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| League |  National Basketball Association
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| Duration | Regular season: October 22 2024 - April 13 2025 November 12 - December 17 2024 (NBA Cup) Play-in tournament: April 15 - 18 2025 Playoffs: April 19 - May/June 2025 Finals June 5 2025 | |
| No. of games: | 82 | |
| No. of teams | 30 | |
| Top seed: | Eastern Conference | |
| Top seed: | Western Conference | |
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| Eastern Conference Championship | ||
| Champions | ||
| Series | ||
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| Western Conference Championship | ||
| Champions | ||
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| Finals | ||
| Champions | ||
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| Finals MVP | ||
| 2024 NBA Draft | ||
| No. 1 pick | Zaccharie Risacher | |
| Draft Team | Atlanta Hawks | |
| NBA All-Star Game | ||
| 2025 NBA All-Star Game | ||
| Date | February 16, 2025 | |
| Host | Chase Center, San Francisco, California | |
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| <- 2023–24 NBA season | ||
| 2025-26 NBA season -> | ||
The 2024–25 NBA season is the upcoming 79th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season is planned to begin on October 22, 2024 and end on April 13, 2025. The NBA plans to stage an in-season tournament for the second consecutive year, now branded as the Emirates NBA Cup.[1] The 2025 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled for February 16, 2025, at Chase Center in San Francisco.[2] The play-in tournament will be played on April 15–18, 2025 and then the playoffs will begin the following day, concluding with the NBA Finals in June.
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Retirements[]
- On July 2, 2024, Kemba Walker announced his retirement from professional basketball.[3] He joined the Hornets as a player enhancement coach the next day.[3][4]
- On August 1, 2024, Gordon Hayward retired from professional basketball.[5][6]
Draft[]
The first round of the 2024 NBA draft took place on June 26, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The second round took place the next day at ESPN's Seaport District Studios in Manhattan.[7][8]
Free agency[]
Free agency negotiations began on June 30, 2024, at 6 p.m. ET. Players were officially signed after the July moratorium on July 6 at 12 p.m. ET.
Coaching changes[]
| Team | 2023–24 season | 2024–25 season |
|---|---|---|
| Off-season | ||
| Brooklyn Nets | Kevin Ollie (interim) | Jordi Fernández |
| Charlotte Hornets | Steve Clifford | Charles Lee |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | J. B. Bickerstaff | Kenny Atkinson |
| Detroit Pistons | Monty Williams | J. B. Bickerstaff |
| Los Angeles Lakers | Darvin Ham | JJ Redick |
| Phoenix Suns | Frank Vogel | Mike Budenholzer |
| Washington Wizards | Brian Keefe (interim) | Brian Keefe |
Off-season[]
- On April 3, 2024, the Charlotte Hornets announced that Steve Clifford would step down as head coach at the end of the 2023–24 season and move into a front-office advisory role.[9]
- On April 22, 2024, the Brooklyn Nets hired Jordi Fernández as their new head coach.[10]
- On May 3, 2024, the Los Angeles Lakers fired their head coach Darvin Ham after two seasons with the team.[11]
- On May 9, 2024, the Charlotte Hornets hired Charles Lee as their new head coach.[12]
- On May 9, 2024, the Phoenix Suns fired their head coach Frank Vogel after only one season with the team.[13]
- On May 11, 2024, the Phoenix Suns hired Mike Budenholzer as their new head coach.[14]
- On May 23, 2024, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired their head coach J. B. Bickerstaff after five seasons with the team.[15]
- On May 29, 2024, the Washington Wizards hired Brian Keefe as their full-time head coach.[16]
- On June 19, 2024, the Detroit Pistons fired their head coach Monty Williams after one season of coaching the team.[17]
- On June 24, 2024, the Los Angeles Lakers hired JJ Redick as their new head coach.[18]
- On June 28, 2024, the Cleveland Cavaliers hired Kenny Atkinson as their new head coach.[19]
- On July 3, 2024, the Detroit Pistons hired J. B. Bickerstaff as their new head coach.[20]
Preseason[]
The NBA often hosts preseason games in non-NBA markets.
