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2025–26 NBA Season
The 2025–26 NBA season is the upcoming 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season is scheduled to begin on October 21, 2025, and end in April 2026. The third edition of the in-season NBA Cup tournament is planned to be held in November and December 2025. The 2026 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled for February 15, 2026, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The play-in tournament is then scheduled to be played in April 2026 followed by the playoffs the next day, and conclude with the NBA Finals in June. Transactions Draft The 2025 NBA draft is scheduled for June 25–26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Free agency Free agency (sports), Free agency negotiations will begin on June 30, 2025, at 6 p.m. ET. Players will officially signed after the July moratorium on July 6 at 12 p.m. ET. Coaching changes Off-season * On April 14, 2025, the Phoenix Suns fired head coach Mike Budenholzer after one season with the team. * On May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. The league is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The NBA was created on August 3, 1949, with the merger of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League (NBL). The league later adopted the BAA's history and considers its founding on June 6, 1946, as its own. In 1976, the NBA and the American Basketball Association (ABA) ABA–NBA merger, merged, adding four franchises to the NBA. The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. The NBA playoffs, league's playoff tournament extends into June, culminating with the NBA Finals championship series. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July Moratorium
The NBA salary cap is the limit to the total amount of money that National Basketball Association (NBA) teams are allowed to pay their players. Like the other major professional sports leagues in North America, the NBA has a salary cap to control costs and benefit parity, defined by the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA). This limit is subject to a complex system of rules and exceptions and is calculated as a percentage of the league's revenue from the previous season. Under the CBA ratified in July 2017, the cap will continue to vary in future seasons based on league revenues. For the 2024–25 season, the cap is set at $140.588 million. Half of major American leagues (NFL, NHL) have hard caps while the NBA and MLB have soft salary caps. Hard salary caps forbid teams from going above the salary cap. Soft salary caps allow teams to go above the salary cap, but will subject such teams to reduced privileges in free agency. Teams that go above the luxury tax cap are subj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball executive and former coach who is the president for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the List of current NBA head coaches, head coach of the Spurs for 29 seasons from 1996 to 2025, during which he won five NBA championships, and was the longest tenured active coach in the NBA as well as all other Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, major sports leagues in the United States. He has been a member of the Spurs organization since 1994, originally as president of basketball operations and general manager, before taking over as coach in 1996. Nicknamed "Coach Pop", Popovich has the most wins of any coach in NBA history, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches of all time. Popovich led the Spurs to a winning record in each of his first 22 full seasons as head coach, surpassing Phil Jackson for the most consecutive w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Frost Bank Center. The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger, ABA–NBA merger, one of two former ABA teams to have won an NBA Finals, NBA championship (the other being the Denver Nuggets), and the only former ABA team to have won multiple championships. The franchise has won NBA championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. As of the 2022–23 season, the Spurs had the highest winning percentage among active NBA franchises. As of May 2017, the Spurs had the best winning percentage of any franchise in the major professional sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Christie
Douglas Dale Christie (born May 9, 1970) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , Christie played the shooting guard position. He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves. After being selected with the 17th overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft, Christie played for seven teams in a 15-season NBA career. He was a starter for the Sacramento Kings during the early 2000s and played for the Kings in the NBA playoffs in four consecutive years. Known for his defense, Christie made the NBA All-Defensive First Team once and made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times during his Kings tenure. Christie became an assistant coach for the Kings in 2021. Early life and college career Born in Seattle, Washington, Christie is the son of John Malone and Norma Christie. He was raised in Seattle by his mother. Christie is biracial; his father is black and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference. The Kings are the oldest team in the NBA, and the first team in the Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, major professional North American sports leagues located in Sacramento. The team plays its home games at Golden 1 Center. The franchise began with the Rochester Seagrams (a Semi-professional sports, semi-professional team) from Rochester, New York, that formed in 1923 and hosted a number of teams there over the next 20 years. They joined the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League in 1945 as the renamed Rochester Royals, winning that league's championship in their first season, 1945–46 Rochester Royals season, 1945–46. In 1948 they jumped wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Ott
