The 2025-26 NBA season is almost here. Here are some of the key dates as the season gets closer.<\/p>\n
2025<\/p>\n
Sept. 23 \u2013 Media days for teams traveling outside of North America for 2025 Preseason (Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Pelicans, Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n
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Sept. 23\u00a0\u2013 First allowable date for players participating in preseason games in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Australia, and China to report to their teams.<\/p>\n
Sept. 24 \u2013 Training camps open for all teams participating in preseason games outside North America (Nets, Knicks, 76ers, Pelicans, Suns).<\/p>\n
Sept. 29 \u2013 First allowable date for all other veteran players to report to their teams.<\/p>\n
Sept. 29 \u2013 NBA Training Camps open and media days for the remaining 25 teams.<\/p>\n
Oct. 2 & 4 \u2013 NBA Preseason Begins \u2013 NBA Abu Dhabi Games | Knicks vs 76ers<\/p>\n
Oct. 3 & 5 \u2013 NBA Preseason Melbourne Series | Pelicans vs NBL Teams<\/p>\n
Oct. 6 \u2013 2025 NBA Canada Series | Nuggets vs Raptors<\/p>\n
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Oct. 10 & 12 \u2013 2025 NBA China Games | Nets vs Suns<\/p>\n
Oct. 17 \u2013 NBA Preseason Ends<\/p>\n
Oct. 20 \u2013 Rosters set for NBA Opening Day<\/p>\n
Oct. 21 \u2013 NBA Regular Season begins! Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder \u2013 Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers | all on NBC and Peacock<\/p>\n
Oct. 31 \u2013 Emirates NBA Cup 2025 | Group Play tips off on Prime<\/p>\n
Nov. 1 \u2013 NBA Mexico City Game 2025 | Detroit Pistons vs Dallas Mavericks<\/p>\n
Nov. 28 \u2013 Emirates NBA Cup 2025 \u2013 Group Play concludes<\/p>\n
Dec. 9-10 \u2013 Emirates NBA Cup 2025 \u2013 Knockout Rounds on Prime<\/p>\n
Dec. 13 \u2013 Emirates NBA Cup 2025 \u2013 Semifinals on Prime<\/p>\n
Dec. 16 \u2013 Emirates NBA Cup 2025 \u2013 Championship<\/p>\n
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Dec. 25 \u2013 Christmas Day Games \u2013 All on ABC and ESPN<\/p>\n
2026<\/p>\n
Jan. 5 \u2013 10-day contracts may now be signed<\/p>\n
Jan. 10 \u2013 All NBA contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season<\/p>\n
Jan. 15 \u2013 NBA Berling Games 2026 | Orlando Magic vs Memphis Grizzlies<\/p>\n
Jan. 18 \u2013 NBA London Games 2026 | Orlando Magic vs Memphis Grizzlies<\/p>\n
Jan. 19 \u2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Day | All games on NBC and Peacock<\/p>\n
Feb. 5 \u2013 NBA Trade Deadline | 3:00 PM ET<\/p>\n
Feb. 13-15 \u2013 2026 NBA All-Star in Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n
Feb. 13 \u2013 2026 NBA HBCU Classic | Hampton University vs North Carolina A&T at Kia Forum, Inglewood<\/p>\n
March 1 \u2013 Playoff eligibility waiver deadline<\/p>\n
April 12 \u2013 Regular season ends<\/p>\n
April 13 \u2013 Rosters set for NBA Playoffs 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025-26 NBA season is almost here. Here are some of the key dates as the season gets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[6996,49,48,2695,8028,79457,8217,8223,1522,8231,15718,459,79456,8214,2901,5726,3555,15716,1528,6002,25953,46102,82],"class_list":["post-149503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-emirates-nba-cup","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-houston-rockets","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-nba-preseason","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-nuggets","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-orlando-magic","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-preseason-games","tag-raptors","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}