| Date | Teams | Arena | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 4 | Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Lakers | Acrisure Arena | Thousand Palms, California | [21] |
| October 6 | Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| Washington Wizards vs. Toronto Raptors | Bell Centre | Montreal, Quebec | [22] | |
| October 8 | Brooklyn Nets vs. Los Angeles Clippers | Frontwave Arena | Oceanside, California | [23] |
| October 10 | New Zealand Breakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | BOK Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma | [24] |
| October 11 | Philadelphia 76ers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves | Wells Fargo Arena | Des Moines, Iowa | [25] |
| Los Angeles Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers | Climate Pledge Arena | Seattle, Washington | [26] | |
| October 15 | Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers | T-Mobile Arena | Paradise, Nevada | [21] |
International games[]
| Date | Teams | Arena | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 4 | Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets | Etihad Arena | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [27] |
| October 6 | Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics |
Regular season[]
The majority of the regular season will be released on August 15, with those group play games counting as part of the in-season tournament (Now called NBA Cup) announced two days earlier on August 13. The two games that were dependent on the results of the in-season tournament, along with the knockout round schedule will be announced at a later date.
International games[]
| Date | Teams | Arena | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBA Mexico City Game 2024 | ||||
| November 2 | Washington Wizards vs. Miami Heat | Mexico City Arena | Mexico City, Mexico | [28] |
| NBA Paris Games 2025 | ||||
| January 23 | Indiana Pacers vs. San Antonio Spurs | Accor Arena | Paris, France | [29] |
| January 25 | ||||
Arenas[]
- The Los Angeles Clippers have moved to the new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. This is after playing at the previously known Crypto.com Arena for the past 25 years in Downtown Los Angeles, California since the 1999–2000 NBA season. The team will play it's first regular season game there on October 23 Against the Phoenix Suns.
Media[]
United States[]
This will be the last season of a nine-year deal with the ESPN family of networks, TNT Sports, and NBA TV, before new 11-year deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon Prime Video begin in 2025–26. The 2024–25 season would thus mark the end of TNT airing NBA games since 1989, and TNT Sports' overall relationship with the league since 1984 on TBS.[30][31]
Under the expiring deal, ESPN has Wednesday and Friday night games during most of the regular season, along with select Sunday games.[32] TNT's schedule includes Tuesday nights games during most of the regular season, and Thursday nights during opening week and the second half of the season.[33] NBA TV televises games when the other national broadcasters are not airing games.[34] ABC airs NBA Saturday Primetime games on selected Saturdays and NBA Sunday Showcase games on selected Sunday afternoons.[32] ESPN/ABC and TNT may also feature simulcasts or alternative broadcasts of selected games on ESPN2 and TruTV, respectively.[35] ESPN/ABC will continue to air NBA Christmas games while TNT/NBA TV will continue to air NBA Martin Luther King Jr. Day games. This will be the second regular season that the streaming service Max will have live access to TNT's games on its Bleacher Report Sports Add-on tier. NBA League Pass continues to offer out-of-market games, live access to NBA TV, and on-demand replays of every game.
Bally Sports will be rebranded before the season begins.[36] The Chicago Bulls, the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, MLB's Chicago White Sox, and Standard Media will launch the Chicago Sports Network, replacing NBC Sports Chicago as their regional broadcaster.[37][38] The New Orleans Pelicans signed a multi-year agreement with Gray Television to replace Bally Sports New Orleans as their broadcaster. Gray previously aired 10 Pelicans games on their stations last season. Gray's WVUE-DT in New Orleans will remain as the flagship station.[39]
Canada[]
The 2024–25 season brought a significant realignment for NBA broadcast rights within Canada, as it marked the first year of Corus Entertainment's seven-year, $5.2 billion contract for exclusive national television and digital media rights to the league. The networks of Corus Entertainment (Global Television Network, Teletoon, APTN, GBSN Live), plus the additions of CBC and SRC, replace both Sportsnet and TSN as the English-language cable broadcasters of the league.
