Key Points
- The Spurs host the Knicks in NBA Finals Game 1 on Wednesday, June 3, at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
- Vegas and Carolina open the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday, June 2, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
- Nike's Kobe 9 "Draft Day" drops today at $190 in Charlotte Hornets teal and purple.
- GitHub Copilot moves every plan to usage-based AI Credits billing today, metered by token usage.
It is championship week on two fronts. The NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final both tip off this week. Off the courts and the ice, Nike marks 30 years since Kobe Bryant's draft night with a Hornets-colored Protro, a 2026 movie is about to clear a billion dollars, and GitHub flips the meter on the tool millions of developers code with every day.
Sneakers
The Nike Kobe 9 Elite Low EM Protro "Draft Day" (style code IM6119-500, $190) releases today. The engineered mesh upper runs a gradient from teal at the toe to purple at the heel — the colors of the Charlotte Hornets, who drafted Bryant 13th overall in 1996 before trading him to the Lakers for Vlade Divac. It lands exactly 30 years after that draft night, the rare commemorative shoe that marks a player's brief stop rather than his prime.
Elsewhere on the week's calendar: the women's Air Max 95 "Fresh Mint" arrives at $190, and the Nike Air Trainer SC returns in purple at $140 to mark 30 years since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. New Balance adds the 5030 in Black Silver Metallic and Raincloud at $120 each. Further out, the Made in UK 991v2 "Sea Glass" is set for July at $270, and Nike's experimental Mind 002 continues the brand's sensory-design line.
Sports
The 2026 NBA Finals open Wednesday, June 3, at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC. The San Antonio Spurs hold home court over the New York Knicks and host Games 1 and 2. San Antonio's run ended Oklahoma City's title defense — the loss that prompted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to call his MVP season a failure — while the Knicks advanced out of the East. Victor Wembanyama versus Jalen Brunson is the matchup.
The Stanley Cup Final starts a day earlier, Tuesday, June 2, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with media day today. The Vegas Golden Knights meet the Carolina Hurricanes. For the soccer crowd, the offseason follows PSG's back-to-back Champions League win over Arsenal.
Culture
"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" sits at $991.8 million worldwide and is on track to become the first 2026 release to cross $1 billion this weekend. The other record-setter is the Michael Jackson biopic "Michael," whose $217.4 million global opening is the biggest ever for a music biopic.
Streaming gets a heavy June 1 library refresh: Netflix adds the full Rocky and Creed runs, "The Big Lebowski," "Little Miss Sunshine," and "Cinderella Man," with the documentary "Michael Jackson: The Verdict" landing later in the month. In theaters, the horror lane stays hot after "Backrooms" set an A24 opening record, and the live-music calendar carries momentum from Jay-Z's Roots Picnic headline set.
Technology
GitHub Copilot moves every plan to usage-based billing today. The old premium-request counter is replaced by GitHub AI Credits, with consumption metered on input, output, and cached tokens at each model's published API rate; Copilot Business includes $19 in monthly credits and Enterprise $39. Code completions stay free and unlimited on paid plans. It moves Copilot's economics from flat per-seat pricing to per-token consumption, matching how the underlying models bill.
The early-stage money is moving on the same logic. Snap alumni recently launched Ghost Angels, a fund backing the next wave of social apps — a bet that cheaper, metered AI lowers the cost of spinning up the next consumer-social product.
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