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• NBA Draft: Santa Clara’s Jalen Williams goes No. 12 overall to Oklahoma City The post-season ascension of Santa Clara guard Jalen Williams is complete. Williams became the highest drafted player in school history Thursday night when the Oklahoma City Thunder made him the 12th pick in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft. That’s three spots better than Steve Nash, the Canadian guard who went No. 15 to the Phoenix Suns in 1996 and went to win the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award. The selection was a minor surprise, given a sampling…
• What will Clippers do with 43rd pick? It’s a mystery “Now, we know it’s 43,” Lawrence Frank said, back in April, when he was asked think ahead to the Clippers’ sole pick entering the NBA Draft. It was just a few days after the Clippers’ postseason run ended before it could even get started with play-in losses to Minnesota and then New Orleans. The Clippers can thank the Pelicans for the fact that they’re entering Thursday’s draft with just the one pick: That play-in loss didn’t just end L.A.’s season…
• NBA draft: Bulls’ No. 1 pick up in the air (but aren’t they all?) The Bulls drafted Coby White with the No. 7 pick in 2019.Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images It’s NBA draft week, and you know what that means: Every sports outlet with a pulse is doing what it does best — purporting to have more than the faintest clue about what’s going to happen Tuesday night in Brooklyn. Let alone what’s going to happen with all these draft prospects after that. You know what the very best thing about Sun-Times Bulls beat…
• Bob Myers shares insight on Warriors’ draft plans less than a week after winning title SAN FRANCISCO — The championship parade buzz is still wearing off, but the Warriors have to pivot focus to Thursday’s NBA Draft. Golden State has the 28th overall pick and two second-round picks in Thursday night’s draft, but no urgency to fill a roster spot. The Warriors have seven free agents, and a 2023 run to defend their title could depend on keeping a majority of them — including Gary Payton II, Kevon Looney and Otto Porter Jr. — or…
• Sky lose first Commissioner’s Cup game, clinch a spot in championship with Connecticut loss Sky vs. Fever on June 19, 2022Ron Hoskins/Getty Images INDIANAPOLIS — Before Sunday’s game against the Indiana Fever even concluded, the Sky’s ticket to the Comissioner’s Cup championship on July 26 was punched. They needed a win or a Connecticut Sun loss and got the latter. Their 89-87 loss to the Fever will only have potential implications on the location of the championship game. “This was a big one because we could have stayed undefeated,” Courtney Vandersloot said. “Now we're…
• Wimbledon confirm Naomi Osaka absence as Eugenie Bouchard pulls out over lack of ranking points Naomi Osaka (left) and Eugenie Bouchard (right) have pulled out of SW19 this year (Picture: Getty)Naomi Osaka and Eugenie Bouchard will not compete at Wimbledon 2022 as the row over ranking points rages on. Former world No 1 Osaka – a four-time major winner – and Bouchard, who reached the women’s singles Championship match at SW19 in 2014, both cited the WTA’s decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points as reasons why they will not be competing at the…
• Photos: Dub Nation celebrates Golden State Warriors NBA Championship title over Boston Celtics Golden State Warriors fans rejoiced across the Bay Area after their 103-90 NBA Championship win over the Boston Celtics Thursday night. In San Francisco, they gathered at the Dub’s house to view Game 6 of the NBA Finals on the huge video screen at Chase Center, while others in full regalia watched outdoors at Thrive City. They were treated to a postgame display as fireworks exploded over the arena after the historic win, the team’s fourth NBA title in eight…
• Sky end three-game road trip in L.A. on Thursday, a special homecoming for Rebekah Gardner NBAE via Getty Images LAS VEGAS — In Rebekah Gardner’s 10-year pro career, her mother has been one of the only family members to see her play in person. Traveling overseas isn’t exactly an easy jaunt, and her professional career up to this point had taken place outside the United States, so options for her family were limited. On Thursday night, all the family has to do is jump in a car and make the 45-minute drive to Crypto.com Arena…
• Signed Peyton Manning football among items stolen during rager at $8M Florida home A signed Peyton Manning football, a $1,500 dollar bottle of wine and expensive handbags were among the items stolen from a $8 million Seaside home Saturday night after Florida teens broke in and threw a wild party over the weekend, according to The Post. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office broke up the illegal party after they received a noise complaint from security in the area of South Walton, which is about 30 miles from Panama City Beach. They were called…
• Final Fantasy 16 won’t be open world – only one playable character The official website has a bunch of backstory and worldbuilding (pic: Square Enix)Interviews with Final Fantasy 16’s producer have explained the lack of an open world and why it’s ditched turn-based battles. Although it made its grand return at Sony’s last State of Play, after a two-year absence, Final Fantasy 16’s newest trailer left us with more questions than answers. Producer Naoki Yoshida has begun sharing more concrete details in interviews and perhaps the most eye-grabbing is that Final Fantasy…