NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke on how the league is looking to scale back some of fans' opportunities to gamble.

The 2025-26 NBA season officially tips off tonight in Oklahoma City and Los Angeles. The season is kicking off with an exciting start, as the Houston Rockets taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma at 7:30 p.

The Oklahoma City Thunder enter the season as defending champions. Here are five teams that can deny them a repeat title.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will raise their championship banner on Tuesday night already owning lofty expectations for the 2025-26 NBA season.

The 2025-26 NBA season will officially commence on Tuesday night, and the arrival of the new league year brings a new set of betting lines for some important wagers.

The Oklahoma City Thunder captured their first NBA championship since moving to Oklahoma, and now Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and crew are the favorites to do it again in 2025-26. The Thunder open as championship favorites, with the Cleveland Cavaliers , Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers next in line.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will receive their NBA championship rings before their season opener against the Houston Rockets.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will begin their season on Oct. 21 by playing host to the Houston Rockets on ring night as the team drops their first NBA championship

Kevin Durant signed a two-year, $90 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets. Durant now holds the record for the highest career earnings in NBA history, dethroning LeBron James. Durant’s total career earnings is at $598.

The defending champs always start the season on top of these NBA Power Rankings (unless someone goes full Mark Cuban and blows up a champ for no good reason), but it almost feels like the Thunder should be on their own tier to start this campaign. It’s OKC and everyone else is chasing. Let’s break it all down by tiers.