José Manuel Calderón, increasingly influential in the NBA

José Manuel Calderón faces the 2026-27 season as assistant general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, having been appointed on September 18 alongside Brendon Yu. The Extremaduran, who joined the franchise in 2022 as a special advisor, continues to grow in his executive career after retiring in 2019 and working with the National Basketball Players Association. "I am happy that they believed in me and for having this role, with a lot of responsibility," he acknowledged.

Calderón also, alongside Berni Rodríguez, promoted the Cavaliers' arrival at The Embassy, their high-performance center in Fuengirola, where the team held their first full training camp in Spain with about 160 people. In sports, Cleveland comes after reaching the Eastern Conference finals, where they fell to the New York Knicks, finishing the season with 52 wins and 30 losses.