The NBA on NBC returns: Here's what those behind-the-scenes say fans can expect originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area This is the NBA on NBC. Those words, and the iconic sports theme playing in the background as they were said, have not been heard during the broadcast of an NBA game in over two decades.

Victor Wembanyama is back in action after recovering from deep vein thrombosis. He starts his third season with the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday against the Dallas Mavericks.

70 – Wembanyama is 70 blocks away from 500 in his career. With a career average of 3.7 BPG, he is on pace to reach this milestone in his 136th career game, which would be tied with Mark Eaton as the third fastest player to reach 500 career blocks. He’d also join Josh Smith as the only players to reach 500 before the age of 22.

For many people, myself included, the NBA on NBC represents the first era of NBA basketball they were alive for. To be clear, while there was a stint from 1954-62 in which the NBA was on NBC, the 1990-2002 run is a run that an entire generation of NBA fans grew up with.

The irony of the 2025-26 NBA season is that it is simultaneously extremely predictable and an unpredictable mess. We can say pretty confidently who's going to be at the top. The Thunder are leaps and bounds ahead of the field on paper.

Now that the analysts at the beloved "Inside the NBA" program are syndicated at ESPN, their schedule will look very different with the new TV deal.

His shooting rates might have been unsustainable, but the stat line might be more doable than you'd think. Back in 2022-23, he gave the Houston Rockets nightly contributions of 19.2 points, 5.7 assists, 5.3 rebounds, 2.4 triples and 1.4 steals.

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