For the first time since 2002, NBA basketball will air on NBC. If you were a ’90s kid, John Tesh’s iconic “Roundball Rock” was the soundtrack of your basketball-watching experience, the perfect melodic intro that remains synonymous with hoops.

The 2025-26 National Basketball Association (NBA) season gets under way on Tuesday when defending champions Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Houston Rockets in the opening match.

If prognosticators are correct, Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in for another big year, with DraftKings Sportsbook listing him as the favorite to win his second straight ...