It's not about the profanity. He's ESPN's top NBA reporter. By definition he should be pointing out the NBA's hypocrisy and asking the league the tough questions. At a bare minimum he should at least refrain from defending the league from any criticism it receives. Instead, he got offended that someone would dare criticize the NBA which means he's failed in his duties as a reporter and is instead a water carrying stooge for the NBA and China.
This is why the politicalization of every aspect of life, including sports, has been such a bad idea. Lebron (who laughably started a #FreeWoj trend instead of a #FreeHongKong one), Woj, and all the other woke athletes out there are complete and total hypocrites. The Michael Jordan approach is much better because I don't really give a s*** when he doesn't speak out against China because he doesn't speak out against anything, he keeps his politics to himself.