NBA CALENDAR 2025-2026

2025

 July 1
  • Official start of the 2025/26 NBA league year
  • Moratorium period begins
  • Restricted free agents can sign an offer sheet
  • Teams can begin signing players to one- or two-year minimum-salary contracts
  • Teams can begin signing players to two-way contracts
  • Teams can begin signing first-round picks to rookie scale contracts
  • Teams can begin signing second-round picks using the second-round pick exception
  • Teams can begin exercising the third- or fourth-year team options for 2026/27 on rookie scale contracts

July 5-8: Salt Lake City Summer League

July 6:

  • Moratorium period ends (11:01 am CT)
  • Teams can begin officially signing players, extending players, and completing trades (11:01 am CT)
  • The 24-hour period for matching an RFA offer sheet signed during the moratorium begins (11:01 am CT)

July 6-9: California Classic Summer League

July 10-20: Las Vegas Summer League

July 13: Last day for teams to unilaterally withdraw qualifying offers to restricted free agents

July 31: Players signed using the second-round pick exception begin to count against a team’s cap.

August 5: Last day for teams to issue required tenders to unsigned second-round picks.

August 29: Last day for teams to waive players and apply the stretch provision to their 2025/26 salaries.

Sept. 23: 

  • Media days for teams traveling outside of North America for 2025 Preseason: Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Pelicans, Phoenix Suns
  • First allowable date for players participating in preseason games in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Australia and China to report to their teams (no earlier than 11 a.m. local time)

Sept. 24: Training Camps open for all teams participating in preseason games outside North America (Nets, Knicks, 76ers, Pelicans, Suns)

Sept. 29:

  • First allowable date for all other veteran players to report to their teams (no earlier than 11 a.m. local time)
  • NBA Training Camps open and Media days for remaining 25 teams

Oct. 2-17: 2025 Preseason: NBA Abu Dhabi Games | Knicks vs. 76ers | Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi

Oct. 20: Rosters set for NBA Opening Day (5 p.m. ET)

Oct. 21: Start of the 2025-26 NBA Regular Season

Oct. 31: NBA Cup 2025 Begins

Nov. 1: NBA Mexico City Game 2025

Nov. 28 – Dec.16: NBA Cup 2025 

Dec. 25: Christmas Day (12 p.m. ET)

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