Key dates for 2024-25 NBA season

Key dates, important events and season information for 2024-25 season.

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Updated on June 2, 2025 1:15 AM

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Below is a list of key dates and important events for the 2024-25 NBA Season:

> 2024-25 Season

June 5: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV – Game 1: IND at OKC on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET
June 8: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV – Game 2: IND at OKC on ABC, 8 p.m. ET
June 11: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV – Game 3: OKC at IND on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET
June 13: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV – Game 4: OKC at IND on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET
June 15: NBA Early Entry Withdrawal Deadline (5 p.m. ET)
June 16: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV – Game 5: IND at OKC on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET (if necessary)
June 19: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV – Game 6: OKC at IND on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET (if necessary)
June 22: NBA Finals 2025 presented by YouTube TV – Game 7: IND at OKC on ABC, 8 p.m. ET (if necessary)
Day After Last Game of NBA Finals: Each NBA team may begin negotiating with upcoming free agents who finished the just-completed season on its roster
June 25-26: 2025 NBA Draft (June 25: 8p ET – ABC, ESPN | June 26: 8p ET – ESPN)

> 2025-26 Season Dates

June 30: Each NBA team may begin negotiating with all other upcoming free agents (beginning at 6 p.m. ET)
July 5-6, 8: California Classic Summer League at Chase Center in San Francisco, California (Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs)
July 5, 7-8: Salt Lake City Summer League at Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers)
July 6: Each NBA team may begin signing free agents to contracts (12:01 p.m. ET)
July 10-20: Las Vegas Summer League
2025 Preseason: NBA Abu Dhabi Games | Knicks vs. 76ers | Oct. 2 & 4 in Abu Dhabi
2025 Preseason: Melbourne Series | Pelicans vs NBL teams | Oct. 3 & 5 in Melbourne, Australia
2025 Preseason: NBA China Games | Nets vs Suns | Oct. 10-12 in Macao
October 21: Regular Season Opening Night

