The 2024–25 NBA season is the upcoming 79th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season is planned to begin in October 2024 and end in April 2025. The NBA plans to stage an in-season tournament for the second consecutive year, now branded as the 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 and then the playoffs will begin in April 2025, concluding with the NBA Finals in June.
| 2024–25 NBA season | |
|---|---|
| League | National Basketball Association |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration |
|
| Number of games | 82 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| TV partner(s) | ABC, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Zaccharie Risacher |
| Picked by | Atlanta Hawks |
| Regular season | |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
Transactions
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.[3][4]
Free agency
Free agency negotiations began on June 30, 2024, at 6 p.m. ET. Players was 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.[5]
- On April 22, 2024, the Brooklyn Nets hired Jordi Fernández as their new head coach.[6]
- On May 3, 2024, the Los Angeles Lakers fired their head coach Darvin Ham after two seasons with the team.[7]
- On May 9, 2024, the Charlotte Hornets hired Charles Lee as their new head coach.[8]
- On May 9, 2024, the Phoenix Suns fired their head coach Frank Vogel after only one season with the team.[9]
- On May 11, 2024, the Phoenix Suns hired Mike Budenholzer as their new head coach.[10]
- On May 23, 2024, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired their head coach J. B. Bickerstaff after five seasons with the team.[11]
- On May 29, 2024, the Washington Wizards hired Brian Keefe as their full-time head coach.[12]
- On June 19, 2024, the Detroit Pistons fired their head coach Monty Williams after one season of coaching the team.[13]
- On June 24, 2024, the Los Angeles Lakers hired JJ Redick as their new head coach.[14]
- On June 28, 2024, the Cleveland Cavaliers hired Kenny Atkinson as their new head coach.[15]
- On July 3, 2024, the Detroit Pistons hired J. B. Bickerstaff as their new head coach.[16]
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 | [17] |
| October 6 | Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| October 11 | Philadelphia 76ers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves | Wells Fargo Arena | Des Moines, Iowa | [18] |
| October 15 | Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers | T-Mobile Arena | Paradise, Nevada | [17] |
International games
| Date | Teams | Arena | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 4 | Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets | Etihad Arena | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [19] |
| October 6 | Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics |
Regular season
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 | [20] |
| NBA Paris Games 2025 | ||||
| January 23 | Indiana Pacers vs. San Antonio Spurs | Accor Arena | Paris, France | [21] |
| 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 1999–2000 NBA season
Media
National
Linear television
This will be the last season of a nine-year deal with the ESPN family of networks, TNT Sports, and NBA TV.[22] Under the expiring deal, ESPN has Wednesday and Friday night games during most of the regular season, along with select Sunday games.[23] 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.[24] NBA TV televises games when the other national broadcasters are not airing games.[25] ABC airs NBA Saturday Primetime games on selected Saturdays and NBA Sunday Showcase games on selected Sunday afternoons.[23] ESPN/ABC and TNT may also feature simulcasts or alternative broadcasts of selected games on ESPN2 and TruTV, respectively.[26]
ESPN/ABC will continue to air NBA Christmas games while TNT/NBA TV will continue to air NBA Martin Luther King Jr. Day games.
Streaming
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.
Local
Bally Sports will be rebranded before the season begins.[27]
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.[28][29]
Uniforms
- 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, surrounding 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.[30]
- On June 5, 2024, the Utah Jazz unveiled a new look uniforms for the next 2 seasons.[31]
- On June 21, 2024, the Washington Wizards unveiled a new "Statement" uniform.[32]
- On June 27, 2024, the Golden State Warriors unveiled a new secondary logo and "Statement" uniform.[33]
- On July 7, 2024. the Brooklyn Nets updates new logos and introduce new secondary logo for the 2024-25 NBA season.[34]
