Ivan notoriously had his favorites, and wrote his stories from that vantage point time and again, beating the drum against players he didn’t like, and never raising legitimate negative points about the players and coaches he did like. Lee does not seem to have close relationships with the Wizards organization, so he can (at least initially) be more objective. At a minimum, we’ll see a different perspective and hopefully different information than what we’ve been reading over the past couple of years.

The new position is a better fit for Ivan. A beat writer needs to present as much raw information as possible, but Ivan always seemed to editorialize, take a position, and hold back information. That’s more appropriate now that he’s on TV.