> Future All-Star Dates

2026: Feb. 13-15 in Los Angeles, CA
2027: Feb. 19-21 in Phoenix, AZ

> Past Key Dates: 2024-25 Season

June 30, 2024: Each NBA team may begin negotiating with all other upcoming free agents (beginning at 6 p.m. ET)
July 3-21: France Basketball Olympic exhibition games
July 6: Each NBA team may begin signing free agents to contracts (12:01 p.m. ET)
July 6-10: California Classic Summer League in both Sacramento & San Francisco
July 8-10: Salt Lake City Summer League (UTA, MEM, OKC, PHI)
July 12-22: NBA 2K25 Summer League (Las Vegas)
July 10: USA Basketball Showcase in Las Vegas: USA vs. Canada (10:30 ET, FS1)
July 15: USA Basketball Showcase in Abu Dhabi: USA vs. Australia (Noon ET, FS1)
July 17: USA Basketball Showcase in Abu Dhabi: USA vs. Serbia (Noon ET, FS1)
July 20: USA Basketball Showcase in London: USA vs. South Sudan (3 ET, FOX)
July 22: USA Basketball Showcase in London: USA vs. Germany (3 ET, FOX)
July 26-Aug. 11: Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Sept. 24: First allowable date for players participating in Celtics & Nuggets preseason games in Abu Dhabi, UAE to report to their teams (no earlier than 11 a.m. local time)
Sept. 24: Boston Celtics Media Day
Sept. 25: Training Camps open for all teams participating in preseason games outside North America
Sept. 26: Denver Nuggets Media Day
Sept. 30: First allowable date for all other veteran players to report to their teams (no earlier than 11 a.m. local time)
Sept. 30: Media Day for remaining 28 NBA teams
Oct. 1: NBA Training Camps open
Oct. 4: NBA Preseason games begin
Oct. 4 & 6: NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 (Celtics vs. Nuggets | Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Oct. 6: NBA Canada Series (Toronto Raptors vs. Washington Wizards | Montreal, QC)
Oct. 10: WNBA Finals, Game 1 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Oct. 13: WNBA Finals, Game 2 (3 p.m. ET, ABC)
Oct. 12-13: Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend (Springfield, MA)
Oct. 16: WNBA Finals, Game 3 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Oct. 18: WNBA Finals, Game 4 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Oct. 18: NBA Preseason ends
Oct. 20: WNBA Finals, Game 5 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Oct. 21: NBA Jersey Day
Oct. 21: Rosters set for NBA Opening Day (5 p.m. ET)
Oct. 22: Start of the 2024-25 NBA regular season
Oct. 22-26: Kia NBA Tip-Off 2024
Oct. 26: NBA G League Draft
Nov. 2: NBA Mexico City Game 2024 (Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards, 9:30 p.m. ET on NBA TV | Mexico City, Mexico)
Nov. 4: All 30 teams in action. First game tips at 7 p.m. ET. All subsequent games will begin 15 minutes apart.
Nov. 5: Election Day (no games)
Oct. 28-Nov. 7: NBA G League Training Camp
Nov. 7: Rosters set for NBA G League Opening Day (5 p.m. ET)
Nov. 8: NBA G League Tip-Off Tournament begins
Nov. 12: Emirates NBA Cup begins
Dec. 3: Emirates NBA Cup Group Stage concludes
Dec. 10: Emirates NBA Cup Quarterfinals (Magic at Bucks – 7 ET, TNT/Max | Mavericks at Thunder – 10 p.m. ET, TNT/Max)
Dec. 11: Emirates NBA Cup Quarterfinals (Hawks at Knicks – 7 ET, ESPN | Warriors at Rockets – 9:30 ET, TNT/Max)
Dec. 14: Emirates NBA Cup Semifinals in Las Vegas, NV (Atlanta vs Milwaukee – 4:30 p.m. ET, TNT/Max; Houston vs Oklahoma City – 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN+)
Dec. 17: Emirates NBA Cup Championship in Las Vegas, NV (Milwaukee vs Oklahoma City – 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN+)
Dec. 19-22: NBA G League Winter Showcase
Dec. 21: World Basketball Day
Dec. 25: Christmas Day (12 p.m. ET: Spurs at Knicks | 2:30 p.m. ET: Timberwolves at Mavericks | 5 p.m. ET: Sixers at Celtics | 8 p.m. ET: Lakers at Warriors | 10:30 p.m. ET: Nuggets at Suns) – All games on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+
Dec. 27: NBA G League 34-game regular season begins
Jan. 5, 2025: 10-day contracts may now be signed
Jan. 10: All NBA contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
Jan. 17: 3-for-1 All-Star Voting Day
Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (12 p.m. ET: Mavericks at Hornets, NBA TV; 2:30 p.m. ET: Timberwolves at Grizzlies, TNT; 5 p.m. ET: Celtics at Warriors, TNT)
Jan. 20: 3-for-1 All-Star Voting Day
Feb. 4: Castrol Rising Stars Draft (4 p.m. ET, @NBA, NBA App, NBA.com)
Feb. 6: NBA Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET)
Feb. 6: All-Star Draft (6:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Feb 14-16: NBA All-Star 2025 (San Francisco, CA)
Feb. 14-19: NBA All-Star break
March 1: Postseason Eligibility Waiver Deadline
March 10-15: NBA ID Member Days
March 29: NBA G League regular season ends
April 1: NBA G League Playoffs begins
April 11: All 30 teams to play
April 13: NBA Regular Season ends. All 30 teams to play. Seven Eastern Conference games to tip off at 1 p.m. ET. The one cross-conference and seven Western Conference games to tip-off at 3:30 p.m. ET
April 14: Rosters set for NBA Playoffs 2025 (3 p.m. ET)
April 15-18: SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament
- Tuesday, April 15
  - Atlanta (East #8 seed) at Orlando (#7) – winner advances to East playoffs as No. 7 seed – 7:30 p.m. ET, TNT
  - Memphis (West #8 seed) at Golden State (#7) – winner advances to West playoffs as No. 7 seed – 10 p.m. ET, TNT
- Wednesday, April 16
  - Miami (East #10) at Chicago (#9) – loser is eliminated – 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
  - Dallas (West #10) at Sacramento (#9) – loser is eliminated – 10 p.m. ET, ESPN
- Friday, April 18
  - Miami at Atlanta (winner advances to playoffs as No. 8 seed) TNT
  - Dallas at Memphis (winner advances to playoffs as No. 8 seed) ESPN
April 19: NBA Playoffs 2025 begin
April 26: NBA Early Entry Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET)
May 5-6: Conference Semifinals begin (possible move up to May 3-4)
May 9-11: NBA G League Combine
May 11-18: NBA Draft Combine
May 12: NBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
May 14: Draft Combine scrimmages (ESPN2)
- Game 1: 2:15-4 p.m. ET (box score)
- Game 2: 4:15-6 p.m. ET (box score)
May 15: Draft Combine scrimmages (ESPN+)
- Game 1: 2:15-4 p.m. ET (box score)
- Game 2: 4:15-6 p.m. ET (box score)
May 20: Western Conference Finals – Game 1 – MIN at OKC on ESPN, 8:30 p.m. ET
May 21: Eastern Conference Finals – Game 1 – IND at NYK on TNT, 8 p.m. ET
May 22: Western Conference Finals – Game 2 – MIN at OKC on ESPN, 8:30 p.m. ET
May 23: Eastern Conference Finals – Game 2 – IND at NYK on TNT, 8 p.m. ET
May 24: Western Conference Finals – Game 3 – OKC at MIN on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET
May 25: Eastern Conference Finals – Game 3 – NYK at IND on TNT, 8 p.m. ET
May 26: Western Conference Finals – Game 4 – OKC at MIN on ESPN, 8:30 p.m. ET
May 27: Eastern Conference Finals – Game 4 – NYK at IND on TNT, 8 p.m. ET
May 28: Western Conference Finals – Game 5 – MIN at OKC on ESPN, 8:30 p.m. ET
May 29: Eastern Conference Finals – Game 5 – IND at NYK on TNT, 8 p.m. ET
May 31: Eastern Conference Finals – Game 6 – NYK at IND on TNT, 8 p.m. ET