Uniforms and Logos[]
- On February 26, 2024, the Los Angeles Clippers unveiled a new logo and uniforms to coincide with their move to Intuit Dome. The team's new logo features a stylized clipper ship with basketball seams on its hull, surrounded by points of a compass and a navy blue "C" in a white circle. The new uniforms are modern versions of the script uniforms previously wore between 1987 and 2015. The white uniform features a "Clippers" modernized script wordmark in navy blue along with red numbers, the navy blue uniform features the "Clippers" script in red along with white numbers, and the alternative red uniform features a "Los Angeles" script wordmark in navy blue along with white numbers.[40]
- On June 5, 2024, the Utah Jazz unveiled a 2-season long transition to a modernized version of their 1996-2004 uniforms.[41]
- On June 21, 2024, the Washington Wizards unveiled a new "Statement" uniform.[42]
- On June 27, 2024, the Golden State Warriors unveiled a new secondary logo and "Statement" uniform.[43]
- On July 7, 2024. the Brooklyn Nets promoted their secondary logo to their primary and introduced a new secondary logo for the 2024–25 NBA season.[44]
- On July 30, 2024, the Toronto Raptors revealed a new 30th anniversary logo for the 2024-25 season.[45]
References[]
- ↑ Herbert, James (February 8, 2024). "NBA In-Season Tournament renamed 'NBA Cup' with Emirates as a sponsor". CBS Sports. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-in-season-tournament-renamed-nba-cup-with-emirates-as-a-sponsor/.
- ↑ Mehra, Rakesh (October 31, 2023). "Warriors Win Hosting Rights To 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend First Bay Area Team In 23 Years To Host The Game". https://www.pinkvilla.com/sports/warriors-win-hosting-rights-to-2025-nba-all-star-weekend-first-bay-area-team-in-23-years-to-host-the-game-report-1255106.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kemba Walker retires after 12 NBA seasons, four All-Star appearances and joins Hornets coaching staff" (in en). 2024-07-03. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kemba-walker-retires-after-12-nba-seasons-four-all-star-appearances-and-joins-hornets-coaching-staff/.
- ↑ "Kemba Walker Details Decision to Retire, Join Hornets' Staff" (in en-US). 2024-07-31. https://www.si.com/nba/hornets/news/kemba-walker-details-decision-to-retire-join-hornets-staff.
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- ↑ Gauruder, Dana (August 1, 2024). "Gordon Hayward Announces Retirement". https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/08/gordon-hayward-announces-retirement.html.
- ↑ Mendoza, Jordan (January 31, 2024). "2024 NBA Draft expands to two-day format: second round will be held day after first round". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2024/01/31/nba-draft-expanding-two-night-event/72424827007/.
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- ↑ "Steve Clifford To Step Down As Hornets Head Coach After The Season". April 3, 2024. https://www.nba.com/hornets/news/steve-clifford-to-step-down-as-hornets-head-coach-after-the-season.
- ↑ "Brooklyn Nets Name Jordi Fernández Head Coach". April 22, 2024. https://www.nba.com/nets/news/brooklyn-nets-name-jordi-fernandez-head-coach.
- ↑ "Lakers Part Ways with Head Coach Darvin Ham". May 3, 2024. https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/lakers-part-ways-with-head-coach-darvin-ham-050323.
- ↑ "Charlotte Hornets Name Charles Lee Head Coach". May 9, 2024. https://www.nba.com/hornets/news/charlotte-hornets-name-charles-lee-head-coach.
- ↑ "Suns part ways with coach Frank Vogel". May 9, 2024. https://www.nba.com/news/suns-part-ways-with-coach-frank-vogel.
- ↑ "Suns Name Two-time NBA Coach of the Year and Arizona Native Mike Budenholzer Head Coach". May 11, 2024. https://www.nba.com/suns/news/suns-name-arizona-native-mike-budenholzer-head-coach.
- ↑ "Cavaliers Dismiss J.B. Bickerstaff as Head Coach". May 23, 2024. https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/releases-jb-bickerstaff-240523.
- ↑ "Wizards Name Brian Keefe Head Coach". May 29, 2024. https://www.nba.com/wizards/news/wizards-name-brian-keefe-head-coach.
