This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Antoine Walker turns 49 years old today! During his 12-year career: He finished 12th in MVP voting in his second season,

The 2025-26 NBA Schedule Release presented by Ticketmaster continues with the NBA on Prime debut and the full Emirates NBA Cup Group Play schedule.

The NBA has unveiled several more marquee games from its 2025/26 schedule, featuring a total of 15 different teams.

The NBA announced 17 matchups for the 2025-26 regular season Tuesday, including two on opening night, five on Christmas and four on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Through the NBA’s partnership renewal with Disney and new agreements with NBCUniversal and Amazon, the 2025-26 schedule of national games will generally feature Mondays on Peacock, Tuesdays on NBC/Peacock, Wednesdays on ESPN/ESPN App,… pic.twitter.com/4KVpP76Vtq

Kevin Durant is debuting for the Houston Rockets at his old stomping grounds against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. The Golden State Warriors are taking on LeBron James and Luka Dončić,

The league's 80th season begins Oct. 21 on NBC and Peacock, which hasn't shown the league's games on the network since 2002. NBC and Peacock will have three former Phoenix Suns on their broadcast crew on opening night — Jamal Crawford, Grant Hill and Vince Carter.