NBA reporter Shams Charania is a new hire for ESPN.Allen Berezovsky/Getty ImagesESPN replaced retired NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski with Shams Charania.Burke Magnus, who made the hire, spoke about his talent strategy after layoffs.He said stars are as important as ever to the sports-media giant while it continues to evolve.As many basketball fans have likely heard, the latest major NBA signing is Shams Charania to ESPN.The 30-year-old scoop master is replacing Adrian Wojnarowski, the genre-defining NBA reporter who had unexpectedly retired from the news-breaking business three weeks earlier.