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When does the NBA 2024/2025 season start?
After the Boston Celtics claimed their 18th NBA Championship, thoughts are on next season’s tournament.
The dust has now settled on the Boston Celtics winning Game 5 of the 2023-24 finals and in doing so cementing a record 18th NBA title to become the most successful franchise in NBA history. Since then, basketball fans faced a barren spell without the sport they love.
However, they didn’t have to wait long for more action: we had the NBA Summer League which began on 12 July and ran through to 22 July before the 2024 Paris Olympics saw Team USA take gold in both the men’s and women’s disciplines with sensational performances across the board.
When will the NBA fixtures be released?
Fans of the NBA sides will have to wait that little bit longer however for the new 2024-25 season to officially get underway in October, with the regular season having ended in April.
The NBA also plans to stage an in-season tournament for the second consecutive year, now branded as the NBA Cup, which the Los Angeles Lakers won last year.
Key NBA dates in 2024:
- Oct. 4 & 6: NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 (Celtics vs. Nuggets)
- Oct. 6: NBA Canada Series (Toronto Raptors vs. Washington Wizards | Montreal)
- Oct. 12-13: Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend (Springfield, MA)
- Oct. 22: Start of the 2024-25 NBA regular season
- Nov. 2: NBA Mexico City Game 2024 (Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards)
- Nov. 12: Emirates NBA Cup begins
- Dec. 3: Emirates NBA Cup Group Stage concludes
- Dec. 10-11: Emirates NBA Cup Quarterfinals
- Dec. 14: Emirates NBA Cup Semifinals
- Dec. 17: Emirates NBA Cup Championship
The NBA announced that October 22 will be the start of the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the 79th of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with the Emirates NBA Cup beginning on November 12.
While we have no fixtures yet, the rumours are that they won’t be long, with August 16 - 18 the dates spoke about as the most likely days for the announcement.