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2026-27 NBA season preview: the Knicks defend, the stars scatter, six benches get new coaches

Camps open Sept. 22 for teams playing preseason games outside North America and Sept. 29 for the rest, and the season tips Oct. 20 with the champion Knicks raising a banner against a Philadelphia team that added LeBron James and Jaylen Brown, while Giannis Antetokounmpo starts over in Miami and LaMelo Ball in Minnesota.

Read the season preview By BetMetrics · Updated September 14, 2026

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Six new NBA head coaches: who they replaced, what they inherit, and why the league says first-year coaches can win now

One-fifth of the league changed coaches this summer. Two of the six have never been an NBA head coach, one is coming straight from an NCAA title, and one takes over a Bucks team that traded Giannis Antetokounmpo weeks after he was hired.

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NBA · Preseason

The 2026-27 NBA calendar: camps open Sept. 22 for teams playing preseason games outside North America and Sept. 29 for the rest, preseason tips Oct. 3, opening night is Oct. 20

The league's official key dates and the Aug. 13 schedule release lay out a season that opens with a Celtics-Pistons, 76ers-Knicks and Thunder-Spurs tripleheader and ends April 11.

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