturday) September 24, 2015

Yikes.

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