10 bold predictions for 2025-26 NBA season
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and t City Thunder are back to defend their NBA title, but can OKC become the first team to repeat since 2018?
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NBA predictions: Standings, playoff projections, Finals pick for 2025-26 season
The Grizzlies took a clear step back by trading Bane away for draft picks. They still have Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., which will keep their floor at around .500. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope could have a bounce back year after losing his 3-point touch in Orlando.
Across men's professional sports, the Timberwolves had the worst regular-season winning percentage — until recently.
Lorenzo Reyes analyzes and forecasts the records of every NBA team for the 2025-26 season and makes his playoff predictions.
The NBA never stops, but with another off-season of signings, young stars ascending to greatness, and high expectations, basketball enthusiasts are posing the same question: When d
There's no way to predict what will unfold in any given league's season, including the NBA's. For the Cleveland Cavs, there are a few great matchups.
The 2025-26 NBA Season tips off tomorrow night with the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder taking on Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets in OKC, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers squaring off against the Golden State Warriors in LA.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will try to do something that hasn't been done in the NBA since 2018 — repeat as champion.
Tatum suffered the injury in the closing minutes of Game 4 with the Knicks well on the their way to taking a 3-1 series lead. But Tatum believes that had he not suffered an Achilles tear, the Celtics could've staged a comeback to beat the Knicks.
Postgame editions will be open-ended on ESPN while ABC will run a half-hour and then continue on the ESPN app. The program will air on 20 dates during the regular season and throughout the NBA Playoffs, including the Eastern Conference Finals and the NBA Finals.
Fans tuning into the NBA this season will have to adjust their viewing habits to new networks and a seven-day-a-week national TV schedule.
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