SMART CLARK GIGA CITY - Just a casual talk between two warriors both wanting to win.It was how Chris Newsome described his endgame conversation with Chris Ross shortly after Meralco slammed the semifinals door on deposed champion San Miguel Beer during their ...
by Gerry Ramos
Nov 16, 2020
THE great player that he is today, there was a time though, when no one seemed to take an interest in Paul Lee.Despite coming off a celebrated high school career at San Sebastian where he won an NCAA junior championship in ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 13, 2020
NEW YORK - Forbes is listing the average value of NBA franchises over $2 billion for the first time, a figure that has grown nearly 600% in the last decade.The average NBA franchise is now valued at just over $2.1 billion, ...
Feb 12, 2020
IT is the time of year when every injury report causes eyebrows to raise.D'Angelo Russell, not in Golden State's lineup at Washington on Monday?Hmmm.Tristan Thompson, scratched by the Cleveland Cavaliers for their game against New York ...
Feb 4, 2020
TORONTO'S Kawhi Leonard and Golden State's Kevin Durant are both very difficult to figure out. They seem to enjoy giving cryptic answers, a minimum of clues, and clearly relish having enigmatic status.It makes NBA free agency tough to ...
Jun 27, 2019
OAKLAND, California - Late last week, Bob Myers could barely even wrap his mind around the idea he needed to start thinking about the NBA draft. The Golden State general manager just tried to cope, somehow, with the shock and sadness of losing ...
Jun 20, 2019
OAKLAND, California - The Canadian flag, soaked in beer and champagne, was waved in the Toronto locker room. Pascal Siakam wore the flag of Cameroon around his shoulders. Marc Gasol was yelling some happy phrase in Spanish.Every team that wins an NBA ...
by tim reynolds
Jun 14, 2019
OAKLAND, California - In the end, they were just battered and broken.And now, they're beaten.The Golden State Warriors are champions no more.The reign ended Thursday night (Friday, Manila time) in the last game they'll ever play at Oracle ...
Jun 14, 2019
KLAY Thompson sustained a torn ACL in his left knee during Game 6 of the NBA Finals, more heartbreaking injury news for the Golden State Warriors after Kevin Durant ruptured his right Achilles tendon and had surgery.Thompson injured the knee late ...
Jun 14, 2019
TORONTO - Fans poured onto the streets and honked horns in Toronto and celebrated throughout Canada after the Toronto Raptors won their first NBA championship on Thursday night (Friday, Manila time)."And that's how we do it in the North," Prime ...
Jun 14, 2019
OAKLAND, Calif. - Kawhi Leonard raised his arms high in triumph and celebrated Canada's first NBA championship."We the North!" is now "We the Champs!"Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country's first major title in 26 years ...
Jun 14, 2019
OAKLAND, California - Stephen Curry did all he could to lead the injury-depleted Golden State Warriors.It wasn't enough.Curry scored 47 points - a playoff career-high for the three-time champion - but the Warriors still find themselves in some postseason ...
Jun 6, 2019
TORONTO - Sometime in the next couple weeks, either the Toronto Raptors or Golden State Warriors will proclaim themselves to be world champions.They won't be true "world" champions, of course.But these NBA Finals have a very distinct international feel.Game ...
May 30, 2019
NEW YORK - Though LeBron James didn't make the playoffs in his first season in Los Angeles, his move to the Lakers paid off in jersey sales.The NBA announced Thursday (Friday, Manila time) that James had the most popular individual ...
Apr 26, 2019
OAKLAND, California - Lou Williams again came off the bench and knocked down big shot after big shot. Patrick Beverley crashed the boards at every chance. Danilo Gallinari drove the lane with authority.The Los Angeles Clippers took the Warriors right out of ...
Apr 25, 2019
MIAMI - The last spot in the NBA playoffs went to the Detroit Pistons.Their reward: A series against MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks.The drama of the regular season went all the way to the very end of the ...
Apr 11, 2019
A LOOK at where things stand in the NBA playoff picture, with seven days remaining in the regular season:EASTERN CONFERENCEMilwaukee is on the verge of clinching the NBA's best record, which would lock the Bucks into the No. 1 ...
Apr 4, 2019
IT'S no secret that every team in the NBA wants to claim the top seed in their respective conference and receive the home-court advantage throughout the conference playoffs. But Steve Kerr isn't risking it over his team's ...
Mar 26, 2019
MIAMI - The playoff field is largely set.The positioning, that's still anyone's guess.So even while some of what we could have had for drama over the final 2½ weeks of the NBA regular season won't ...
by tim reynolds
Mar 25, 2019
CHICAGO - After beating the Golden State Warriors in overtime, 135-134, last Friday at the Oracle Arena, the Houston Rockets and their fans were so overjoyed you'd think they just won all the marbles.But wait, let's slap &# ...
Jan 7, 2019
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