Jordan Ott (born March 1, 1985) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in sports management, and from Michigan State University with a master's degree in athletic administration. Coaching career Atlanta Hawks (2013–2016) Ott began his NBA coaching career as a video coordinator with the Atlanta Hawks in 2013, under head coach Mike Budenholzer. Brooklyn Nets (2016–2022) In 2016, Ott was hired as an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets and worked with the Nets until 2022 under head coaches Kenny Atkinson, Jacque Vaughn and Steve Nash. Los Angeles Lakers (2022–2024) In 2022, Ott left the Nets to become an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers under head coach Darvin Ham. Cleveland Cavaliers (2024–2025) Ott was hired by the Cleveland Cavalie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Budenholzer
Michael Vincent Budenholzer (born August 6, 1969) is an American professional basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Budenholzer previously head coached the Milwaukee Bucks for five seasons, from 2018 to 2023, winning an NBA title in the 2020–21 NBA season. He also spent five seasons as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks and 19 seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, serving as an alternate video coordinator for the first two seasons and then as an assistant coach behind head coach Gregg Popovich. Budenholzer is commonly referred to by other coaches, players, and media as "Bud" or "Coach Bud". Playing career A native of Holbrook, Arizona, Budenholzer attended Pomona College, where he was a four-year Letterman (sports), letterman in basketball and golf and was named the Outstanding Senior Athlete in 1993. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. On September 19, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference. They are the only team in their division not to be based in California. The Suns play their home games at the PHX Arena. The franchise began play in 1968–69 NBA season, 1968 as an expansion team. Though their early years were mired in mediocrity, their fortunes changed in the 1970s after partnering Dick Van Arsdale and Alvan Adams with Paul Westphal. The team reached the 1976 NBA Finals, in what is considered to be one of the biggest upsets in NBA history. However, after failing to capture a championship, the Suns would rebuild around Walter Davis (basketball), Walter Davis for a majority of the 1980s, until the acquisition of Kevin Johnson (basketball), Kevin Johnson in 1988. Under Johnson's leadership, and following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Thibodeau
Thomas Joseph Thibodeau Jr. ( ; born January 17, 1958), nicknamed "Thibs" ( ), is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He served as an assistant coach for the United States men's national team from 2013 to 2016, and helped them win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games. As a defensive coach, he helped the Houston Rockets rank among the top 5 in the league in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense from 2004 to 2007, and he has helped his team finish in the league's top 10 in team defense 15 times.Christopher L. GasperIt all stops with mastermind Thibodeau ''The Boston Globe'', June 4, 2008. He was part of the 1999 NBA Finals as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks before joining the Boston Celtics as a defensive coach. With the Celtics, he won the 2008 NBA Finals as well as helping guide them back to the 2010 NBA Finals. In 2010, he became head coach of the Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, an arena they share with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City, the other being the Brooklyn Nets. Alongside the Boston Celtics, the Knicks are one of two original NBA teams still located in its original city. The team, established by Ned Irish in 1946, was one of the founding members of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which became the NBA National Basketball Association#Creation and BAA–NBL merger (1946–1956), after merging with the rival Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuomas Iisalo
Tuomas Iisalo (born 29 July 1982) is a Finnish professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA. He previously served as an assistant coach of the Grizzlies under Taylor Jenkins. Standing at , Iisalo played as a shooting guard during his playing career. He also played for the Finland national team. Playing career Iisalo grew up in Loviisa and played in a youth team of local club Hokki Basket. He started his senior playing career in 2000 with Kouvot in Korisliiga. As a player, Iisalo also represented Korisliiga clubs Espoon Honka and Torpan Pojat. He won the Finnish Cup with Kouvot in 2009. In his early career, he played for various Finnish youth national teams, and later played 58 games with the Finland senior national team. Iisalo retired after the 2013–14 season. Coaching career After the end of his playing career he was appointed as head coach of Tapiolan Honka and was an assistant with Finland U15. Crailsheim M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
