How to watch 2025-26 NBA season: NBC, Amazon, Inside the NBA, and more

The NBA is back — and you better have your streaming passwords available.The season kicks off Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.ET when the champion Thunder host the Kevin Durant-led Rockets, followed by the Lakers welcoming the Warriors at 10 p.m.

ET.The Knicks’ season starts Wednesday when they host the Cavaliers in a potential Eastern Conference finals preview, while the Nets visit Charlotte to start what could be a long year in Brooklyn.The NBA’s broadcasting rights received an upheaval this offseason, with Amazon joining the mix, NBC welcoming pro hoops back to its slate, TNT’s pact dissolving and “Inside The NBA” shifting to ESPN.Here’s all you need to know about how to watch what should be an exciting 2025-26 NBA season.The NBA is returning to NBC for the first time since 2002 after the sides agreed to a new deal.The network, along with its streaming platform, Peacock, has the rights to 100 regular-season games, including both of Tuesday’s contests.NBC also will air roughly 28 games across the first two rounds of the playoffs, and one of the conference finals in six seasons of the 11-year deal.It also will be be the official network of All-Star Weekend, plus the Martin Luther King Jr.day contests.The NBC partnership will include Michael Jordan’s “MJ: Insights to Excellence” series, in which he speaks with Mike Tirico while analyzing the sport.NBC & Peacock will have games on Monday (Peacock), Tuesday and Sunday night, with the Sunday games beginning Feb.

1, per the release.And, yes, this means “Roundball Rock” is back.NBC’s broadcasting crew includes Mike Tirico, Noah Eagle, Reggie Miller, Grant Hill, Carmelo Anthony and more.“Inside the NBA” is still around, but TNT is gone.Turner networks will no longer broadcast games after parent Warner Bros Discovery decided to drop out of the bidding.ESPN swooped in and will now air the popular show, although there’s a caveat: TNT will still produce the show live from Atlanta, and ESPN has sai...

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