The 2025-26 NBA schedule is here. The league released the full regular-season slate for the upcoming season on Thursday afternoon, and now teams and fans can really start to prepare for what should be another thrilling season. Opening night is set for Tuesday, Oct. 21, with the reigning champion Thunder taking on the Rockets in … Read more
Fittingly, the Los Angeles Lakers will unveil Pat Riley’s statue before playing their longtime rival, the Boston Celtics. The Lakers have announced that Riley’s statue will be unveiled on Feb. 22. Riley, 80, was informed last November that the Lakers were honoring him with a statue. While he will become the ninth member of the franchise … Read more
The 2025-26 NBA schedule has been released, and (almost) every team found a creative way to announce the news on social media. As is the case in the NFL these days, NBA franchises have stepped up their game with schedule release videos. Social media teams were hard at work trying to come up with videos … Read more
Born and raised in Atlanta, Internet personality Davis Dodds grew up attending Atlanta Hawks games at State Farm Arena. Now, he’ll be part of a first-of-its-kind NBA schedule release. Dodds is hosting a 24-hour Twitch livestream at the arena that began at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday to announce Atlanta’s 2025-26 schedule. NBA teams can … Read more
The NBA released the 2025-26 regular-season schedule on Thursday, highlighting when all the top matchups will take place. Opening night is still over two months away on Oct. 21, but now fans will be able to theorize over how well — or how poorly — their team will do based on when the games are … Read more
Aug 14, 2025, 04:38 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue of former coach Pat Riley on Feb. 22, as the Hall of Famer joins the likes of former team greats Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant in bronze outside their downtown arena. The Lakers will fittingly honor … Read more
Aug 14, 2025, 03:57 PM ET Free agent forward Amir Coffey has agreed to a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Thursday. Coffey, 28, spent his first six NBA seasons with the LA Clippers, averaging a career-high 9.7 points in 2024-25 on 47.1% shooting from the field and 40.9% … Read more
Teams checked a key box in the NBA offseason checklist on Thursday with the release of the 2025-26 schedule. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Oklahoma City Thunder will host Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets on Oct. 21 for opening night, while the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors face off afterwards. ESPN tips … Read more
Top rookies will square off, with No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg facing No. 2 pick Dylan Harper and All-Star Victor Wembanyama in an opening-week contest between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs. Former Rutgers teammates Ace Bailey and Harper will face off in December when the Utah Jazz play the Spurs. Meanwhile, James will … Read more
Tim BontempsAug 14, 2025, 03:15 PM ET Close Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast. … Read more
Aug 14, 2025, 10:18 AM ET With NBA 2K26 set to be released next month, publisher 2K Games has started teasing player ratings for the upcoming game. Editor’s Picks 2 Related 2K Games says gamers have a little while to wait before they see the full player ratings, with the top 100 ranks set to … Read more
André Snellings Close André Snellings ESPN Senior Writer Dr. André Snellings is a senior writer for men’s and women’s fantasy basketball and sports betting at ESPN. André has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan. He joined ESPN in 2017 after a 16-year career as a neural engineer, during which time he was also a … Read more