- ↑ "DETROIT PISTONS TO MAKE COACHING CHANGE". June 19, 2024. https://www.nba.com/pistons/news/detroit-pistons-to-make-coaching-change.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Lakers Announce JJ Redick as Head Coach". June 24, 2024. https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/los-angeles-lakers-announce-jj-redick-as-head-coach-062424.
- ↑ "Cavs Hire Kenny Atkinson as Head Coach". June 28, 2024. https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/releases-kenny-atkinson-240628.
- ↑ "DETROIT PISTONS ANNOUNCE J.B. BICKERSTAFF AS HEAD COACH". July 3, 2024. https://www.nba.com/pistons/news/detroit-pistons-announce-j-b-bickerstaff-as-head-coach.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Los Angeles Lakers Announce Three Games for 2024-25 Preseason Schedule Presented by Delta Air Lines". May 17, 2024. https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/los-angeles-lakers-announce-three-games-for-2024-25-preseason-schedule-presented-by-delta-air-lines-051724.
- ↑ https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/news/raptors-announce-details-for-2024-canada-series-game
- ↑ https://www.netsdaily.com/2024/7/26/24207265/brooklyn-nets-to-open-pre-season-in-san-diego-october-8-vs-los-angeles-clippers
- ↑ https://www.si.com/nba/thunder/news/okc-thunder-announce-preseason-game-tulsa-new-zealand-breakers
- ↑ Stanton, Matt (March 30, 2024). "Timberwolves to Host 2024-25 Preseason Game at Wells Fargo Arena, Home of NBA G League affiliate, Iowa Wolves". https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/timberwolves-to-host-2024-25-preseason-game-at-wells-fargo-arena-home-of-nba-g-league-affiliate-iowa-wolves.
- ↑ Daniels, Chris (July 15, 2024). "NBA's Rain City Showcase returns to Climate Pledge Arena for 3rd year in a row". https://komonews.com/sports/sports-content/nba-basketball-rain-city-showcase-los-angeles-clippers-portland-trail-blazers-october-sonics-supersonics-mayor-bruce-harrell-adam-silver-media-rights-tv-deal.
- ↑ "Celtics, Nuggets to play 2 preseason games in NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024". NBA.com. March 19, 2024. https://www.nba.com/news/abu-dahbi-games-release-celtics-nuggets-2024.
- ↑ "Heat, Wizards to play in NBA Mexico City Game 2024". NBA.com. June 14, 2024. https://www.nba.com/news/mexico-city-games-2024.
- ↑ "Spurs, Pacers to square off in NBA Paris Games 2025". NBA.com. April 29, 2024. https://www.nba.com/news/spurs-pacers-to-play-nba-paris-games-2025.
- ↑ "NBA's exclusive TV rights negotiating window with ESPN, Warner expected to pass without a deal". April 18, 2024. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/18/nba-tv-rights-news-on-negotiations-with-espn-warner-bros-discovery.html.
- ↑ Lewis, Jon (2024-07-24). "NBA announces rights deals with Disney, Comcast, Amazon" (in en-US). https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/07/nba-media-rights-deals-announced-disney-comcast-amazon-nbc-prime/.
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- ↑ "Wizards unveil new Statement Edition uniform for 2024-25". NBA.com. June 21, 2024. https://www.nba.com/news/wizards-unveil-new-statement-edition-uniform-for-2024-25.
- ↑ "Warriors unveil new Statement Edition uniform and secondary logo". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. https://www.nba.com/news/warriors-unveil-statement-edition-uniform-secondary-logo-2024-25.
- ↑ "Brooklyn Nets Subtly Update Logos, Introduce New Secondary Mark For 2024-25 Season". sportslogos.net. July 7, 2024. https://news.sportslogos.net/2024/07/07/brooklyn-nets-subtly-update-logos-introduce-new-secondary-mark-for-2024-25-season/basketball/.
- ↑ "Toronto Raptors unveil 30th anniversary logo for the 2024-25 season". NBA. July 30, 2024. https://www.nba.com/raptors/news/toronto-raptors-unveil-30th-anniversary-logo-for-the-2024-25-season.
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