Just Some Write-Ups

There’s a couple of days every June where self-professed geeks like yours truly feel relegated to the peripheries of public discourse so that the louder, more pumped-up jocks and dedicated sports fans can have their moment of uninterrupted enthusiasm. The reason for this sidelining? The NBA Finals. As early as the middle of May, NBA fans begin jeering at each other and start placing bets on the last two teams remaining in the league and jostling for that much-desired championship trophy. There are a number of ironies one can note about this phenomenon from our context: the fact this is a sport that originated half a world away, that we have no stake in it (it’s not like there are any Filipino citizens playing in the league), and most notably, our biological limitations (the average Filipino males’ height is just a little over five feet; a good number of NBA players exceed six). Still, I can understand why it can be entertaining to watch. There’s a lot of movement and contact involved t...