NBA appears to prioritize European audience with announcement of unique 2026-27 season opener
The NBA is a global league.That is a statement that basketball fans have heard countless times, especially since Adam Silver took over as the league's commissioner in 2014, but we have perhaps never seen an announcement by the NBA that better represents that statement than the one the league made on Tuesday.The league shared the news that the 2026-27 NBA regular season will get underway on Tuesday, Oct. 20, with the Detroit Pistons playing host to the Boston Celtics.
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The NBA is a global league.That is a statement that basketball fans have heard countless times, especially since Adam Silver took over as the league's commissioner in 2014, but we have perhaps never seen an announcement by the NBA that better represents that statement than the one the league made on Tuesday.The league shared the news that the 2026-27 NBA regular season will get underway on Tuesday, Oct. 20, with the Detroit Pistons playing host to the Boston Celtics. Two historic Eastern Conference foes tipping off a new season, with the presumption of a marquee matchup to follow the same evening, would be a standard move for the league.That is the case here with the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks and the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs following the opener on Tuesday, but there is one very important detail to note: the Celtics-Pistons game will tip off at 3 p.m. ET.Celebrating the start of a new NBA season on a Tuesday afternoon when the majority of the league's North American fanbase will be working seems like a bizarre decision.
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- The NBA is a global league.That is a statement that basketball fans have heard countless times, especially since Adam Silver took over as the league's commissioner in 2014, but we have perhaps never seen an announcement by the NBA that better represents that statement than the one the league made on Tuesday.The league shared the news that the 2026-27 NBA regular season will get underway on Tuesday, Oct. 20, with the Detroit Pistons playing host to the Boston Celtics.
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NBA appears to prioritize European audience with announcement of unique 2026-27 season opener
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