June 21, 2026
Sunday
TO most star-caliber veterans and a few topnotch rookies, the various Summer Leagues sanctioned by the National Basketball Association do not mean anything. But for the lesser lights, such as the marginal youthful veterans looking to retain their spot in the lineups of the 30 member clubs when the NBA’s 72nd renewal unwraps in late […]
MOVE over, Wardell Stephen Curry II, a two-time National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (2015 and 2016) who on June 30 agreed to a new five-year, $201-million deal with the reigning league titlist Golden State Warriors. That’s because one week and a day later, the record for the richest contract in NBA history no longer […]
WHILE National Basketball Association (NBA) teams have been negotiating with veteran free agents and reaching trade agreements since the free-agency derby began last July 1, no contract signing can be consummated until noon of July 6 (or July 7, 12:00 a.m., Manila time) when the league-imposed moratorium ends and the league’s team salary cap for […]
AFTER acquiring four days earlier the No. 1 overall selection in this year’s National Basketball Association draft from the Boston Celtics in exchange for their own No. 3 pick and another future first-rounder (2018 or 2019), the Philadelphia 76ers expectedly corralled University of Washington’s much-coveted freshman Markelle Fultz with the first pick during the annual […]
IT has never happened before in NBA draft history but there could yet be a first in this year’s point guard-stacked grab-bag at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on June 22 (June 23, 7 a.m., PH time). History will be made if the teams that own the first three overall selections in a […]
WHAT a 71st National Basketball Association renewal it was! “This is why we play” was the season’s slogan and it resulted in several league records broken, including one that had stood for more than half a century. Hard-hat star Russell Westbrook, the meal ticket of the Oklahoma City Thunder, took the American pro league by […]
STILL ahead 3-1 in the National Basketball Association Finals against the reigning league kingpin Cleveland Cavaliers despite the Game 4 debacle, the Golden State Warriors look to capture their second championship in three years when they host Game 5 of their best-of-seven titular showdown today, June 13 (Manila time, 9:00 a.m.), before a friendly crowd […]
“AND now, the end is near and so I face the final curtain” – the defending NBA champ Cleveland Cavaliers. “I did my best, but my best was not good enough” but still “I did it my way” – a duet by the Cavs’ LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. Nobody’s perfect but we are – […]
WITH the Golden State Warriors storming to a 2-0 lead, the reigning NBA titlist Cleveland Cavaliers are in a must-win situation today, June 8 (PH time, 9 a.m.), in Game 3 of the best-of-seven NBA Finals at the Quicken Loans Arena in Wine City. The Warriors thoroughly destroyed the Cavs with 113-91 and 132-113 victories […]
DOWN 0-2 in the National Basketball Association Finals, the reigning league champion Cleveland Cavaliers seek some solace in the comforts of their home when they host Game 3 of the best-of-seven championship series against the 2015 titlist and playoffs-unblemished Golden State Warriors on Thursday, June 8 (Manila time, 9:00 a.m.), at the Quicken Loans Arena. […]
THE third installment of the NBA Finals trilogy between the reigning champion Cleveland Cavaliers and the 2015 titlist Golden State Warriors will commence today June 2 (9 a.m., PH time) at the Oracle Arena in California. Las Vegas oddsmakers have pegged the Warriors as seven-point favorites to win the best-of-seven series opener. In the NBA’s […]