1. After a 23-year hiatus, NBC gets back in the NBA business starting tonight with a doubleheader featuring the Thunder at the Rockets at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Warriors at the Lakers at 10 p.m. ET. NBC, which aired the NBA from 1990 to 2002, is entering Year 1 of an 11-year deal with the league.

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T he NBA’s parity era is under grave threat to open the 2025-26 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder are the reigning champions, and they’re only getting better. OKC has a 27-year-old league MVP, a 24-year-old two-way All-NBA caliber talent on the wing,

Truth be told, if the NBA playoffs weren’t separated by conference, I would pick six teams out West before I picked an East squad. I’ll go with the team that won 64 games last season armed with an elite point differential before falling flat on their face in the playoffs — again.

NBA rosters are locked for the 2025-26 season, which opens Tuesday on NBC & Peacock: The Rockets visit the champion Thunder & the Lakers host the Warriors.

OK folks ...we are about ready for the Thunder ring and banner ceremony. Adam Silver is here on the court, directly in front of me, taking a picture with Mike Tirico. This is one